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08-05-2003 | 04:11 PM
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Giant Nontypical
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oops
Last night when i was taking my friend home (she lives in a town about 50 miles from bakersfield) i accidently ran over what i think what a King snake. It looked to be maybe about 3-4 feet. The road i was on was through a dangerous canyon that has a narrow road so i didn' t get out and look because of the fear of getting hit by another car. the canyon road has claimed about 500 + lives since being paved in 1930s, not including the river' s 217 drownings.(sorry to go off topic, little history lesson for the day) Does anyone know how big they usually get?
08-07-2003 | 08:33 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: oops
California King Snake
ORDER: Squamata
FAMILY:Colubridae
GENUS: Lampropeltis
SPECIES: getulus californiae
I. DESCRIPTION:
Skin has various patterns (bands, stripes, speckles) and colors (black and white, brown and yellow, etc). Adults are usually 3 feet long, rarely as long as 4 feet.
II. GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE AND HABITAT:
Western U.S. from Baha California, north to Oregon and Southern Utah and east to western Arizona. Lives in rock outcrops, semi-desert, brushy hillsides, or pine forests.
III. DIET:
Mice, lizards, birds, other snakes. Crepuscular, but nocturnal during hot, summer months.
IV. LIFE CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE:
Oviparous. Lays around two dozen eggs in rotted logs, etc. Young hatch in two months and are about a foot long.
V. SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS:
King snakes are wholly or partially immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and will kill and eat them. This behavior gives them a good reputation with humans in rural areas.
VI. STATUS IN WILD:
Not considered endangered.
ORDER: Squamata
FAMILY:Colubridae
GENUS: Lampropeltis
SPECIES: getulus californiae
I. DESCRIPTION:
Skin has various patterns (bands, stripes, speckles) and colors (black and white, brown and yellow, etc). Adults are usually 3 feet long, rarely as long as 4 feet.
II. GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE AND HABITAT:
Western U.S. from Baha California, north to Oregon and Southern Utah and east to western Arizona. Lives in rock outcrops, semi-desert, brushy hillsides, or pine forests.
III. DIET:
Mice, lizards, birds, other snakes. Crepuscular, but nocturnal during hot, summer months.
IV. LIFE CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE:
Oviparous. Lays around two dozen eggs in rotted logs, etc. Young hatch in two months and are about a foot long.
V. SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS:
King snakes are wholly or partially immune to the venom of rattlesnakes and will kill and eat them. This behavior gives them a good reputation with humans in rural areas.
VI. STATUS IN WILD:
Not considered endangered.
08-07-2003 | 10:51 AM
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Typical Buck
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From: Coffeyville KS USA
