Awesome! If I buy a king from you can I have that hat?

Where I live in Palos Verdes, CA, they have done alot of "habitat restoration" where they remove the non-native grasses and mustard plants and put in the native coastal sage scrub.

Gophersnakes seem to be OK with the change. Lizards really like it, I'm seeing side blotched now where I never saw them before. But the Cal kings - not sure, but it seems like there are less. Hard to say because they are so secretive in the first place and more time needs to go by to assess, but my guess is that they like the grass and mustard plant better. They are quite concentrated in remaining patches of grass. They love the abused, altered habitat where non-native plants thrive.

Also harder to conceal A/C in the restored habitat. Too visible and they get picked up quickly.

Anyway, glad Cal kings are being propogated with enthusiasm by you. Out here in Calif, much of their former habitat is getting more and more scarce, or relegated to narrow strips.
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Mark

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