Sad to see this beautiful snake dead. Not sure what happened. It lay like this slightly off trail. Almost as though a bird had dropped it from the sky. A couple of vultures were picking at it
Very small but it had a triangular head…yep, Stebbins says gophers flatten their heads to look like rattlesnakes. I’ve only seen the tail rattle move before. Very cute little snake!
Despite being only about 4-6 inches, musked something awful on me. Cute little guy
small baby, less than 12” in length!