Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)

Created: January 31st, 2015 - 12:22 PM
Last Modified: January 31st, 2015 - 12:22 PM Entered by: Heather Stewart
Record 215028

Country: United States		State: Oregon	County: Polk County	Time: 2015-01-29 17:06:00
Qty: 2	Age: YoY	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: Rock piles on the side of gravel road surrounded by Christmas tree farms
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 50.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 57.70ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

I have included photographs of the two sharp-tailed snakes, we believe that they are hatchlings from August or September, and one shot of the habitat we found them in.

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Comments

Posted by Jonathan Hakim on Feb 03, 2015 at 03:44 AM

Great find! These are probably a lot more common in Oregon than we know, but they're certainly not recorded all that often.