California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

Created: May 29th, 2011 - 03:08 PM
Last Modified: May 29th, 2011 - 06:47 PM Entered by: Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad
Record 78029

Country: United States		State: California	County: San Diego County	Time: 2001-03-16 11:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: Coastal Grassland
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Carlsbad Area... Habitat was completely bulldozed, before replanting with Sage. This is unacceptable. Habitat of our native species needs better management than this and other methods looked at besides complete bulldozing before replanting of sage. ALL snakes were buried alive, thus killing them, during this replanting. Many snakes of many species were found in this appox 50 acres of habitat.

This snake perished when it was bulldozed

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Taylor Henry on May 29, 2011 at 04:04 PM

Amen brother... So sad that this stuff happens. Hopefully change will come. I think these type of records are extremely important to the cause.