Mountain Gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans elegans)
Created: August 8th, 2009 - 11:43 PM
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 27836
Last Modified: November 30th, 2009 - 11:19 AM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 27836
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Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Shasta County |
Time: 2009-08-08 20:05:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: YoY |
Sex: Female |
Method: Visual encounter |
Habitat: Dry rocky creek |
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Body Temperature: ----- |
Air Temperature: ----- |
Ground Temperature: ----- |
Humidity: ----- |
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Sky Conditions: Clear |
Moon Phase: ----- |
Elevation: 535.10ft |
Barometric Pressure: ----- |
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Notes
When found, this snake had what initially looked like broken ribs. However, what appeared to me to be broken ribs soon worked its way up the snakes body, and it regurgitated a young Pacific Treefrog (Record 27837) it had consumed.
Sexed by probing.
Update Nov 13 2009: Updated elevation via GPSVisualizer
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