red racer, coachwhip same difference Coluber flagellum piceus is its scientific, common names are always all over the place, more people will be able to tell you what a red racer is then coachwhiphttp://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/m.f.piceus.html, IF ANYONE ever sees a yellow bellied in so cal let me know http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.mormon.html
It was Sycamore Canyon in Riverside, so it's definitely no coastal sage scrub/chaperal. I would say it was open sand and desert scrub. Ricky thought it was a coachwhip too, so I wouldn't bet against you guys. I just didn't know enough not to know better.
