San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens)

Created: May 4th, 2011 - 12:47 AM
Last Modified: June 8th, 2011 - 11:36 PM Entered by: Todd Battey
Record 75397

Country: United States		State: California	County: Los Angeles County	Time: 2011-06-04 10:04:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: Sage scrub-chaparral
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 71.00F	Ground Temperature: 76.00F	Humidity: 20%
Sky Conditions: Partly Cloudy		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 3885.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

This appeared to be a different, slightly smaller individual than the gophersnake found under this same board 04/29/11. Ground temperatures measured as follows. Temp under board by snake = 76. Temp at mouth of burrow under board where snake exited = 68. Temp on top of board in full sun = 106. Located in the San Diego - Great Basin - Pacific Gophersnake intergrade zone.

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Comments

Posted by Todd Battey on May 04, 2011 at 10:44 AM

Yes, my hat was for scale so you wouldn't mistake the board for a 4x8' sheet. ;)

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on May 04, 2011 at 08:55 AM

Is that your hat.. :)