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A Saint Lucia racer snake (Erythrolamprus ornatus) with dark patterned scales coiled on mossy rocks. Ashy morph of the Santa Catalina Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis), a slender pale gray rattlesnake endemic to Isla Santa Catalina, Baja California Sur, with faint body patterning and a triangular head Wagner Mountain Viper (Montivipera wagneri) moving across a rough rocky surface, its thick body and patterned scales blending with the stones as it crawls forward. A Vipera anatolica, with a stout body and distinctive zigzag-patterned brown and gray scales lies tightly coiled among green grass. A slender Clarion Island Whip Snake (Masticophis anthonyi) with a long, narrow body and smooth brownish-gray scales crawls gracefully across sandy ground. Close-up of a Golden Lancehead (Bothrops insularis), a thick-bodied pit viper with rough, golden-yellow scales and a distinct triangular head with visible heat-sensing pits.
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The Saint Lucia racer is widely considered the rarest snake in the world
A Saint Lucia racer photographed in Maria Major in 2016.
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A pale gray Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake
Unlike most other rattlesnakes, the Santa Catalina Island rattlesnake lacks a functioning...
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A Wagner's viper blending in with a rocky background
The Wagner's viper population has declined dramatically, largely because it is collected...
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The Anatolian meadow viper has distinctive zigzag-patterned scales on a lighter base color
Noted as “extremely rare” by IUCN, the Anatolian meadow viper is known from a single...
© Oleksandr Zinenko
A Clarion racer, also known as Clarion Island whip snake, has a long, narrow body
The Clarion racer lives in open grounds on Clarion Island in Mexico.
© Claudio Contreras—Nature Picture Library/Alamy
A golden lancehead with golden-yellow scales
The golden lancehead is known from a single location, Queimada Grande island off...
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