A little wildlife

I was walking down a little gully and saw this snake at my feet. It was as thin as pencil and about 12 inches long. It was fast! It was gone before I could get the camera out. It was hiding under an old fence post. It was just after a rain.
The snake is so cool! I did some research on enaturalist.com. This is a variable sand snake.
It usually lives under the sand and eats bugs, cockroaches and scorpions.
You can see photos and read more about this beautiful snake here:
http://www.reptilesofaz.com/Snakes-Subpages/h-c-stramineus.html








































This lizard was all spotted...never seen one like this before! Every day brings something new on the desert!