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Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer

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Field Notes

Description:

The Pacific gopher snake is a subspecies of large nonvenomous colubrid snake native to the western coast of the United States. Wikipedia

Habitat:

Southern California coast.

Notes:

My brother almost stepped on this snake as he was trail running. This is as close as we dared to venture since he did not know if it was a rattle snake. The picture was taken in Palos Verdes California, on a preseve.

Species ID Suggestions

Gopher Snake

Pituophis catenifer
JeffreyDuby
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Comments (2)
LisaPowers
Beautiful spotting! Please be sure to add this to the Snakes of the United States – CSC mission to help with their citizen science project! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/12027210

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California Coastal Wildlife Watch
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Southern California Wildlife
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Animals in the area of LA

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PublishedJune 25, 2013

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