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the wiki fauna naming conventions is somewhat ambiguous, but in the five examples i read in the conventions all five had caps. further the following quote is found there: "The underlying rationale for capitalization is that this signals to the reader that we are indicating a particular, exact species
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While climbing down my back yard (Ulloa near
Kensington Street in San Francisco), I saw one today (Aug. 25, 2011). Naturally, it fled and stopped when it found itself unable to go beneath my retaining wall. It studied me and probably figured out that I was not a threat. This was the first time in
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That's certainly possible, but isn't it more likely that it was an escaped pet? I've found exotic pets wandering throughout the neighborhoods of the Bay Area. There was even a trend of keeping pet alligators in the 1970s, as you may recall, some of which found their way into the streets. Although
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Francisco might also be noteworthy, especially since all 10 used to be housed there (although I suppose I am probably a bit biased on that
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The article indicates that these snakes range south of San
Francisco. However, about 10 years ago my son and I were at the playground in Glen Park Canyon, San Francisco. Several children saw a snake and one of the dad's caught it. I'm no authority, but that gentleman claimed that it was a San
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it is mostly shrouded in urban legend now, I saw one in 1977. And before anyone dismisses this idea, look into how easy it was to get a pet alligator up to the 1970s. Younger people might not realize how much of a wild west the marketplace in exotic animals was back then.
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you should publish an article on your sighting. it would be quite significant if verified. to my knowledge there is no literature to support populations in sf. in fact some of the literature emphatically states the species is not in sf. cheers
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