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Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus)

Created: October 14th, 2010 - 06:24 PM
Last Modified: December 8th, 2010 - 09:15 PM Entered by: Dave Weber
Record 55428
Country:
United States 		State:
Arizona 		County:
Santa Cruz County 		Time:
2010-09-11 17:00:00
Qty:
1 		Age:
YoY 		Sex:
-- 		Method:
Visual encounter 		Habitat:
montane riparian
Body Temperature:
----- 		Air Temperature:
80.00F 		Ground Temperature:
----- 		Humidity:
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Sky Conditions:
Few clouds 		Moon Phase:
New Moon 		Elevation:
5622.00ft 		Barometric Pressure:
621.7259814945 mmHg

Notes

Very young specimen crossing trail heading toward the creek. Swam across the creek afer I released it from Photography model duties.

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Comments

Posted by Dave Weber on Dec 08, 2010 at 09:16 PM

Thanks.

It was definitley a newly born animal as it had to be no more than 6-8 inches long,if that!

Posted by Dave Weber on Dec 08, 2010 at 09:16 PM

Thanks.

It was definitley a newly born animal as it had to be no more than 6-8 inches long,if that!

Posted by Richard & Alexus Cazares on Oct 15, 2010 at 12:06 PM

Cool light ring.... I like it. Saw one on one of my last trips there... biggest regal Ive ever seen. Not as pretty as this one.

Good find!