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Distribution |
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This snake only is found on the little vulcanic island Isla San Martin 4 km in front of the northern Pacific coast of the Mexican peninsula Baja California. The island has only a diameter of aprox. 1,6 km and lies in the San Quintin Bay. The ssp. fuliginatus can still be found on San Martin, but the export of this animals is because of the Mexican laws nearly impossible. Mr. Ginter/Az would be in 2003 the only person, who owns a (legal) alive animal. But nowadays this animal is dead because of its age - but it left some hybids in captivity.
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Description |
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The coloration of this ssp. is near to the annectens. The ground coloration is a whitish to leather brown. On this there are 50-70 black or dark brown irregular saddles. Depend on Klauber, 1946 the saddles are a little darker and fewer as in ssp. annectens. The head is dark with black spots. Under the tail there are 2 parallel dark longitudinal stripes. Total lenght: aprox. 60-140 cm. The scales are keeled. Speciality in head scalation: 4 Prefrontalia. The snout scale is aprox. broad as high (rostrale - nasale 1:1).
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Habitat |
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The island is poor of vegetation and windy. Depend on (Klauber, 1946) those animals live hided in the lava areas.
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Way of life |
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?????? similar to the other Pituophis of the west coast?
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Diet |
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In habitat this snake feeds mainly upon severall rodents and birds. (Klauber, 1946) named there expecialy the "wood rat" and the "white-footed mouse".
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Hibernation |
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?????? similar to the other Pituophis of the west coast? A photo of an active animal was photographed on 1998-03-10 (McPeak, 2000).
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Reproduction |
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?????? similar to the other Pituophis of the west coast?
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