Recently spent some time in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes searching for, among other things, Lampropeltis. Here are pics of a couple of greeri we found, along with habitat pics. For you greeri fans, you perhaps know that virtually all (if not 100%) of the greeri in captivity are descended from snakes collected at Rancho Santa Barbara on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Durango. Thus, it was especially nice to see animals from a different part of the range.











The habitat here is not what one might expect, at least if you've seen where greeri live in Durango—typical pine-oak forest associations. Here in western Aguascalientes, while they do occur in rocky hills grown to oaks, they also occupy rolling oak savannah/grassland. At these sites, they co-occur with four species of Crotalus as well: C. scutulatus, C. polystictus, C. molossus, and C. lepidus—all of which were found nearby. Here's a habitat sampler:























Enjoy!



Bob

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