sharp-tailed snakes

genus Contia

Member of dipsadine snakes (subfamily Dipsadinae)
colubrid snakes (family Colubridae)
snakes (suborder Serpentes)
reptiles (class Reptilia)
animals (kingdom Animalia)

There are no other wild species of this genus anywhere.

California Herps has a key to the scale features of sharp-tailed snakes. California Herps shows no range overlap in the bay area, but iNaturalist observations disagree.

sharp-tailed snake
Contia tenuis

east of the Santa Cruz mountains (but in the flat lands west of the bay)

forest sharp-tailed snake
Contia longicaudae

in the Santa Cruz mountains

1 observed taxon / 1 unobserved taxon / 1 key

Chris’s observations: 1 (research grade)

Locations:

Henry Cowell Redwoods SP - Fall Creek Unit

Months:

Jul.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist

Bay Area species: iNaturalist