PACIFIC RING-NECKED SNAKE
Diadophis punctatus amabilis

Diadophis punctatus amabilis  from Alameda County, California                                                                      Photo by Travis Dimler

Diadophis punctatus amabilis (ventral view)  from Alameda Co., California                                                       Photo by Travis Dimler

Distribution:  Diadophis punctatus amabilis is endemic to California occurring from just north of the San Francisco Bay in Sonoma County, southward to the Monterey Bay region. Legal Status:  This species has no protected status.

Diadophis punctatus amabilis  from eastern Lake Co., California where  it   probably  intergrades  with  Diadophis  p.  occidentalis                                                                   Photo by Nancy Mittasch

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