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Updating location here—this snake was actually found the neighborhood over from where I initially tagged it. Since it was one of my few observations that was not automatically location tagged, I remembered the house being in a neighborhood east of Hwy 199. My memory here wasn’t sitting right with me, so after some extensive sleuthing, I found the address again on Deer Spring Rd.

Same location we used to find them as kids. Adult male that had no reaction under UV light. Not sure if it’s a seasonal thing or what, but interesting. I have ordered a stronger 365 nm and will try again. I took this one into the bathroom at work and noticed it was only lighting-up stains on light surfaces, so maybe that is part of the issue and the dark surfaces are absorbing much of the light. I have a lot of questions about this phenomenon that I want to experiment with in local herp species. The lack of reaction is in stark contrast to this individual here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98561708

Update: Luckily my cousin hadn’t released this specimen due to the cold snap, so I got one more chance at the UV with the 365 nm. Results were much better, though not as blue as I see in other specimens. My experiment a bit more, but at least we have some results! New photos have replaced the old UV shots.