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Someone else started this topic on another herping forum that I frequent, and I thought it would be neat to see some of the responses on here as well.

Here's what I found this year:

Non-lifers:

Amphibs

Couch's Spadefoot - Scaphiopus couchii
Red-spotted Toad - Bufo punctatus
Sonoran Desert Toad - Bufo alvarius

Lizards

Chuckwalla - Sauromalus ater
Ornate Tree Lizard - Urosaurus ornatus
Common Side-blotched Lizard - Uta stansburiana
Desert Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus magister
Regal Horned Lizard - Phrynosoma solare
Tiger Whiptail - Aspidoscelis tigris
Western Banded Gecko - Coleonyx variegatus
Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum

Snakes

Nightsnake - Hypsiglena torquata
Western Diamondback - Crotalus atrox
Mohave Rattlesnake - Crotalus scutulatus
Blacktail Rattlesnake - Crotalus molossus
Speckled Rattlesnake - Crotalus mitchelli

Lifers:

Amphibs

AZ Toad - Bufo microscaphus
Great Plains Toad - Bufo cognatus
Canyon treefrog - Hyla arenicolor
Chiricahua Leopard Frog - Rana chiricahuensis

Chelonians

Sonora Mud Turtle - Kinosternon sonoriense

Lizards

Eastern Collared Lizard - Crotaphytus collaris
Greater Earless Lizard - Cophosaurus texanus
Elegant Earless Lizard - Holbrookia elegans
Yarrow's Spiny Lizard - Sceloporus jarrovii
Gila Spotted Whiptail - Aspidoscelis flagellicauda
Many-lined Skink - Eumeces multivirgatus

Snakes

Desert Rosy Boa - Lichanura trivirgata gracia
Ring-necked Snake - Diadophis punctatus regalis
Western Lyresnake - Trimorphodon biscutatus
Sonoran Gophersnake - Pituophis catenifer affinis
Mountain Patchnose - Salvadora grahamiae
Green Ratsnake - Senticolis triaspis (last trip of the year!!)
Striped Whipsnake - Masticophis taeniatus
California Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula californiae
Sonoran Mountain Kingsnake - Lampropeltis pyromelana
Black-necked Garter - Thamnophis cyrtopsis
Terrestrial Garter - Thamnophis elegans
Checkered Garter - Thamnophis marcianus
Banded Rock Rattlesnake - Crotalus lepidus klauberi
Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake - Crotalus willardi willardi

Would-be Lifers (DOR's):

Brown Vinesnake - Oxybelis aenus
Desert Kingsnake - Lampropeltis getula splendida

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Diego

Here's my year in review in extreme detail. lol I've added scientific names for the first time, so please forgive me if you come across any mistakes. The names were taken off the calherps website which had a couple of names to choose from for nearly each subspecies it seemed like. A lot of the herps in the Borrego area might be inergrades, but I only chose one name to describe them.

COASTAL SAN DIEGO COUNTY

This spring conditions were very dry in LA and Riverside counties. It was to the point where nothing even turned green. San Diego had received more rain so I decided to make a run down there one day to see what I could find. Driving into S.D. Co. that day was very strange. Everything was nice and green with flowers all over. Anyone that's experienced this drought can imagine how it felt. It seemed like paradise! I've never been to S.D. Co. herping before so I didn't know where to start looking. All I could do was look off the freeway for open areas and hope to find a few trash piles or some kind of AC to flip. It took some hours to find a good area but I finally found one. Not much AC but a few pieces here and there.

Garden Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps major major) It was too wet under most of the AC for snakes but I seen lots of slenders.

Striped California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae) That day I lucked out and found this S.D. striper. It's exactly what I was hoping to find and it was under one of the last things I flipped. (in situ) Although I've found stripers in Riverside Co. before, I considered this a lifer because a lot of the stripers down this way are different.


That was the only snake I found that day but I was far from being disappointed. Here's a couple more finds from the same area.

San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens) Found under that piece of carpet in the background.

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae) My first banded from the area.

Later I had the fortune of meeting Matt McCarthy. He showed me around. For me it's all about kingsnakes so Matt was the perfect person to go look
for them with. Here's a few things we turned up.

California Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

A neat looking Scorpion.

Desert Nightsnake (Hypsiglena torquata deserticola)

Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

San Diego Gopher Snakes (Pituophis catenifer annectens)

This was one of the nicest S.D. Gophers I've ever seen.

Striped California Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

Coastal Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri) Poor thing looks scared.

Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca) This guy was 3' or a little more and was found farther inland. It was very old and thin.

COASTAL LOS ANGELES COUNTY

I didn't spend much time herping here this year, but here's a couple.

California striped Whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis lateralis)

San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens)

WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY

February was very dry this year. Normally boas are not that difficult to locate during that time of year but this year was an exception.

It took a lot of searching but luckily I was able to find one. I was there about a week earlier and seen a YOY Lyre in a small crevice.

Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca) This one was tough to photo and up at an angle.

Granite Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus orcutti) I was surprised this juvenile allowed me to approach within a foot of him for this photo.

Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber)

Some kind of Tarantula.

One weekend it got too hot to flip so I decided to try my luck at around 3,000' in the Santa Ana Mountains. It was actually a little green up there and there seemed to be a little too much moisture under the rocks for snakes.

I was there about ten minutes before I found.......

Western Black-headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps) I was very surprised because I haven't seen too many of these out this way.


I flipped a couple more hours after that without finding a thing. I guess luck didn't feel like sticking around that day. lol

Back to the lowlands I found an area with a much moister habitat type then most areas around here.

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

under this black paper I found a little king.

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

San Diego Alligator Lizards (Elgaria multicarinata webbii)

Two-striped Gartersnake (Thamnophis hammondii) The first one I've found outside the mountains.

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae) Cool striped pattern.

Lots of habitat left.

But steadily disappearing.

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) Plenty juvies were found this year.

San Diego Alligator Lizards (Elgaria multicarinata webbii) A defensive one and one that allowed me to approach closely.

California Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis getula californiae) Because of the dry conditions, mostly juveniles were found.

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

April looked like August but I got lucky again.

Western Black-headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps)


I did a lot of night driving when things warmed up but still, very little was found and I was skunked more times than not. I was able to make a few cool finds which where great finds to me during a year like this.

Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnakes (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus) These two were found up in the Santa Anas about 15 minutes apart.

2nd

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae) These striped/aberrant type kings are what I always hope to find in this area. So, when I found this guy, he made up for all the nights I was skunked and then some. lol

ANZA BORREGO (San Diego Co.)

Desert Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans eburnata)

Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) Some are pretty faded from this area. This one not being an extreme example.

Western Long-nosed Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei) These are normally common but this was the only one found here.

Colorado Desert Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes laterorepens)

Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake (Phyllorhynchus decurtatus)

Desert Banded Geckos (Coleonyx variegatus variegatus)

Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) Found sitting just like this in the middle of the road.

Desert Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans eburnata) Large gravid adult, 40".

San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens)

Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis occipitalis annulata ) DOR

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

Long-tailed Brush Lizard (Urosaurus graciosus) Found many sitting on the road at night.

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae) A target and my only live king found in Borrego.

Baja California Lyresnake (Trimorphodon biscutatus lyrophanes)

Colorado Desert Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes laterorepens)

San Diego Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer annectens)

Red Diamond Rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber) This one was very thin.

I would love to have found these two alive. First was a juvenile with a very interesting belly pattern. (stripe influenced IMO)

46" adult with very wide white bands.

THE HIGH DESERT (L.A. Co.)

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

Desert Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus variegatus)

California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS (L.A. Co.)

This is our closest mountain range.

Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri)

Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca) Found on my first night here and my favorite find all year.

Spotted Night Snake (Hypsiglena torquata ochrorynchus)

Southwestern Blind Snake (Leptotyphlops humilis humilis) Pretty neat looking snakes but don't pick one up. lol

Baja California Lyre Snake (Trimorphodon biscutatus lyrophanes)

Western Black-headed Snake (Tantilla planiceps)

Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura trivirgata roseofusca)

San Bernardino Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis zonata parvirubra) Road cruised late July.

Here's my year end totals. Considering we only had 3 inches of rain this year, I'm surprised I even seen this much. It was a tough year but still very fun.

53 Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (C.o. helleri)
26 San Diego Gopher Snakes (P.c. annectens)
25 California Kingsnakes (L.g. californiae)
21 Desert Glossy Snakes (A.e. eburnata)
8 Red Diamond Rattlesnakes (C. ruber)
6 Desert Night Snakes (H.t. deserticola)
6 California Striped Whipsnakes (M.l. lateralis)
4 Southwestern Blind Snakes (L.h. humilis)
4 Coastal Rosy Boas (L.t. roseofusca)
4 Baja California Lyre Snakes (T.b. lyrophanes)
3 Western Black-headed Snakes (T. planiceps)
2 San Diego Ring-necked Snakes (D.p. similis)
2 Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnakes (C.m. pyrrhus)
2 Colorado Desert Sidewinders (C.c. laterorepens)
2 Colorado Desert Shovel-nosed Snakes (C.o. annulata)
2 Western Long-nosed Snakes (R.l. lecontei)
1 Two-striped Gartersnake (H. hammondii)
1 Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake (P. decurtatus)
1 San Bernardino Mountain Kingsnake (L.z. parvirubra)

Great post, Ross!!!

