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Contia tenuis
Contia tenuis
Sharp-tailed Snake
Photographer: William Leonard

ID: 0000 0000 0502 1000 (2002-05-26)

Copyright © 1998 William Leonard

 
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  • date of photo  Oct 12, 1998
  • location   Skamania County (Washington, US)
  • notes   This is a hatchling exhibiting a presumed antipredatory behavior that may involve mimicry of noxious millipeds (Leonard WP & Stebbins RC. 1999. Northwestern Naturalist 80:74-77.
  • photo category: Animal - Reptile

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Sharp-tailed Snake (photographer)
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