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Category Archives: Snakes

Linton’s dwarf short-tailed snake, Tantillita lintoni

August 3, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photos by Bob Thomas, Tikal, Guatemala, May 2005. This small snake is distributed along the Atlantic versant from southern Veracruz, Mexico, through Belize and Guatemala into northern Nicaragua.  It feeds […]

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Eyelash Viper, Bothrieches schlegelii

July 30, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Steven Brewer, Bladen Nature Preserve, Stan Creek District, Belize, April 2011. Photo by Steven Brewer, Bladen Nature Reserve, Stann Creek District,  Belize, April 2011. Photo by Joe Garel, […]

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Salmon-bellied Racer, Mastigodryas melanolomus

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, May 2010. Photo by Shannon Fortenberry, May 2010. While walking the Tiger Fern trail in Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Belize, we noticed a sleeping snake protruding […]

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Mussurana, Clelia clelia

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Bob Thomas, Chiquibul National Forest, Cayo District, Belize, March 2005. This juvenile mussurana was found along a trail deep in the Chiquibul National Forest.  Someone had been chopping […]

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Yucatecan Cantil, Agkistrodon russeolus

July 25, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photos by Kevin Zansler, May 2012. The Cantil is basically the tropical moccasin, being in the same genus as the North American cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus).  It has a similar disposition, […]

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Blunthead tree snake, Imantodes cenchoa, ultimate design for moving above the ground

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All photo by Bob Thomas One of the neatest snakes to find at night is the blunthead tree snake, Imantodes cenchoa.   These snakes cruise forest vegetation at night searching for […]

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Puffing snake, Phrynonax poecilonotus, and thanatosis

July 20, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

  Photos by Bob Thomas, Chiquibul Education Centre, Las Cuevas, Cayo District, Belize, May 2012. Photo by Bob Thomas, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, May 2002. Puffing snakes remind us ecologically […]

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Middle American Burrowing Snake, Adelphicos quadrivirgatus

July 18, 2012by rathomas49 Leave a comment

Photo by Shannon Fortenberry, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, May 2010. This secretive, small snake is nocturnal and moves about in the leaf litter seeking small invertebrates as food.

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