I still have my little snake, as it was given to me and there is no reasonable way I could return it to the bank (financial institution, not river bank) in southern Oregon. Once it grows up I may mate it to one of my others. It's pattern is interesting, what with a lot more saddles than the usual. I would be interested to know where approximately in California Tim found his.



Yesterday I found an adult sunbathing right in the middle of the road, and brought it home for safe keeping until I can release it today at a safe place (my friend's place which is infested with gophers and is far from paved roads). It looks like the more normal large blotched one in Tim's first photo.



In my area they tend to be reddish with large blotches.



He was funny; when I picked him up off the dangerous road and put him in a big bag, and brought him home, he was calm, but once he was in the tub he got pretty hissy spitty. Some aspen, a hiding saucer, water bowl and a belly full of mice helped him accept his temporary captivity.
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Bob

Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

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