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  • Eastern Small-eyed Snake, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Tom Frisby, all rights reserved

  • Eastern Small-eyed Snake, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Jono Dashper, all rights reserved

  • Eastern Small-eyed Snake, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) dhfischer, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Eastern Small-eyed Snake, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) dhfischer, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  • Eastern Small-eyed Snake, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Scott W. Gavins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Eastern Small-eyed Snake, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Trent Townsend, all rights reserved

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Eastern Small-eyed Snake

Cryptophis nigrescens

Worldwide
2,085 observations
Group
Reptiles
iNaturalist

About

Cryptophis nigrescens is an elapid snake described by Günther in 1862. Its common names include small-eyed snake and eastern small-eyed snake.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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