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many years ago Don mentioned to me that he had never found an alterna on a rock cut, so I took him with me to see if we could rectify the situation.

We were 6-7 miles W. of Langtry and hadn't seen anything. We were working our way down a hill where the cuts on the N. side of the road got smaller and smaller until, near the bottom of the hill, there was a cut that was maybe 3' high. Don questioned the feasibilty of shining such a small cut and i told him chances were just as good there. So, he shined the light on the cut and almost immediately BINGO! I knew immediately what it was, but Don jumped out yelling TRIMORPHODON, TRIMORPHODON. Maybe it was because the name had his name in it? Anyway, he picked it up and started walking back to the car, still saying "Trimorphodon." I told him it was a blair's but he still maintained it was a Trimorph. Finally, when he saw it in the headlights, he admitted it was a blair's, albeit a rather unattractive subadult male. You still have it, Don?

I found her right at dark while walking the south picnic area on 277 (right across from the picnic tables). After 7-8 years of never finding an alterna; the idea was so foreign to me that I watched it shoot thru the grass at my feet. The only thing that went thru my mind, was "what the hell is a thayeri doing here" I do not think that thought really lasted too long, before my brain screamed ALTERNA and I grapped her.

wow. THAT is one beautiful snake.
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V.P.
Austin Herp. Soc.

she is a real B!!!!

That is a screamer but I have one question, is "grapping" a method of legal take, LOL?

Yep it is, is is a combo of grappling and grabbing. It is usually used by us that hate to be bitten, lol.

Rak,
We need to hook that girl up with the male Aaron and I found on the south end of the picnic cuts.Man they would punch out some screamers.

Shannon

Yeah let's do that for next year. This year her boyfreind is from the tall cuts one mile north.

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