California Striped Racer (Coluber lateralis lateralis)

Created: September 9th, 2014 - 05:04 PM
Last Modified: September 10th, 2014 - 01:42 AM Entered by: Jeff Teel
Record 200818

Country: United States		State: California	County: San Bernardino County	Time: 2014-09-02 00:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: YoY	Sex: --	Method: Trapped	Habitat: Concrete flood control ditch, coastal scrub-sage above
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Concrete flood control ditch, coastal scrub-sage above where the animals fall in from. Snakes die a lot in here, as if not rescued out the sun kills them. Had a few species today that fell to this fate. This species seems to be the most frequently encountered snake here. Luckily some are still alive, this one I could not get out though, both times-(up and down) it had its head out like this in the pic, but wuld retreat as I would try to get it out. I see lizards run into these cracks as ell, so food is probably not an issue.

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Comments

Posted by Jeff Teel on Sep 10, 2014 at 01:44 AM

No prob, Brian. I was going to put trapped, but figured that was set aside for actual trapping you did yourself. I'll try to go through the other ones and change them, I have some going back years though from here as well. Ones found under rocks in his wash I have put in under rock flipping or debris lifting...

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Sep 10, 2014 at 01:28 AM

Hi Great Job.. Can you change the method field to trapped? I actually provided method info to Robert Fisher USGS on this species.

Posted by Stacy Schenkel on Sep 09, 2014 at 06:19 PM

you are a good man!