Google lens says gopher snake. Google lens and iNaturalist are great ways to help ID all kinds of animals, plants, and fungi.
Edit for clarification. Don’t trust any of these image recognition algorithms. They get many things wrong, but they can help narrow down what a thing is.
You’ve nailed it. Looks like a San Diego Gophersnake - Pituophis catenifer annectens. It was morning, and he was warming up on the asphault. He didn’t seem too worried about me, and gave me time to stop my bike, pull my phone out of my backpack, and snap the shot.
I don’t think I’d trust image recognition enough for anything potentially dangerous (deciding if the snake is venomous, deciding if a mushroom is edible, etc.), but good suggestion for satisfying general curiosity!
![Saw this guy on the bike path; anyone know what he is? [OC]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/38ee90d3-2f58-4653-8e29-e7f83ec66d43.jpeg){kind=link}
Google lens says gopher snake. Google lens and iNaturalist are great ways to help ID all kinds of animals, plants, and fungi.
Edit for clarification. Don’t trust any of these image recognition algorithms. They get many things wrong, but they can help narrow down what a thing is.
You’ve nailed it. Looks like a San Diego Gophersnake - Pituophis catenifer annectens. It was morning, and he was warming up on the asphault. He didn’t seem too worried about me, and gave me time to stop my bike, pull my phone out of my backpack, and snap the shot.
I don’t think I’d trust image recognition enough for anything potentially dangerous (deciding if the snake is venomous, deciding if a mushroom is edible, etc.), but good suggestion for satisfying general curiosity!
Yes, I don’t trust any of them, but they can give you a general idea and you can narrow down yourself afterwards.
Don’t trust Google.
I don’t trust iNat either, but it can give you a general idea. Yes, you must do some leg work if you want to be certain.