She was quite active. Seen her/him sunning in the side of S.Rim trail.
no red whatsoever, but the black head gave it away.
lifer for me :-)
i have a short video of it fleeing, it moved in a very strange push motion.
Seen with a common raven hopping around it and harassing it, on trail in Yosemite Valley. Kingsnake of some kind, I think it’s a California Mountain Kingsnake
Didn’t expect to see this species in the area I was in.
sunning in the parking lot at 5:30pm, had what looked like an old injury to lower spine before vent. probably about 12-13 inches total length
People saw a Bobcat (Lynx rufus) catch this snake and eat (or at least tear off) the back 1/3 or more of it. The photos were taken several hours after this happened, and the snake was still clearly alive.
Snake eating a mouse
Coach Whip eating a baby?snake.
Roadkill
Black-white morph mountain king snake in Yosemite Valley, climbing up a crack on Washington Column. ~200 feet below summit, 1000+ feet above valley floor.
Second and third photos are looking climber's right and below where the snake was observed
Alameda county, CA
Found under wooden cover in Carrizo Plain National Monument, San Luis Obispo County. Found alongside Elizabeth Younce, Maeve Secor, Charlie Toney, Hydi Ybarra
Found by Kai Palnescar and Chris Jones. Santa Ana River, Jurupa Valley.
Found this lil one which I have never seen a color morph like this for a Mud snake. I determined it to be one based off the visual/physical features such as the “tail spine”, pattern, head/eye shape, as well as a divided anal plate.
Bursting out of the belly of a road-killed Red-shouldered Hawk. Probably yesterday's lunch, as today was quite cloudy. Further impressive as the ditches are full of snow and most of the water is frozen over
Found and photographed by Brian Hess
Beautiful little king snake found on cougar pass trail
Being consumed by California King Snake. photo by Laura Howe
Found under a rock while looking for spiders for the Pinnacles Spider Inventory.
Dead
Found with Mike Westphal for Dustin Wood. There was a large food item in its belly that we guessed was a Gilbert's skink.
NAHERP ID 44684
Found by rock wall surrounded by dead grass near my grandmother's house. Determined to be female after there being a lack of hemipenes after inspection.
While I was on a trail run, I came across this king snake right after it caught a rattle snake. It was on the Indian Valley Creek single-track trail. I just joined iNaturalist, and while this image is old, I thought it would be of interest, since it's a rare sighting in the wild.
Found this snake trying to swallow a California Giant Salamander .
I came across this unusual scene while hiking back to my car this afternoon. What I think is happening here is that the racer probably tried to predate the alligator lizard, only to have the alligator lizard clamp down on the snake's head. When I came upon them, the snake wasn't moving much. I sat and watched for a bit, but then noticed a mountain biker coming down the trail. When I stood up so he could see me, I must have startled the lizard, because all of a sudden the snake got free, and zipped off into the tall grass on the side of the trail. After a second or two, the alligator lizard also dashed off, albeit in the other direction. I felt a little badly about disturbing the situation, but really there was a good chance one or both animals would have been run over by the biker, who was demonstrating his species' usual level of spatial awareness. (ie none whatsoever. I'm still not sure he ever saw me.) All in all, it was quite a surprising encounter.
(@gregpauly, I thought you might be interested in this one, since it shows the jaw strength of a Northern Alligator lizard from a different angle than the one we know from mating lizards.)
I came across this unusual scene while hiking back to my car this afternoon. What I think is happening here is that the racer probably tried to predate the alligator lizard, only to have the alligator lizard clampdown on the snake's head. When I came upon them, the snake wasn't moving much. I sat and watched for a bit, but then noticed a mountain biker coming down the trail. When I stood up so he could see me, I must have startled the lizard, because all of a sudden the snake got free, and zipped off into the tall grass on the side of the trail. After a second or two, the alligator lizard also dashed off, albeit in the other direction. All in all, it was quite a surprising encounter.
(@gregpauly, I thought you might be interested in this one, since it showsthe jaw strength of a Northern Alligator lizard from a different angle than the one we know from mating lizards.
Ed Levin County Park, Santa Clara County, CA, 2020-11-18
Found near Camp Swift National Guard Camp in Bastrop Co., Texas.
Found this guy on my property. Having some trouble identifying it.
Found dead on Sawyers Bar Rd
2 snakes breeding for 3RD day in wood pile.
Large skin in dry creek m
Eating a California Red-legged Frog