My Pacific gophersnakes

[norcal]

Pacific gophersnakes, Pituophis catenifer catenifer, It has been a year since I acquired them, so I thought I would post them

On September 17, 2006, A friend & I went road crusing. That night we found 9 live gophersnakes along with several DORs on the road that night. I rarly ever keep anything that I pull off the road, (I do have a few W/C rattlesnakes though) That night 2 of the gophersnakes caught my eye. I have kept them over the past year.

The first one we thought was a glossy snake, Arizona elegans occidentalis, @ first. But later that night we found a glossy & realized I was wrong We jokingly called the snake a "glopher" after that . Maybe it is hypo Anyhow, I think it is a cool snake

Pic from the night we found it, 9-17-06

One year later

notice the belly doesn't have the typical speckling of the gophersnakes

The 2nd gophersnake has the typical coloring, but a cool diamond pattern behind its head Anyhow, they both have good tempermints & are doing well.
Pic from the night we found it, 9-17-06

One year later

typical belly speckling

Thanks for looking
Jerry
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[sean1976]

Nice pacifics and a few Q's

Very nice pacifics. The first one is really interesting and different from the ones I've seen.

I'm planning on aquiring several pacific gophers later this year as the begining stock for several breeding projects. As part of that I am trying to gather as much information and contacts as possible. In the last couple years it's became a royal pain to find pacific gopher stock and breeders.

If you don't mind a few questions then shoot me an email so we can talk.

Sean.