Mayhew 1958 Lampropeltis getulus 1. July 23 UCR campus, Riverside Co., Calif. This morning at 0900 and adult about 30 inches long was seen lying perfectly still in some brush about 50 feet below our wooden blind at the south edge of the campus. It remained still when Frank Aubrey walked down to look at it. He stopped about 3 feet from the snake, which was banded black and bright yellow. As soon as Frank started to return to the blind, the snake disappeared in thick brush down the hill.