The adults are pretty stealthy as well, and I keep them with a hide setup which they seem to really like. Their moist hides are underneath larger dry hides - so they have the space around the moist hide plus a completely hidden moist hide. They spend most of their time in amongst these hides.

I think I and others have had similar thoughts about green rats re: localities. Mine are from Mt. Hopkins, but according to AZ herpers in the know, they are basically the same throughout the Santa Ritas - so Santa Ritas, Chiricauhuas, Pajaritos most likely work as locality data.

About the Texas corals - I mostly see them from spring through late summer. They seem to pefer to be out in the open during dry weather (my experience). They are very interesting snakes with a high degree of variability of color. I even know of a melanisitc specimen found a couple counties from my house.


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-Toby Brock
Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

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