Alex McCartney – Calakmul, Mexico – 2025 #2

The Mexican parrot snake is definitely my favourite snake to find in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve. Although commonly believed to be hylid specialists, there are accounts of these guys also predating on small lizards, birds eggs, and even a redback coffee snake! They have remarkable eyes, which they use to spot their cryptic prey hiding out in the thick foliage that they will systematically search whilst hunting. I spent an epic afternoon photographing this guy whilst he sunned himself on a dead tree in the camp aguada.

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