San Bernardino Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra)

Created: November 12th, 2014 - 11:00 AM
Last Modified: November 12th, 2014 - 11:04 AM Entered by: Jeff Teel
Record 206412

Country: United States		State: California	County: San Bernardino County	Time: 2014-11-11 00:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: Sub-Adult	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: pine/oak manzanita, rocky forest
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Fog		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

San Bernardino Mtns. Found dead under a rock-(easy insitu shot) had been dead for some time, as the back end of the body was almost broke in half. This is the 2nd time I have found a dead zonata under a rock, both juvies as well. The 1st one had most of the head scales eaten off, or that is what it looked like anyways. The eyes appeared to be eaten out of this one, bugs I would guess?

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Comments

Posted by Jeff Teel on Nov 13, 2014 at 07:30 PM

I don't know, the broken back half of the body seemed weird to me.

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Nov 13, 2014 at 09:04 AM

Good entry Jeff, looks like it might have starved to death, very skinny..