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  2. Alameda whipsnake - Wikipedia

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    The first 5-year review was established in 2011 and recommended no change from current listing. The California Environmental Quality Act and California Endangered Species Act afforded the Alameda whipsnake some conservation benefits prior to its being federally listed, but these laws by themselves were far from adequate to protect the snake ...

  3. California whipsnake - Wikipedia

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    The California whipsnake, M. lateralis, has a range from Trinity County, California, west of the Sierra Nevada Mountains to northwestern Baja California, at altitudes between 0–2,250 metres (0–7,382 ft) and is known to use a wide variety of habitat types including the California coast and in the foothills, the chaparral of northern Baja, mixed deciduous and pine forests of the Sierra de ...

  4. California kingsnake - Wikipedia

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    The California kingsnake is a cathemeral species of snake; they may be active day or night depending on ambient temperatures. [5] [11] When disturbed, California kingsnakes will often coil their bodies into a ball [12] to hide their heads, hiss, and rattle their tails, which can produce a sound somewhat resembling that of a rattlesnake.

  5. San Diego mountain kingsnake - Wikipedia

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    The current estimate is that nearly 2,000,000 of these snakes exist within all the habitat they occupy in southern California, and in light of the DNA analysis by Rodriguez-Robles (1999) which lumps L. z. pulchra with L. z. parvirubra, the probable population exceeds 5 million snakes. Most of those serpents live within terrain that is roadless ...

  6. California mountain kingsnake - Wikipedia

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    The California mountain kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata) is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake that is endemic to North America. It is a coral snake mimic , having a similar pattern consisting of red, black, and yellow on its body, but the snake is completely harmless.

  7. Study shows how snakes got an evolutionary leg up on the ...

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    Since first appearing during the age of dinosaurs, snakes have authored an evolutionary success story - slithering into almost every habitat on Earth, from oceans to tree tops. Scientists ...

  8. Know your WA snakes: How to avoid a venomous bite, and ... - AOL

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    Racer snakes are typically brown or olive in color with a pale yellow belly and are able to climb into shrubs or other plants while hunting for prey. Racer snakes are common in warm, dry and ...

  9. Crotalus ruber - Wikipedia

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    Common names: red diamond rattlesnake, red rattlesnake, red diamond snake, [3] more. Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. [4]