Here's a few links to get you going: Give my regards to any rattlesnakes you meet...

https://www.facebook.com/socalherpassn/

http://www.sdherpsociety.org/

https://www.meetup.com/The-Reptile-Club/

https://ssarherps.org/all-about-herp...nal-societies/

https://www.swhs.org/

http://www.anapsid.org/societies/calif.html

http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Rept...Reptile-Clubs/