Mountain King snake

[jfsh]

I was out scouting an old trail to see how ridable it is and I came across this guy. I think it is a Mountain King. I have seen many King snakes up here but never one this color. He was more agressive that the California Kings. STjunkie, I was checking out the trail that you were trying to find up near Johnsondale.

[ride hard]

that looks like a corn snake to me... but then again im not that good at recognizing snakes

[CalEpic]

Yep, that's a Mountain King. Here's a baby one I caught on the Holy Jim trail a while back.

They're beautiful snakes.

photo's by Guero

[m210]

looks like a king snake... there's some saying that relates to the stripes and wether or not its venomous. found a baby king snake (i think?) that was black and white on coyote run last night... looked cool... guided it into the grass with my panaracer....

[dstepper]

[quote=m210;62858]there's some saying that relates to the stripes and wether or not its venomous.quote]

A helpful rhyme goes, "red touch yellow, kill a fellow; red touch black, good for Jack." The red rings of the coral borders the yellow. The red of the king snake borders the black. Also, the coral has a black nose, the king snake a red nose.

Dean

[Chopper]

Nice pics, thanks. I have seen pictures of a King Snake actaully swallowing a rattler. I guess that's why they are the king of all snakes.

[mechmann]

those snakes are so pretty....

they do eat rattlers. we saw one on Noble a while back right at the bottom of Stiarway to Hell.

[OTHRIDER]

Cool snake photos!

Just remember, if you want to catch and keep a snake....

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   California mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata),
   except San Diego mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata
   pulchra): Limit: One (1). Special Closure: No California mountain
   kingsnakes shall be taken in Orange and San Diego counties,
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Courtesy of the Calif. DFG. I've come across several people over the years getting ticketed for not having a fishing license while catching reptiles and amphibians.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/pdffiles/fg1502.pdf

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