Meanwhile, in the middle of San Francisco...

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Meanwhile, in the middle of San Francisco...

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Since it stopped raining this morning, I decided to head out to a couple of spots in SF. Glad that I did--it turned out to be a pretty good day for urban herping. Please take a look and let me know if my ID assumptions are correct.

Here are some habitat shots.
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Looks like an Elgaria multicarinata multicarinata--it was about 10 inches long.
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A few minutes later, I found another one. This one was smaller--maybe about 7 inches.
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Then things really started to get good when I found this 4 foot Pituophis catenifer catenifer. It was well fed, strong, and aggressive.
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Then, at another undisclosed urban location, I flipped a rock and found 2 Thamnophis elegans terrestris'--only was able to photograph one of them, though.
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As per usual, I will add these to the database once the knowledgeable ones confirm the IDs.

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Nice stuff, Luke. At this pace, you'll exhaust the county in about 2 weeks.
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Amazing! Cool finds, Luke :beer:
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Nice Luke! Big pits in the city. Gotta love that!
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More awesome finds for the database and good looking snakes at that. :thumb:

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WHAT!? WHAT!? WHAT?!

Dude, NOT COOL MAN. This is MY city haha!

Were you trying to text me pics earlier today? If so, I don't get pic messages (still a dumb phone, not smart phone yet).

Jesus christ...a gopher snake!? What the hell man....what the hell...
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Zach_Lim wrote:WHAT!? WHAT!? WHAT?!

Dude, NOT COOL MAN. This is MY city haha!

Were you trying to text me pics earlier today? If so, I don't get pic messages (still a dumb phone, not smart phone yet).

Jesus christ...a gopher snake!? What the hell man....what the hell...
Tried texting pics. I was so stoked when I found the gopher--couldn't believe my eyes! :crazyeyes:
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Holy crap man...I never would have thought we would have the ecosystems here in SF to support such a large, prominent predator like a gopher snake. Amazing. Simply amazing.

About tomorrow, we better find some snakes with your luck!
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Zach_Lim wrote:Holy crap man...I never would have thought we would have the ecosystems here in SF to support such a large, prominent predator like a gopher snake. Amazing. Simply amazing.

About tomorrow, we better find some snakes with your luck!
Don't jinx me, man! ;) Just remember--the snakes are already there; you just have to find them.
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Very true, Luke.
Call or text in the morning to confirm location.
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Man, oh man. Mr. Talltree, I'm impressed. I've only a managed a foot and a half gopher here in the wilds of Santa Cruz!

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Good stuff and nice pics... :thumb: kinda addicting, Huh? :crazyeyes: :lol: :lol: jim
And, BTW... thx for the care you're taking with locality release. While it's an FHF rule not to release precise locality info, here at Nafha, it's more of a gentleman's agreement... and I appreciate the effort you've taken to fit in. :thumb:
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Very nice urban herping.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words and warm welcome! I can't say how much fun it's been finding all these great specimens in my own backyard.

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I can see all the photos now... disregard the response from the Placer post. Nice finds and pics :thumb:
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