. Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada. Zoology. fe^ Fig. 62. (a) Western Yellow-bellied Racer; yosemite Valley, June 4, 1915. (b) G-iant Garter Snake; Yosemite Valley, May 22, 1919. Both photographed from freshly taken specimens, about % natural size. pattern of coloration which never consists of large blotches. The most usual color pattern among the Garter Snakes is a dark upper surface with a light stripe do\^Ti the middle of the back and another similar stripe low on each side of the bod}'. The Giant
. Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada. Zoology. fe^ Fig. 62. (a) Western Yellow-bellied Racer; yosemite Valley, June 4, 1915. (b) G-iant Garter Snake; Yosemite Valley, May 22, 1919. Both photographed from freshly taken specimens, about % natural size. pattern of coloration which never consists of large blotches. The most usual color pattern among the Garter Snakes is a dark upper surface with a light stripe do\^Ti the middle of the back and another similar stripe low on each side of the bod}'. The Giant Garter Snake is an exception, as it has only a short stripe on the neck region and the rest of its body is flecked with small spots of light color. The California Striped Eacer of the foot- hill oaks and chaparral has a long slender body and a dark upper surface with a stripe along each side but not in the middle. This snake looks at first glance somewhat like a garter snake, but all of its scales are smooth and it has no light line doMTi the middle of the back. The rattlesnake and gopher snake both have keeled scales, but the patterns of coloration and bodily form in these species are entirely different from those of the garter Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Grinnell, Joseph, 1877-1939; Storer, Tracy Irwin, 1889- joint author. Berkeley, Calif. , University of California Press
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