THE FIRE SNAKE OF WESTERN MEXICO
Tuesday 20th June 2023The fire snake of Western Mexico
I today (Friday June 16th) came across a cryptid I have never come across before called the fire snake of Western Mexico. I was looking for reports of salamanders in Loch Ness when I came across the following snippet in the Aberdeen Press and Journal for January 30th 1924: ” Another peculiar creature is the fire snake of Western Mexico. This serpent not only possesses the properties of the famous salamander , but is actually supposed to be able to set fire to dry herbage.” Presumably this refers to the folklore belief that salamanders can survive fire.The image here is of the Sonora Semiannulata which struck me of being a fiery red and black colour, but I do not know if it really is or was the fire snake of Western Mexico. This snake featured also inhabits the south-western states of the U.S.A. 
