Ringed Ground Snake

Contia occipitale, (Hallowell)

Colouration: Milk-white, pink or yellow, with narrow black rings around the body--sometimes broken at the edges of the abdominal plates--separated by intervals of about five scales; between the rings, the abdomen is white.
Dimensions: Total length 12 inches.
Distribution: Arizona.

Snout most prominent of any of the species. Scales in 15 rows. Tail about one-fifth the total length.

A black crescent on the rear part of the head, the points directed forward.