San Bernardino Co. Absent from higher elevations in the Warner Mountains. Important habitats in California include eastside pine, pine-juniper, sagebrush, bitterbrush, and desert scrub. A visually oriented, active predator, the striped whipsnake forages on the ground and in the low branches of bushes and small trees. When foraging on the ground whipsnakes often hold their head high off the ground.
Males actively search for mates in the vicinity of winter dens soon after emergence in the spring.
Eggs are often laid in abandoned mammal burrows. No information on water requirements. A snake of arid lands, permanent water is not thought to be an important habitat element. Frequents warm, rocky, brush-covered hills and grasslands. An active diurnal snake.