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Went to take the cover of my bike today, and this guy came out from under. Anybody know what kind that is ?  I'me still in the so-cal mt's @ about 6000ft. 

California Mountain Kingsnake? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_mountain_kingsnake

I would be at about 6,000 feet too if that crawled out from under my motorcycle cover!  Next stop would be my BVD drawer.

Rick H.

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www.lightofmorn.com/html/MtnKingsnake_May09.htm

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Thanks for the ID.  Good to know it's as harmless as the bungie cord that it looks like. 

That's a pretty sonofagun. I wish we had more fun snakes here. Just lots of Rattlers and Bull snakes. Them bull snakes aren't poisonous, but 8 feet long and MEAN. They'll chance you if you ride past them on a mountain bike. 

Have lots of King Snakes here. Little ones make it into the house sometimes.  When the cats get one they get punished. Last Sidewinder I had was lurking next to a faucet. I told him to wait a minuet came back and put a quiet 22 round in it's head. Vipers are killed on sight.   
Steve

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Went to take the cover of my bike today, and this guy came out from under. Anybody know what kind that is ?  I'me still in the so-cal mt's @ about 6000ft. 

We have gardner snakes in western new york! Small.   If I seen that one! I'd still be running!! 

 

When it comes to snakes I belong to the  run and scream like a little girl club LOL
 I Hate snakes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Snakes , Sharks , and Alligators   I admit to being a total pussy
Good thing Im a excellent  shot
Empty gun into it , Reload and repeat until Im out of ammo 
Dave

 YOU MUST BE JARSHING. 

By Street Fighter LTD:  When it comes to snakes I belong to the  run and scream like a little girl club LOL
 I Hate snakes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Snakes , Sharks , and Alligators ....

Then if you were me, you probably would've had a heart attack at our house several years ago. 
I opened the front door, took one step, then a snek lunged at me VERTICALLY from a gap between the house & sidewalk.
Scared the bejesus out of me.  Never saw a snake do something like that before.  The best I could figure out is that it was a Texas Rat snake.
Last summer, not really frightening, but had a 3-4-ft long garter snake slither across the deck.  Longest one of those I'd ever seen.
And years ago, when we were kids, we saw a solid red hognose snake.  kinda reddish/maroon. That was sumthin'. 
I see that species pretty often, but never solid red.  The most common ones I see are usually colored similar to a copperhead.