California Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans occidentalis)

Created: November 13th, 2014 - 02:00 PM
Last Modified: February 3rd, 2016 - 02:47 AM Entered by: Jeff Nordland
Record 206569

Country: United States		State: California	County: San Diego County	Time: 2014-03-06 10:45:00
Qty: 1	Age: Sub-Adult	Sex: --	Method: Artificial cover flipping	Habitat: sandy riparian canyon bottom with much non-native vegetation
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent	Elevation: 65.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Found under a large piece of eucalyptus bark I had pulled off a dying tree the previous Fall and laid out on a sandy embankment. When I first lifted the bark I saw a Gilbert's skink shoot down a small hole. While sifting through the sand trying to uncover the skink, I unearthed this 16-18" long glossy snake! It was only inches away from where the skink had been lying.
This locale is well West of the I-15 freeway, within 8 miles from the coast. Part of this canyon burned in a wildfire in late May 2014.

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Comments

Posted by Stacy Schenkel on Nov 13, 2014 at 02:54 PM

so awesome to find it under your own piece of bark!