vgabndo
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It's great fun to watch this guy do his trick.
Can you name this guy? The locals call him Coralito, but that is a misnomer. A beautiful little animal, and trippy to watch in his natural habitat.
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gringorio
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Chilomeniscus
Hmmmm. Maybe genus Chilomeniscus? A sand snake but what species I don't know. It looks more like the C. savagei from Isla Cerralvo...
 
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Bob and Susan
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For the rest of us simpletons....
Sand Snake?
http://www.toddshikingguide.com/FloraFauna/Fauna16.htm
ps
Snakes are creepy YUK
[Edited on 11-16-2004 by Bob and Susan]
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Bruce R Leech
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Striped sand snake?
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vgabndo
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Gringorio: You da man! Commonly Variable Sand Snake or Banded Sand Snake. I understand that several which were previously thought to be seperate
species have been joined together as:
Chilomenscus Stramineus.
In the silty sand of the San Nicolas arroyo they can move almost as fast just under the surface as they can on top. They are beautiful little
creatures, feared by some of the locals, confused with Coral Snakes.
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gringorio
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Cool! I remember seeing kids in Bahia de los Angeles play with one. They had caught it near the beach. Fearless, the kids were. Isn't there
something to the stripes disorienting predators as the snake burrows into the sand?
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JESSE
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We call it coralillo over here.
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Mexray
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...Well....
I've heard of SAND SHARKS, now we also have SAND SNAKES...what's next, I suppose you're going to tell me there are also....SAND DOLLARS!...
...or SAND FLEAS,
...or SAND SCRIPT,
...or SAND ---------------------.
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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David K
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Can you ID this snake?
This fellow was southeast of Mision San Borja near old Rancho San Gregorio. Someone ID'ed him for me when I first showed this photo on Amigos de Baja
a few years ago. Let's see if you snake-ologists give me the same answer!
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Debra
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Are those things poisonous?
Brendan (age 11) has decided he wants to catch one on our next trip to Bahia...  
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Neal Johns
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Nope, not poisonous, well maybe if you eat too many. 
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