Variable Groundsnake (Sonora semiannulata semiannulata)

Created: January 29th, 2015 - 01:41 PM
Last Modified: January 29th, 2015 - 01:52 PM Entered by: Alan St. John
Record 214940

Country: United States		State: Oregon	County: Malheur County	Time: 1984-06-21 17:30:00
Qty: 2	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: Loose-soiled east slope in sagebrush/greasewood/shadscale/rabbitbrush/bunchgrass association.
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: 75.00F	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: Variable		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: 2300.00ft	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

Following a noontime drenching thundershower, when sunshine returned I found five adults and two juveniles under rocks in the lower Owyhee River Canyon, near Adrian. They represented examples of all ground snake color/pattern morphs----orange-and-black crossbanded, black-and-white crossbanded, orange-striped, and uniform tan.

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Comments

Posted by Jonathan Hakim on Feb 21, 2015 at 11:37 PM

Brilliant record. I want you to post more pictures, just for the joy of seeing all the color morphs, especially from Oregon snakes.

Posted by Lawrence Erickson on Jan 30, 2015 at 07:38 AM

Nice record, great finds