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Photo by bob.arigi
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38.0545, -122.523

Field Notes

Description:

About 18 inches long
No musk
Shook its tail as if it had a rattle but didn't
light brown with dark brown spots top and bottom with a dark brown mask

Habitat:

On the street in my north sf bay neighborhood

Species ID Suggestions

young bull snake?

Pituophis catenifer sayi

Reference Link
MrsPbio
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Comments (5)
WyattErwin
I'd put my money on gopher snake. Glossy snakes coloration and pattern are a bit different
bob.arigi
Okay now I'm thinking it us a glossy snake. Maybe with climate change the are moving north. Googling glossy snake brings me an exact match
TKBotting
I think Karen's right. I know that sometimes the common names get mixed up: Bull snake, Pine snake, Gopher snake -- common names can be terrible! Pituophis catenifer sayi looks pretty good! Check out Karen's link!
bob.arigi
Yes it was amazingly tame-like Thanks for the ID
TKBotting
Pine snake or Gopher snake. Beautiful and very docile.
Photographed
PublishedSeptember 9, 2012

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