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A few days ago, I saw the tail of a long thin snake twitching outside one of our planters on the decomposed granite (DG). I ran upstairs for my camera (my old digital Kodak Z1012) and was able to get a couple of shots off before the racer quietly slithered off. The snake caught something moments after I got outside to photograph it. The prey looks like another small snake, but it also could have been a lizard. I could see something long and thin hanging from its mouth. However, in the second photograph, I'm unable to see legs on the reptilian form stuck in its mouth. A friend hypothesized that it was another snake, a small collared snake, which in some photos I found online, has the pink to salmon coloration that is visible in the animal being consumed. I did see a very thin coral-colored tail hanging out of the striped racer's mouth after it first struck its prey. I've lived in Southern California all my life, but this is the first striped racer that I've ever seen - and it was in my own backyard!
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