as i explained to john in the previous thread, i found this little gal this afternoon (about 2pm) while cleaning some leaves at the base of my strawberry tiers. She was under the leaves and as she appears gravid, i suspect she may have been looking for a place to lay. i found one like it last year and believe that someone id. the pic i had taken of it as a coluber spinalis but i am not for sure. Shortly after finding her a thunderstorm came in so i could not get any good pics but snapped a couple of quick ones and will take her out tomorrow and get some much better ones. Just for info when i found her it was 70 degrees f. and the humidity was 88%.

the first pic is where she was found (at the base of the lower wall of bricks (under about 4 inches of chestnut leaves).

the other two shots are the head and belly and i apologize but if anyone is interested in this species i will get much better pics along with length/weight and any other info they might wish. Although i always release these native guys i may hold her back to see if i can get eggs from her and record clutch/ egg size, weight etc.


thanks,
don

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