**screech**

[ladymetaka]

I need to ask a question to ANYONE on here who can identify multiple kinds of snakes

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[meatbunboy]

Are you in north america?

[ladymetaka]

yeah, southern New Mexico ._. on the northern half of the Chihuahua desert.

[meatbunboy]

.................you guys have a desert of Chihuahuas?

[ladymetaka]

XDDDDDDD no, no, but that's a fantastic mental image. The desert is named after the Mexican state that it pretty much takes up.

[maniaclove]

I looked up snakes in NM and this is the closest thing I found:

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[miwasatoshi]

A complete list of herpetofauna of New Mexico is available here.

http://www.interaktv.com/NM/NMHerps.html

[maniaclove]

No pictures though, and since we only know what it looks like...

[ladymetaka]

wasn't a garter snake, and had a horizontal band on its head, not vertical. thank you, though ^-^

[miwasatoshi]

Sounds like your dog got in a tussle with a juvenile Crotalus viridis / Western Rattlesnake. That's not good.

Even if it turns out it wasn't a rattler and therefore non-poisonous, the wounds should be looked at by a vet, as even non-poisonous snakes can leave wounds that may get infected.

[miwasatoshi]

[meatbunboy]

Didn't she say it was a foot long and a cm wide? Nothing you're posting fits.

[miwasatoshi]

Juveniles of a species may be MUCH smaller than the posted "maximum size" of an animal. For example, Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes may be as large as 60 inches long, but I came across one that was merely ten inches long during a hike.

It is also springtime, and due to the extreme amount of rain the Southwest has received, there are many young snakes out and about.

[sattyknight]

Yeah, the previous suggestions are your best bet. You should look your dog over and see if there are any fang marks. Still, like whoever said it earlier, you should take it to the vet, just in case.

[kirchu]

Whoa. @_@ I don't know but get your dog checked by a vet! O_O