San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens)

Created: January 2nd, 2015 - 04:50 PM
Last Modified: January 3rd, 2015 - 03:39 PM Entered by: Stacy Schenkel
Record 212141

Country: United States		State: California	County: Orange County	Time: 2015-01-02 14:30:00
Qty: 1	Age: YoY	Sex: --	Method: Visual encounter	Habitat: Residential landscaping that backs up to canyon chaparral
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 57.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Clear		Moon Phase: Waxing Gibbous	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

I went hiking earlier looking for snakes. Then I came home only to have my cat find me a snake on my own back porch!! My cat was looking out the window acting funny and I thought he saw a bird and I look out the window to see the tail of a baby gopher snake :). My first snake of the year came early right to my bedroom window lol!

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Comments

Posted by Stacy Schenkel on Jan 03, 2015 at 03:40 PM

The last picture is from 1-3-15 because he came back again...

Posted by Stacy Schenkel on Jan 02, 2015 at 06:24 PM

Haha yeah! I moved to a new place that backs up to a canyon and I have high herp expectations for this property! You would love it because so many birds visit throughout the day. I am going to have to borrow a bird ID book from my sister because some of these I have never seen...

Posted by Keith Condon on Jan 02, 2015 at 06:19 PM

My cats found a Southern Pacific on my porch a couple years ago. Looks like you have the same disease I have. Pottedplant runamuckus!