Desert Kingsnake

My husband was cleaning up some junk left behind one of our recently vacated rent houses while I was inside working. I didn't even have my cell phone with me, so when he called me outdoors to look at this snake, all I could think to do was put the snake into my empty mop bucket until I could get my camera. I couldn't figure out what it was. My snake guide books were at CMO. So I posted it on iNat and soon had the ID. It's a Desert Kingsnake. It was about 12-18 inches long but they can get much bigger. It obviously had eaten recently so I'm sure it'll be fine until it finds its next meal.

CMO tomorrow. YAY!