A tiny Nightsnake coils up tight and flattens it’s head, pretending to be a rattlesnake.

Tiny juvenile Nightsnake being held in one hand. Human thumbnail for scale.

The ‘saddle’ of a Nightsnake, which may be as unique as fingerprints.

#SundaySnakes is for tiny California Nightsnakes (Hypsiglena ochrorhyncha nuchalata), pretending to be rattlesnakes. Look at that teeny coil! #herps #overgrownearthworm #snek #snakes #fieldwork