Making me LONNNNNNG for spring to make it's comeback ASAP!!!

I hope to find 1/2 the totals you got last year- very nice!

//Todd

Thanks a lot Todd. Get out there as often as you can and you'll find a lot.

Just what I was looking for!

I love that 'Gator Lizard with the gaping maw. That zonata is awesome as well. Looks like it had just had a nice meal!
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Diego

Thanks, your post was great too. I love Az.

All that herpin and only a single T hammondii found? That single specimen was found outside the mountains? I have been reading that T hammondii is getting scarce but I would think the riparian communities would still hold them. I am in S Nevada but grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. I sure miss herping in the Angeles. Thanks for all the great shots. I hope to be out there next Spring if I can remember where my favorite spots were, and they are still there. Perhaps I can get down this winter or early spring to look for salamanders in the oak community above Glendora.
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Randy Hallman
Firehouse Herps

Thanks Randy. Yeah, he was found outside the Mnts, but it was still in a area with ponds and a small stream. I'm sure there's more to be found there but it was so dry in that area this year that I hardly found anything there. It was my first time there, so I'll know next spring how common they really are if we get out of these drought conditions. They're still common in the mountains along streams. I found a huge pile of small boards about three feet high and 15 feet wide. I dug through them and found that Garter right away and two Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes at the bottom. The rain situation is looking good this year, so you should be able to turn up some stuff when you come. Good luck.

Alright- you guys have me wanting spring here SOOOOO badly, that I'm going to attempt to do this, too.

Spring '07, tons of these little guys at a pond near our house. Hoping to find anything with scales turned up nothing:

Then, a couple weeks later, not too far away, I found this little guy:

The following month, drove down to Corpus Christi go out with a truly dedicated herper and conservationist, antelope Todd. ALWAYS a good time to go out herping with this guy- he has NO quit in him!

First find of the AM at a sweet spot of Todd's for flipping:

A few minutes later:

These are like ants- everywhere, and non-native:

Sorry, but I LOVE finding these, too, and Texas' version of them is much bigger than the Southern California brand- drives Todd nuts that I'm always stopping to check out bugs:

Few minutes later after we let that guy go, we found this- DOH:

Later that day, at another one of Todd's sweet spots:

Everywhere:

Everywhere:

Ahhhh- food:

Couple of ribbon snakes found here:

I will make a herper out of him yet! Loads of these all over the house:

FINALLY starting to see stuff crawling around my neighborhood by early April:

Later that month, worked a buddies property back in San Diego, and came up with 3 coastal CalKings, this one being the nicest:

Another on the same day:

A week later upon my return, a neighbor buddy called to have me rescue this 'water moccasin' trying to cross the street over by the gas station in my community :

A couple days later, I was treated to this during my evening walk around the neighborhood looking for just such activity- LOVE it when it presents itself!!!

1 week later, on my way to Nokturnal Tom's house, this guy goes FLYING across the road right in front of me- SWEET! I get out to grab him, and it flies under a barbed wire fence, so I reach over it with my hook, and the thing turns around and comes back to attack my hook- whoops, GOTCHA!

By later that month, I have my gardener bringing me snakes from his various clients houses around town- wife loves it when I put wild-caught snakes, ehhh, snakes for that matter on her kitchen table to take pictures:

By the next week, I have neighborhood kids banging my door down when they find stuff:

Okay- HERE we go. What I've been WAITING FOR- WEST TEXAS!!!

6/8/07

On my way down 277, this broke my heart. He was a BIG boy- easily 6', fresh, and hanging in there by a hair- I put him out of his misery:

Some sort of migration of these- swerving to avoid crushing them:

The only AOR find:

These things were EVERYWHERE! Swerving to avoid hitting them all night:

6/9/07 was shaping up to be a MUCH more productive day. We should've had 2 coachwhips, but for the first, I was on another planet, day dreaming or something, watching as Todd dove head-first into prairie grass trying to catch it, stuff flying out of his pockets, while I stood there on the side of the road watching and laughing! (It seriously was REALLY funny!) The second coach was HUGE- at LEAST 6', and by the time we got up to where we saw it, it had high-tailed it into the tall grass:

On the way out west from Del Rio:

We must have found 20+ atrox out there- they're ALL over the place!

