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S.R. MOON
1987
Species Account
Striped Whipsnake
(Masticophis taeniatus)
20 May Two canyons west of Blind Spring, Providence
mountains, San Bernardino co., CA.
TION R14E Sec 29 ne'/4. elev. 1500m.
1115 PST, I saw a large snake
taking cover in a rockpile in a rocky
wash grown to dense stands of catclaw,
cholla, prickly pear, Yucca, and various
shrubs and grasses.
This is well below the piñon-juniper
woodland in this canyon.
warm, sunny, & breezy day.