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Went for a walk Sun eve. flip a few boards and found a nice Western Yellow Bellied Racer. Took it back home for pictures, and then returned it for release Mon. eve. It took a while to settle down for pict., but once it did, it wasn't to bad. Also found a baby Ringneck that we released right away.

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R.Bichlers Colubrids
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Thanks for the pictures. Brings back wonderful memories of about 45 years ago when I used to catch those in the Bay Area. I'm in So. Cal now. Red racers have replaced them.

Thanks for posting the pictures. Racers are beautiful snakes; highly underrated in my opinion, and increasingly uncommon in Northern California. I've only seen two or three in the last five years.
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Roy Blodgett
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1.1 Drymarchon corais
0.1 Coluber mormon
1.1 Lampropeltis getula californiae (desert phase)
1.0 Boiga dendrophila dendrophila
0.1 Candoia aspera (red phase)
1.1 Uroplatus henkeli
1.1 Corytophanes cristatus
1.1 Varanus acanthurus
2.1 Pogona vitticeps (snow and red/gold)
1.0 Iguana iguana

“All men lie enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”- Herman Melville

>>Thanks for posting the pictures. Racers are beautiful snakes; highly underrated in my opinion, and increasingly uncommon in Northern California. I've only seen two or three in the last five years.

That goes for me to. But it seems I see at least one D.O.R every year.
Take care;
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R.Bichlers Colubrids
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rbichler/index.html