Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western Glossy Snake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Arizona elegans
- Phyllorhynchus decurtatus
- Spalerosophis diadema
- Gyalopion canum
- Hypsiglena chlorophaea
- Lytorhynchus diadema
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Arizona
- Species
- Arizona occidentalis
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