Ficimia hardyi

Ficimia hardyi, also known commonly as Hardy's hooknose snake, Hardy's hook-nosed snake, the Hidalgo hook-nosed snake, and nariz de gancho de Hardy in Mexican Spanish, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.

Etymology
The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy.

Geographic range
F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.

Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields.

Description
The holotype of F. hardyi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28.2 cm, plus a tail length of 7.6 cm.

Behavior
F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial.

Reproduction
F. hardyi is oviparous.