Year of the Snake - No. 43 The Last One

Pituophis catenifer

We found this gopher snake in the basement of our house on the day after Christmas. We were using our new rollerblades down there, when my brother, Sean, spotted this guy slithering on the stone wall. He grabbed it. An excellent catch, especially since Sean was wearing rollerblades at the time.

It was a juvenile, about 12 inches long. We kept him for a couple weeks. Then released him back in the basement to hopefully feast on mice.

This has been a great year for finding snakes. But I will have to think of a new name for future posts since it just turned into "Year of the Horse."

Gopher snake posed on pillow case/snake bag.