Striped Racer (Masticophis lateralis)
- HM 404023
Country:
United States of America
United States of America
State:
California
California
County:
Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara
Age:
Deceased:
Notes:
Was fiddling with something at the base of this bush (I was unable to get a photo of the actual snake). There were two skinks out and about in the immediate vicinity, so it may have been either stalking them or trying to eat another one that it had already captured. Then quickly dove off into the shrubbery. Black and slender with white dorsal-lateral lines running along its body.
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