Gopher Snake?

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Peder
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Gopher Snake?

Post by Peder » June 3rd, 2012, 3:50 pm

Yesterday, on the way to McCall Point, I met these three guys getting ready for a race:
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Ready?
I think that the big guy may be a gopher snake. He was thick set (about the diameter of a cucumber) and around 4 1/2' long.
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Gopher snake?
When the snake left, the two lizards patiently stayed for me to take pictures:
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Cheese!
I think that one may be a Western Fence Lizard:
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Western Fence Lizard?
The other lizard had different coloring and a much shorter tail:
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Another Western Fence Lizard??? Was his tail involved in an accident?
I lack knowledge regarding reptiles and would like help in this matter.
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Re: Gopher Snake?

Post by Splintercat » June 3rd, 2012, 5:33 pm

Looks like one to me, Peder -- here's one from Dalles Mountain last year:

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They're only deadly to mice.

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Re: Gopher Snake?

Post by Peder » June 3rd, 2012, 7:12 pm

Splintercat wrote:They're only deadly to mice.

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Oh damn - then it is nothing to brag about! :(

That is a great picture you took!
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Re: Gopher Snake?

Post by bobcat » June 3rd, 2012, 7:33 pm

Yep. Gopher snake and fence lizards (all).

Gopher snakes seem kind of doltish. I have a picture (somewhere) of my dog standing on one and it's waiting patiently for the dog to move.

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Re: Gopher Snake?

Post by Peder » June 3rd, 2012, 10:09 pm

bobcat wrote:Gopher snakes seem kind of doltish.
That was my impression too! I thought it was my first rattlesnake till I checked in my reptiles of the NW book. :( The lizards were even more sluggish, as they permitted me to photograph them at a very close range. Thanks for the reptile ID.
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