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Puerto Rican Garden Snake

Arrhyton exiguum

Photo by Karla Morales
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

A small snake, terrestrial carnivore, preying mostly on anoles and some larger lizards. Length from 12 to 14 inches. Is endemic to Puerto Rico.

Habitat:

It prefers the forest floor under rocks, leaf litter or dead logs and branches. I found this one in a Ficus benjamina in my backyard.

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Puerto Rico's Diversity
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedOctober 25, 2013

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