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Not a pituophis, but similar in a few ways. I've meant try to collect a pair and work with them for awhile. Brenda and I found him about the same distance from Bakersfield, but in the opposite direction. Now we'll have to go out to that area and see if we can't pick up the female.

Ive seen that head band before. I personaly like wild caught snakes better than bought

own right. I borrowed a digital camera to get this pic so I could post. When I finally buy one, I'll take it with me roadhunting so I can take the pic while the snake is in the wild. I really like pics of them in the wild. The headband and a rostral scale is a trademark pituophis trait. I would think glossy snakes are burrowers.

>>Ive seen that head band before. I personaly like wild caught snakes better than bought

see a Glossy snake pic, good luck with finding a mate for it. Very nice looking snake.

Have a good one,
Gregg F.

>>Not a pituophis, but similar in a few ways. I've meant try to collect a pair and work with them for awhile. Brenda and I found him about the same distance from Bakersfield, but in the opposite direction. Now we'll have to go out to that area and see if we can't pick up the female.
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I've always liked Glossy snakes. I'll shoot you a pair if I get a mate and they breed if you'd like.

>>see a Glossy snake pic, good luck with finding a mate for it. Very nice looking snake.
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>>Have a good one,
>>Gregg F.
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>>>>Not a pituophis, but similar in a few ways. I've meant try to collect a pair and work with them for awhile. Brenda and I found him about the same distance from Bakersfield, but in the opposite direction. Now we'll have to go out to that area and see if we can't pick up the female.
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to work with a lot of the NA snakes, so if you get some CB offspring in the future please let me know, i would really appreciate it. Heading down to clean some cages and see if anything new has happened in the basement.
Have a good one,

Gregg F.

>>I've always liked Glossy snakes. I'll shoot you a pair if I get a mate and they breed if you'd like.
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>>>>see a Glossy snake pic, good luck with finding a mate for it. Very nice looking snake.
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>>>>Have a good one,
>>>>Gregg F.
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>>>>>>Not a pituophis, but similar in a few ways. I've meant try to collect a pair and work with them for awhile. Brenda and I found him about the same distance from Bakersfield, but in the opposite direction. Now we'll have to go out to that area and see if we can't pick up the female.
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So if that is not a form of a pit then would it be classified as a garter snake or ribbon snake? Either way it is definitly cool. Nice snake. Bakersfield isn't too far from Temecula but I haven't even heard of those snakes until your post and I've been a snake fanatic since I was five.

Arizona elegans occidentalis. Occidentalis is for the California glossy snake. They're similar in pattern to pituophis, but they have a smooth scale thus the term "Glossy". You don't see many unless you go out roadhunting late at night. I mentioned earlier they have a rostral scale so they should be excellent burrowers. They burrow down during the day and come out late at night. I really like them and have meant to try to collect a pair to breed and work with. Being nocturnal as they are, there isn't as much written on them as we would like. Temecula is definitely in their range so keep your eye out at night when you're driving or riding around the roads.
>>So if that is not a form of a pit then would it be classified as a garter snake or ribbon snake? Either way it is definitly cool. Nice snake. Bakersfield isn't too far from Temecula but I haven't even heard of those snakes until your post and I've been a snake fanatic since I was five.