#1748 · 🦎 reptiles

Long-nosed Snake

Rhinocheilus lecontei

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Steven Kurniawidjaja · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Guaymas, Son., México:© Usvaldo GC · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. California, US:© Adam Aslam · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Malheur County, US-OR, US:© Friends of the Owyhee - Tim Davis · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Santa Barbara County, CA, USA:© Brooke Sheridan · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. San Bernardino County, US-CA, US:© Dylan · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. California, US:© Tony Iwane · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. California, US:© kevinhintsa · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. boyd deep canyon:© Steven Kurniawidjaja · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Western Mojave Desert, Kern County, California:© Greg Watson · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The long-nosed snake , Rhinocheilus lecontei , is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake, which is endemic to North America. It is the only species in the genus Rhinocheilus , but has four recognized subspecies, though more modern research has cast some doubt on that classification.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,281iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
6,281 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1853 (173 years ago).