Hey all,
while out bug-hunting in my neighborhood, I stumbled across this snake...almost stumbled onto him/her literally...it was sunning itself in my path...
i had brought a TV antena I thought would be good for coaxing centipedes, and lifted it with that into a container...it was really mellow and explored the container before balling itself up with its head in the middle...i am pretty sure i've read this is defensive...anyway, I don't know snakes well, but I've poked around californiaherps.com and found a couple candidates that are in this region and look similar, but I don't know what sort of colors/patterns are somewhat uniquely identifying, so I figured i'd post some pictures of my snake to see if anyone has any guesses.
the pics of my snake are at:
http://photobucket.com/albums/b8/demicheru/
the pics i've been comparing to are at:
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.c.annectens.html
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.c.deserticola.html
i'm leaning more towards the san diego gophersnake, p.c. annectens, but i really don't know. i've read that the band between the eyes is a pretty good sign that it is annectens, but again, i don't know much about snakes. this guy was caught in a pretty dry area near a small stream in the corner of Los Angeles/Riverside/San Bernadino counties...
i can take more photos if there is some identifying characteristic not in the pictures i've taken so far...
thanks for any guesses!
while out bug-hunting in my neighborhood, I stumbled across this snake...almost stumbled onto him/her literally...it was sunning itself in my path...
i had brought a TV antena I thought would be good for coaxing centipedes, and lifted it with that into a container...it was really mellow and explored the container before balling itself up with its head in the middle...i am pretty sure i've read this is defensive...anyway, I don't know snakes well, but I've poked around californiaherps.com and found a couple candidates that are in this region and look similar, but I don't know what sort of colors/patterns are somewhat uniquely identifying, so I figured i'd post some pictures of my snake to see if anyone has any guesses.
the pics of my snake are at:
http://photobucket.com/albums/b8/demicheru/
the pics i've been comparing to are at:
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.c.annectens.html
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.c.deserticola.html
i'm leaning more towards the san diego gophersnake, p.c. annectens, but i really don't know. i've read that the band between the eyes is a pretty good sign that it is annectens, but again, i don't know much about snakes. this guy was caught in a pretty dry area near a small stream in the corner of Los Angeles/Riverside/San Bernadino counties...
i can take more photos if there is some identifying characteristic not in the pictures i've taken so far...
thanks for any guesses!
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