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Field Notes

Description:

Big snake!

Habitat:

California country

Species ID Suggestions

Pacific gopher snake

Pituophis catenifer catenifer

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Scott Frazier
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Comments (4)
WyattErwin
Very much appears to be a gopher snake I second everyone else, but I wouldn't say for sure until I saw its head.
KarenL
Hi Erin! Do you have a photo of the whole snake? It does look a lot like you other spotting of a gopher snake.
Steven Sheppard
From the pattern on the piece you got it appears to be a kind of rat snake or gopher snake. There should be websites that have different species of local rat snake species listed.
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PublishedApril 16, 2012

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