i was hiking along the mtn ridge bewteen Orange and Riverside Counties and this snake (+/- 3' long) traveled across the path ahead of me ...it was following the path of another snake ...i don't know which species it is, but it was calm, never rattled or postured up, only flattened itself ..it waited about 1-1/2 minutes to keep travelling after i was out of its periphary.
Oxybelis aeneus
30 May 2016
AZ, Santa Cruz Co., Pajarito Mountains along Ruby Road
Lat/long are approximate
This snake was hidden under a large bush near Head of the Ditch campground in NM. It was upset that we drove by it's bush and was rattling loudly which caused us to notice it.