northern ringneck pics

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

Steven, I looooooove Sharpie! A sharp-tailed snake is one of the few snakes that I've actually caught myself. I'm hoping that will change when life slows down a little and I have a bit more time to myself The little sharp-tail was the coolest, most docile little thing. I released him back where I found him only to later learn that they were not known to live where I caught him. There was a guy who used to be active at kingsnake who was doing a study on sharp-tailed snakes. He was very surprised at my finding and would have liked to have examined it. I had taken some pictures of the little guy, but that didn't really help with his research. Still was a nice encounter with a truly pleasant snake.

Where exactly did you find your Sharp-tail? Yes, they are pretty mellow. When "Sharpie" is on the prowl, he'll (I really don't know its sex) follow my finger throught the glass. I have even fed this tiny snake a discharged Batrachoseps (slender salamander) tail in my hand. Amazing for such a small animal!

[jitami]

In Placer County. Probably easiest to google Rocklin, CA. My mom lives near a quarry between the "A"(marking Rocklin) and Interstate 80. If you switch to satellite view you can see the quarry and the community pool a little to the south. We always did our Easter Egg hunts there when the kids were younger and I found the little sharp-tailed under a small board one Easter... maybe 2003? The one I found was lighter colored than your Sharpie. I'm definitely fascinated by them!

[Loren]

Nice snakes.
My Pacific Ringneck has been eating guppies well lately.

[Steven@HumboldtHerps]

In Placer County. Probably easiest to google Rocklin, CA. My mom lives near a quarry between the "A"(marking Rocklin) and Interstate 80. If you switch to satellite view you can see the quarry and the community pool a little to the south. We always did our Easter Egg hunts there when the kids were younger and I found the little sharp-tailed under a small board one Easter... maybe 2003? The one I found was lighter colored than your Sharpie. I'm definitely fascinated by them!

I do not know who you spoke to regarding their range, but Placer County is definitely part of it. These guys are found throughout the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada down to Central CA (but not in the Central Valley - too hot, no cover!) and north to NW west of Mt Lassen into western Shasta area. also frequent the inner coastal ranges from west central CA up through the Bay Area and north to SW Oregon, with small isolated populations in WA and British Columbia. A lot of people (not snake people) call them red racers. But a lot of folks call garters red racers too. They are a high maintenance pet.

My family and I used to live in Auburn. I used to be a restaurant manager at Susanne Restaurant (now called the Zinfandel Bar & Grill?) / Rocklin Park Hotel. My sister's family just moved up here permanently from Loomis. We moved up Humboldt County in 2001. The heat, the traffic, the pollen...Ick! Had to get away!

Steven

[el lobo]

Ringnecks are some of the COOLEST U.S. snakes I have seen!

[Garter_Gertie]

Totally off topic, but everytime I scan the thread topics in this section my 'mind' always reads this thread as "Northern Rednecks."

[Lori P]

ROFL!!!!!! Hey-- I've got a few of them in my family!!! LOL

[jitami]

I do not know who you spoke to regarding their range, but Placer County is definitely part of it. These guys are found throughout the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada down to Central CA (but not in the Central Valley - too hot, no cover!) and north to NW west of Mt Lassen into western Shasta area. also frequent the inner coastal ranges from west central CA up through the Bay Area and north to SW Oregon, with small isolated populations in WA and British Columbia. A lot of people (not snake people) call them red racers. But a lot of folks call garters red racers too. They are a high maintenance pet.

My family and I used to live in Auburn. I used to be a restaurant manager at Susanne Restaurant (now called the Zinfandel Bar & Grill?) / Rocklin Park Hotel. My sister's family just moved up here permanently from Loomis. We moved up Humboldt County in 2001. The heat, the traffic, the pollen...Ick! Had to get away!

Steven

I'm going to have to do some archive searching at kingsnake. I honestly don't remember the gentleman's name who was doing the research. I'm wondering if he thought Rocklin was more central valley than foothill? I have teenage boys firmly ingrained in school & sports here, but moving is definitely something that we consider often! I do love the Rocklin/Loomis area, but the whole area is becoming more congested and less rural. It's really unfortunate. My husband worked in Auburn for 5 years, just changing jobs recently. I'm sure he's familiar with the restaurant. Soooo, dare I ask what the temperature in Humbolt County is right now?

[jitami]

Steven, it was Richard Hoyer and was in April of 2002. I did find an original post by me, but not the responses by Richard. I think they were done via email on an old p.c. Not too important now... it was just bugging me that I couldn't remember his name.

[big J]

hi humbolt herps man,oh Steven is the name sorry, the ringneck was found in mcdowell county NC around 5:00PM