Haha. No worries. Sometimes us weird new guys need to learn all of the terms associated with these animals. I had heard of Kisatchie Corns before, but always thought they were just a locality.

I think the snake I found looks a bit like third one pictured here:

southwesternherp.com/snakes/slowinskii.html

Here are some habitat shots. Sorry for the crappy quality, they were all rushed.

My neighborhood, where I found the snake in question yesterday morning:


As you can see here, there are cultivated fields and/or grazing pastures behind the trees that line the roads:


There are numerous streams, ponds, and cattle tanks throughout the area.

This is what it looked like earlier this spring:


Now 20 miles to the northeast, where I found the true Great Plains, the habitat is more of a dry, limestone-based terrain:



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Diego

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