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First one for me for this season. Hopefully not last.
Little guy - I think some come out of the egg bigger than he is.

Redding, CA
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x.y L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
x.y L. getula nigrita (MBK)
x.y L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
x.y Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus (W Hognose)
x.y.z Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

Sweet find. Good looking little gopher. Was it under something or out cruising around. Time & temps? A Pit was our first snake of the season too. We found a 3' San Diego last weekend on an overcast 54F degree day @ noon.

reako45

He was found under a rotting log at 5:49 PM.
I don't know what the temps were - this has probably been the warmest weekend of this spring so far.
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x.y L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
x.y L. getula nigrita (MBK)
x.y L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
x.y Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus (W Hognose)
x.y.z Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

Probes male - he's about 14 inches long including tail.
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x.y L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
x.y L. getula nigrita (MBK)
x.y L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
x.y Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus (W Hognose)
x.y.z Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

Pretty cool. Don't you have a female Pacific also?

reako45

Yes - she's about 4 - 4.5 feet right now. Not officially measured, guestimated.

Her enclosure is 4' long - I should take her out and compare her with it.
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x.y L. getula californiae (Cal. King)
x.y L. getula nigrita (MBK)
x.y L. getula floridana (Brooksi)
x.y Pantherophis guttatus guttatus (Corn)
0.1 Pituophis catenifer catenifer (Pacific gopher)
0.1 Heterodon nasicus (W Hognose)
x.y.z Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata - (Cal. Alligator Lizard)

So good to see such a classic animal. Good luck with it, thanks for sharing!

Bart

Thanks!

Here's an updated pic -

He's off to a good start
He followed the fuzzy around the tub, staying about a half inch behind it, for about two minutes before finally deciding to devour it.
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