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Sinaloan Lyresnake

Trimorphodon paucimaculatus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 38, February 22, March 13, April 22, May 29, June 40, July 53, August 47, September 52, October 43, November 33, December 20.
Mexico412
Sinaloa319
Jalisco45
Nayarit29
Colima16
Durango2
Zacatecas1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • CarnivoreEats other animals or animal-derived prey as a major part of its diet.Inferred from its group

Group and habits

  • PredatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly hunt other animals.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderSnakes and Lizards · Squamata
FamilyColubrid Snakes · Colubridae
GenusLyre Snakes · Trimorphodon

Sources

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