Chihuahuan Hook-nosed Snake
Gyalopion canum
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- G. canum – Brewster Co, TX – photo by Rob Klockman
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- G. canum – Crockett Co, TX – photo by Michael Price
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- G. canum – Hidalgo Co, NM – photo by Chris Newsom
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- G. canum – Hidalgo Co, NM – photo by Chris Newsom
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- Map by Steve Bledsoe, SWCHR
DISTRIBUTION: In our region, Gyalopian canum occurs in central /south-central Texas, Along the Rio Grande and Pecos River valleys into New Mexico and across southern New Mexico into extreme southeastern Arizona.
LEGAL STATUS: No Listings
MEANING OF SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gyalopian canum (Cope 1861)
Genus: Gyalopion, Greek = small hollow – ref. up-turned rostral with distinct concave dorsal surface.
Species: canum, Latin – canutus = white, frosty, gray, whitish gray
Ref. Ellen Beltz 2006
Ref. E. Jeager 1962