Cubophis cantherigerus cantherigerus (Western Cuban Racer)

            An adult Cuban Racer from Guanahacabibes, Cuba. One thing that surprised me about this species is how many we saw active at night. In fact, of the half dozen we observed, all but one was found at night. This aprticular snake was discovered as my friend exited from a cave and was searching for a Tropidophis melanurus that had been stepped over by several members of our party without knowing it was even there. While looking down at the ground, his eye caught the image of these braided scales sitting below the leaf litter. He was surprised to pull out this nearly 1.25 m snake that people had stepped over without knowing it was even there.

Later in our trip, while we hiked to a different cave, I had a similar experience with a slightly smaller and darker example of this species. I caught a glimpse of scales buried in some leaf litter in a rocky part of a trail that we were using to get to a different cave.

Taken on: July 22, 2022

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Nature

wildlife

snake

racer

reptile

Reptilia

Serpentes

Colubridae

Dipsadidae

Cubophis

cantherigerus

Cubophis cantherigerus cantherigerus

Cuban Racer

Western Cuban Racer

Kenny

Wray

Kenny Wray

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herps

herping

field herping

Guanahacabibes

Pinar del Rio Province

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