Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer catenifer)

Created: April 9th, 2011 - 12:12 AM
Last Modified: April 9th, 2011 - 08:14 PM Entered by: Michael Peters
Record 71869

Country: United States		State: California	County: Contra Costa County	Time: 2011-04-08 15:09:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: Open field
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Few clouds		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 19.69ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Possibly the biggest wild Pac Gopher I have personally encountered. I am 6' tall, when holding snake so vent was at my shoulder, it's head still reached the ground. I would guess about 5.5' snout to vent.

Several aggressive strikes but all bluff, it never bit me.

Wallet in second photo is for size reference. Third photo is cover it was found under.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Jeff Nordland on Apr 09, 2011 at 07:06 PM

Nice one! I really like the yellow and orange colorations.