Herpetofauna: One Life's List

Oxybelis aeneus
Brown Vine Snake

Sonora, Mexico
August 23, 2011

We were driving along a rutted gravel road when Kris spotted this Vine Snake moving along a wire fence about fifty feet away from the road.  It was a great spot of a great snake!  We saw another specimen later on in the trip under  similar circumstances - the snake was stretched out on barb wire fence.  It pays to watch the fences when in Mexico....