Snakes

Yesterday, as I was riding home from work, I came across a three foot snake making its way across the pavement in the park. It wasn't moving real fast, but it looked pretty muscular. I grew up on the East Coast. I grew up with garter snakes, racers, and the remote dangers of coming across copperheads or green snakes. In other words, I knew which ones might actually be dangerous. I looked at this guy and I couldn't identify it. I also had no idea if it was dangerous or not. I have no real idea what snakes are native to the Bay Area. I'll have to look that up sometime.