Hello - never posted on this forum before, but I have a pituophis story and question...
So I just moved from the northeast to Boulder Colorado. I have yet to fully aquaint myself with all of the local herptofauna. I was on my way to a job interview the other day, driving down a 6 lane buisy stretch of road. I mildly swerved to avoid what I first thought was a fan belt on the road. Now I am all about road cruising for herps, but at 9 in the morning, on a busy road is the last place I was expecting to find a 6 footer! Needless to say I was surprised when the fanbelt struck at my car as I passed by. I swerved to the side of the road and started running back towards him. He was in the middle of left lane. I watched half a dozen cars swerve around him before I could run out and grab him. There was absolutely no suitable habitat anywhere in sight. Strip malls covered both sides of the road. I have no idea where he was coming from or going to. I didn't have anything to put him in, so I emptied my backpack and tossed him in there... then I brought him into my interview...hahaha (I was interviewing at a vets office) Must have left an impression cause I got the job!
Anyway I brought him home that night and offered him a mouse and some water, both of which he greedily accepted. The next day I drove around the area where I found him and found a wildlife preserve with some ideal looking habitat, just a half mile from where I picked him up. I released him there. Hopefully he'll find a decent spot to overwinter.
Anyway, I know he is a pit of some kind, but would he be considered a bull snake? Gopher snake?? I have never worked with these guys. I have a field guide on order from amazon, but until then, what subspecies was he?
