I live in Arlington, in the middle of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. In my experiences herping here, the snakes I find the most are:

Texas rat snakes

Broadbanded copperheads

Diamondback water snakes

Blotched water snakes

Rough green snakes

Rough earth snakes

Texas brown snakes

Western and red stripe ribbon snakes

Snakes I've seen only a couple of times at most in the last few years:

Eastern hognose

Yellowbelly racer

Great plains ratsnake

Speckled kingsnake

Western coachwhip

Texas garter snake

I haven't found milk snakes or bull snakes in the metroplex yet. There are a few places in the metroplex, like Fort Worth nature center and Cedar Hill state park, as well as smaller parks, a few of which I've had good results. Now, if you're outside of the metroplex, there will probably be much better herping.

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• herping in dallas - msnake75, Thu Apr 26 13:36:12 2007
• RE: herping in dallas - mikesnake, Sat Apr 28 01:36:13 2007