LONG-NOSED SNAKE Rhinocheilus lecontei Baird & Girard, 1853  

STATUS:  Rare

DOCUMENTED COUNTIES:  Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise

HABITAT:  Fort Worth Prairie, Western Cross Timbers, Brazos River Bottoms, and Rolling Plains

COMMENTS:  R. lecontei should be much more common in the western part of the Metroplex.