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okay, some of you may have noticed ive been posting about the western banded gecko. i finally got some great tips and was able to find,catch and release about 20 of them! i also saw several walking sticks, mantices, scorpions, giant wolf spiders, mice, and a jack rabbit that was like 2 1/2ft tall. i found two of the little banded snakes and one of the others. i have no idea what they are but they were cute. heres some pics, i would post more but they are all similar. some of the female geckos were gravid and i think this is one of them. all this was about within 2-3miles and about 9-12 pm.

in the first pic...bet you found it on old tucson. they are a unique find. good for you,zak.

Way to go! Always sweet to find your target species. That Leafnose snake looks cool, and I love the Glossy. I believe the Glossies from down in that region of AZ are Arizona elegans noctiva. The little geckos are always a good find and make interesting captives.

reako45

Cool finds, lucky to find a Pima Leafnose. I couldn't tell but your other snake looked to be a weird patterned Spotted Leafnose, or maybe it was just the angle of the shot.

The one in the cup is a Pima Leafnosed - one of my favorite snakes. They can be really common at some times around Tucson.

The other snake is a Spotted Leafnosed, albeit a rather odd one.

Neither do well in captivity, in case you were considering keeping them.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Fattiesnleos The good news is Leaf nosed snakes will do OK in captivity. The bad news is they like to eat Banded Geckos