Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)

Created: February 1st, 2010 - 06:22 PM
Last Modified: September 25th, 2010 - 02:17 PM Entered by: Natalie McNear
Record 37526

Country: United States		State: California	County: Marin County	Time: 2010-02-01 14:45:00
Qty: 1	Age: Adult	Sex: --	Method: Rock flipping	Habitat: Oak/bay forest
Body Temperature: 54.00F		Air Temperature: 53.00F	Ground Temperature: 54.00F	Humidity: 80%
Sky Conditions: Cloudy		Moon Phase: Waning Gibbous	Elevation: 320.00ft	Barometric Pressure: 759.71 mmHg

Notes

Snake found under a piece of slate on my driveway.

Vouchers

Comments

Posted by Natalie McNear on Feb 02, 2010 at 01:34 PM

That's interesting considering they're one of the most common snakes in the county! I'll have to enter some more records to the database, including the one I found in my kitchen a couple years ago. I believe I've found this particular individual under the same rock four times now since October - he's become tame now, hahaha...

Posted by Brian Hinds-AKA Fundad on Feb 02, 2010 at 08:13 AM

I do believe this is the first Marin County entry for the sharp tail in NAFHA..