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Here are a few herps from S. AZ from this spring, they are all commonly found herps, nothing unusual:

Blackneck Gartersnake

Longnose snake

Western Diamondback

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Jaren
Desert Canyon Reptiles

Excellent Photos!
Got any shots of Sonoran Whipsankes?

I ran across a big one years ago in the Pinals, and have never seen another. It was strikingly colored - dark blue with yellow pinstripes in front changing to buff-red on the tail. Often wondered if they would adjust to captivity.

Cheers!

John D
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0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"

Here's an in situ photo of one I chased up a palo verde tree in AZ last year. Apologies for the poor image quality compared to Jaren's - point-and-shoot cameras are only capable of doing so much...

Brock Nelson

Masticophis bilineatus

np
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0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"

Whattaya talkin about, that's a great pic!? Here's a crummy pic, schottsi!
Todd Hughes

As requested (although I am a little late) pics of a sonoran whipsnake, maticophis bilineatus...

Roots

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FREEDOM PEACE UNITY ONE LOVE

Keeping lichanura trivirgata since 2000

Thanks Rootsrok!

What part of AZ did you find those guys?

Interesting how many have stubby tails - an army of farmers carrying hoes?

For some reason the ones in my memory are more vivid - maybe I was spending too much time in the sun!

Rock On!

John D
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0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"