After recovering from the shock of nearly grabbing one of the reptiles, the inspector found two bull snakes; three Great Plains and one Trans Pecos rat snakes; two Texas longnose snakes; a desert king snake; a Western hooknose snake; three Texas night snakes; and a ground snake.
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Two snakes found on St . Thomas might occur on Hans Lollik : " Typhlops richardii " and " Liophis exequuis " . " Liophis portoricensis " ( a lizard-eating ground snake ) has been reduced in numbers or extirpated on the large islands within its range . " Geochelone carbonaria ", the red-legged tortoise, has not been recorded but may be present.
