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If the stripes are light in color, maybe even off white it could be a CA king snake.
The Water moccasin has the alternative name of 'Cotton-mouth'. The inside of the snake's mouth is white, while the rest of its body is a mixture of dark green, brown, dark grey or yellow.
If the black is the crown of the head, and you can notice a patch of red under the tail when it takes off, it is a catbird.
The killer whale has a black and white coloration used for camouflage when hunting prey. They do have a grey saddle patch located right behind the dorsal fin and have an oval white patch above their eye and a long white patch connected to their bellies to confuse prey. Orcas are black and white. Go to the related link listed below "orcas". It has some really great pictures of killer whales (orcas). orca whales are usually white and black, but their have been sighting of an albino orca whale, which is possible.
The pacific black dragon inhabits the area of the eastern pacific oceans. The pacific black dragon has a body similar to that of a snake. The snake is black outside and black on the inside of its body.
Eastern smooth green snake
probably a coral snake or something
Dratini looks like a small snake with a blue and white colored body along with black eyes a white nose and two small wings on it's head.
The Speckled King snake is a black snake with yellow or orange spots speckled over it's body. Another black snake with yellow spots would be Baby Eastern Black King Snake. Both are completely black with yellow speckles.
Garder-snake; multi color green, yellow and black stripes length of body.
Could be 'Tantilla planiceps - Western Black-headed Snake'. They live mostly in California and are mildly venomous, about 3.5 - 15.5 inches long. Go to http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/t.planiceps.html for pics.
A Coral snake. It has bands of red, yellow and black around its body.