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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This species occurs in several bushland and savanna habitats, but it avoids the arid land of the Lower Colorado Valley. It can be found under rocks, logs and trash piles and even in mammal burrows, and is common in the vicinity of human habitation. It also occurs in sand dunes. It forages on the surface at night.
Range:
This snake is endemic to Mexico and ranges from the central-western Baja California peninsula, from Cabo Colonet south and westward to Bahia de los Angeles and thence continuously to Cabo San Lucas. It also occurs on the Pacific islands of Magdalena and Santa Margarita, and on the Gulf of California islands of Cerralvo, Carmen, Coronados, Espiritu Santo, Pardo, Partida Sur, San Francisco, San Jose and San Marcos.
Conservation:
The species occurs in several protected areas.