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Spotting

Description:

Big snake!

Habitat:

California country

1 Species ID Suggestions

Pacific gopher snake
Pituophis catenifer catenifer Pituophis catenifer catenifer - Pacific Gopher Snake


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4 Comments

WyattErwin
WyattErwin 11 years ago

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
KarenL 12 years ago

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
Steven Sheppard 12 years ago

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.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 12 years ago

Bello cuerpo de la serpiente

San Jose, California, USA

Spotted on Apr 16, 2012
Submitted on Apr 16, 2012

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