California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)
Created: July 25th, 2021 - 09:47 PM
Last Modified: July 25th, 2021 - 09:48 PM Entered by: Noah Morales
Record 348013
Last Modified: July 25th, 2021 - 09:48 PM Entered by: Noah Morales
Record 348013
Country: United States |
State: California |
County: Stanislaus County |
Time: 2020-09-29 00:00:00 |
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Qty: 1 |
Age: Juvenile |
Sex: -- |
Method: DOR |
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Notes
A crushing DOR "Delta Aberrant Blackbelly." Unmarked except for blood in the mouth, but unmoving. When I picked it up it wrapped its tail around my finger and released some musk from its cloaca as its final act. A very disappointing find, I knew what it was as soon as I saw it from my car.
Comments
I sure am... lol. Just uploaded a DOR "eiseni" cal king as well. Despite flipping a lot I never saw live morph kings until this year, still haven't seen a live aberrant blackbelly or eiseni lol.
Tragic. A nice 100% black belly specimen too...
Your good at spotting interesting DOR's. Honestly though you can't really blame the driver on this one, NOTHING is more difficult to see in the road (asphalt) than a hyper-melanistic kingsnake... well maybe an Indigo, that would be harder to see...