Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake

Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

The Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake is a nocturnal burrower with an enlarged, leaf-shaped rostral scale adapted for digging. It is rarely seen and poorly studied. Harmless to humans.

Habitat

Sandy desert and washes of the Sonoran Desert

Diet

Lizard eggs and blind snakes

How common

Uncommon

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