glossy snake
faded snake

The glossy snake and its many subspecies are all similar in appearance to gopher snakes.

Its range overlaps that of other glossy snake subspecies, and interbreeding is likely.

These snakes are often known as glossy snakes.

Smooth scaled, glossy snake with distinctive pattern of sharply contrasting black and white rings that continue right around the body.

The range has many species of lizards, as well as the Panamint rattlesnake and glossy snake.

They should not be confused with the glossy snakes of the genus Arizona, which are found in North America.

The Texas glossy snake is typically a tan brown in color, with darker brown blotches down the length of the back.

Almost as though the shaken Marine had never existed, the glossy snake turned its head, whisked silently between broad stems of grass, and disappeared.

Glossy snakes are oviparous.

Arizona (glossy snake)

The Glossy Snake, Arizona, with Descriptions of New Subspecies.

Amblyodipsas unicolor, commonly known as the western glossy snake or the western purple-glossed snake, is a species of rear-fanged snake in the family Atractaspididae.

Typical predators of the Merriam's kangaroo rat include barn owls, great horned owls, coyotes, foxes, badgers, bobcats, and several snake species including sidewinders and glossy snakes.

Arizona elegans is a species of medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake or the faded snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico.

Arizona elegans philipi, commonly known as the Painted Desert glossy snake, is a subspecies of glossy snake, a nonvenomous colubrid endemic to North America.

"All good from Jack another takes, And entertains their flirts and rakes, Who dress as sleek as glossy snakes, And cram their mouths with sweetened cakes; And this goes down for union."

Known animals in the Mojave Desert include the Mohave rattlesnake, Desert tortoise, Glossy snake, Common side-blotched lizard, California kingsnake, Giant hairy scorpion, Stripe tailed scorpion and the Desert iguana.

They appear "washed-out" or pale, hence the common name, "faded snakes".

Arizona elegans is a species of medium-sized colubrid snake commonly referred to as the glossy snake or the faded snake, which is endemic to the southwestern United States and Mexico.