Long-nosed Snake vs. California Mountain Kingsnake
Both are banded red, black and white; their records overlap in the Sierra foothills and the north. A: Black saddles that stop short of the belly in the Long-nosed Snake; rings that go all the way around the body in the California Mountain Kingsnake. B: Cream with black speckles in the Long-nosed Snake; clean rings, no speckles in the California Mountain Kingsnake. The Long-nosed Snake also has a long pointed snout; the mountain kingsnake a black snout.
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