Western Yellow-bellied Racer (Coluber constrictor mormon)

Created: April 23rd, 2011 - 01:22 AM
Last Modified: April 24th, 2011 - 07:40 PM Entered by: Owen Holt
Record 73589

Country: United States		State: California	County: Santa Clara County	Time: 2011-04-22 08:58:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: oak pine woodland
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 48.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

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Comments

Posted by Owen Holt on Apr 24, 2011 at 07:44 PM

Yeah, it was cool at 9:00AM at 2000 ft. I found a younger one about 3 feet from this one. The rock was maybe 8" across... the coiled snake just fit. When they're cold, you can carry them to better looking rocks for a photo then and get nothing more than a tongue flick out of them.

Posted by Jeff Nordland on Apr 23, 2011 at 03:11 PM

What a cold morning to find such a nice snake. I imagine it was probably under a board or a rock. Love the reddish color on that guy! (almost as much as the greenish color on the snake Fundad recently posted)