I bet you’ve heard of a Sea Snake, but have you ever heard of a Sand Snake? While digging post holes with my friend Alex in the sandy dirt, we found one! A Banded Sand Snake! Chilomeniscus cinctus. So beautiful.
Internet info; Small. Yellow/orange with 24-28 brown crossbands to tail. White underside. scales in rows of 13. Divided anal plate.
Mostly nocturnal. During the heat of the day, it is usually submerged beneath the surface, emerging at night to hunt for insects, small scorpions, cockroaches, centipedes and other soft bodied critters of the like. Its Spadelike snout helps it ‘swim’ through sand. Grooves at the edges of bushes indicate its subsurface activity.

Estamos muy felizes que se regreso la Tortuga Laud despues de haber dejado su primer nido hace 10 dias. Nuestro segundo nido de Tortuga Laúd(Dermochelys coriacea) del año! Increiblamente regreso al mismo lugar en la playa por aproximamente entre 500 metros. ¿Como saben? ¿Como lo hacen? Deja un comentario se crees saber. Estamos muy contentos por que la tortuga laúd se considera En Peligro Crítico. el año pasado y no había ni un solo nido encontrado. Haz clic en los fotos por imagenes mas grandes.

We are very happy to have the Leatherback Sea Turtle return after leaving her first nest 10 days ago. Our second Leatherback SeaTurtle(Dermochelys coriacea) nest of the year! Unbelievably she came back to the same spot of the beach within about 500 meters! How do they know? How do they do it? Leave a comment if you think you know.  We are very pleased as the Leatherback is considered Critically Endangered and last year there was not a single nest encountered. Click on photos for larger images.

Check out this Western Slender Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops humilis) and a Brown Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda venatoria) I encountered in my yard the other night. Fun.

Nuestro primer nido de Tortuga Laúd(Dermochelys coriacea) del año. Estamos muy contentos por que la tortuga laúd se considera En Peligro Crítico y el año pasado y no había ni un solo nido encontrado. Tomas se dio cuenta que La Tortuga gigante dejó 2 peces Remora(Remora brachyptera) tirados en la arena. Las salvamos lanzandolas de nuevo al agua. Tal vez se encuentran a su amigo de nuevo, o otro con quien se peude pedir rité …. Un tiburón tigre tal vez! Haga clic en los fotos.
Our first Leatherback SeaTurtle(Dermochelys coriacea) nest of the year. We are very pleased as the Leatherback is considered Critically Endangered and last year there was not a single nest encountered. Tomas realized that the giant Leatherback left 2 Remora fish(Remora brachyptera) high and dry in the sand. We saved them by tossing them back in the water. Maybe they will find their friend again, or another host to hitch a ride on…. A Tiger Shark perhaps!