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philodog
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Snake ID please
I found this little guy in the desert just north of G.Negro and am hoping for a positive species ID. It was about two feet long, skinny and mostly
black except for the head. Any snake experts out there? Two suggestions so far have been gopher snake and black racer
 
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Great find!!!
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David K
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It looks like a Gopher Snake?
Here's a great book to have with you, in Baja:
[Edited on 3-10-2017 by David K]
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DavidT
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That's Lt. Dan
He ain't got no legs
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ehall
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That's funny. Thanks for the laugh.
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Russ
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I can't remember the name but I asked awhile ago and was told. The looked it up to confirm it. Sorry David, not a gopher snake. Doesn't have the
modeling like a rattler. Maybe whip snake? I'll look.
edit: similar to the whipsnake but I don't see the yellow stripe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_whipsnake .... still looking
**gopher snake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pituophis_catenifer
edit: Here's the one I had in my yard. I think they're the same.
[Edited on 3-9-2017 by Russ]
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That species is called Joe Just Joe. Stomp it if you come across it again.
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mtgoat666
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Bulging eyes, Looks like a night snake
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Russ
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I'm pretty sure I found it! Baja California Coachwhip
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.fuliginosus.ht...
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norte
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excellent Russ. That sure looks like it.
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David K
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OK, but the coachwhip I photographed was mostly solid in color. Philodog's looks a lot more like a gopher snake in the book... I will scan and post
the two.
Until then, here is a coachwhip I photographed by Rancho San Gregorio, a few miles SE of San Borja:
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Coachwhip
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David K
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Gopher Snake
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beautiful snake whatever it is!
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Looks like it is from the 'reptilia slitherin' group!
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David K
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Is that from Harry Potter?
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AKgringo
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Well I put on the sorting hat, and that is the way it came out!
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Russ
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Wow, David you brought out the different patterns and colorations of the snakes.
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David K
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What do you think Russ? I mean, it looks like those patterns are on both? The photo I took of a Coachwhip was in 2001, and the thing moved FAST! I was
lucky to get that one shot. I remember it being just dark, one color, but even in my disposable camera shot, I tink I see some of that pattern near
the head?
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If you look at the photos in the other link posted (http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.fuliginosus.ht...) you can see that coachwhips can have that patterning along their sides,
especially the juveniles, along with the solid dark phase dorsal coloring.
It doesn't seem like gopher snakes have that solid dark back, but if anyone has pictures/guide to the contrary, please share.
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