Later that month, more snakes brought over by my gardener:

One of the rare shots of my holding him where he's NOT biting me:

Back to San Diego in mid-August for a desert cruise:

Sept. West Texas:

Bunch of these- even brought one home with me this time:

Like I said, TONS of atrox, but this shot came out REALLY cool:

This one was FREAKIN' AWESOME!

Here's the girl I caught and brought home with me- TOTAL sweetheart, and very nice color:

Some more random shots driving around earlier that day:

Couple of weeks later, near our place:

..and finally, my last trip for the year, finished it off with another round down in Corpus with Todd:

10/5/07
This one counts, because I caught it- not my gardener:

10/6/07:

Driving Todd nuts again with more bug pics:

..and finally, what MADE this trip for me:

Antelope with the same snake:

Great post, Todd! Thanks for sharing.
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Diego

Damn fine photography there, breakdancinitOFF!!! I must admit, that thorny a$$ed spider was the coolest "bug" of the year, one I won't soon forget! You have done well, grasshopper, especially in your old turf, I would give another digit to find a cal king that cool! But you have done well here as well for your first year, I spoiled you by taking you to Mecca/West Texas! There are many more species for you to find and a lot are right under your nose! Look in the ditches with culverts at sundown and you will soon see a coral snake, you are in the center of their universe! It is 78 today, but gets down to mid 40's some weeks. Flipping is a very viable option right now, and you will see the animals only if you look! Next year is really only 2 1/2 months away for flipping and breeding starts at that time. I will take you to the copperheads in the spring and then the unknown for all of us out west. It will be a great year, and that was a great post! I will put down my lame post in a while, for now, you DA MAN!!!

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Todd Hughes

Impossible to be the man, when YOU'RE the man!

I'm heading to San Diego again on 12/15, and will most definitely be hitting my buddies property.

If I find another nice one, I'll figure a way to get it out to you!

C'mon sprrrrrring!!!

//Todd

No really, YOU da man, lol!
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Todd Hughes

you have a pretty good chance at finding something, it's been raining pretty good. There's another good storm coming in a few days. Good luck.

Cool man- thanks!

I'll be a posting if I find anything!

//Todd

hahaha, I want a striper!
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Todd Hughes

Wow, you did pretty good your self. Texas sure is an amazing place, your habitat shots from there were great. I remember you now from that Cal king in hand shot and your August trip to Borrego. That was pretty good to find 3 snakes there in Aug., especially this year. That first Checkered Garter is very nice and also that yellow Sonoran Gopher. very nice post!!!

Yeah- that's what several people were telling me about SoCal this summer- especially for that 1 run out to Borrego!

//Todd

Here's my list so far. I still have some herping time down under at the end of December, so I hope to add some more species.

I have pics of many of these, but I don't have time to post/link them all.

If you want to see some of them, check out the various pages on my photobucket site.

Taxa in BOLD BLUE are lifers (new species.
Taxa in regular blue are new subspecies.

Anura
Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri)
Brown's Leopard Frog (Rana brownorum)
American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeianus)
Pig Frog (Rana grylio)
Sheep Frog (Hypopachus variolosus)
Cane Toad (Bufo marinus)
Northern Gulf Coast Toad(Bufo nebulifer)
Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps)
Red-eyed Treefrog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Squirrel Treefrog (Hyla squirella)
Spotted Chorus Frog (Pseudacris clarkii)
Stauffer's Treefrog (Scinax staufferi)
Mexican Treefrog (Smilisca baudinii)
Veined Treefrog (Trachycephalus venulosus)
Yucatan Casqueheaded Treefrog (Triprion petasatus)
Greenhouse Frog (Euhyas planirostris)

Chelonia
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Tabasco Mud Turtle (Kinosternon acutum)
Yellow Mud Turtle (Kinosternon flavescens flavescens)
Florida Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri)
Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri)
Atlantic Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)

Crocodilia
American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)

Lizards
Red-headed Agama (Agama agama africana)
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
Yucatecan Casquehead Iguana (Laemanctus serratus alticoronatus)
Black Iguana ssp. (Ctenosaura similis ssp.)
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)
Yellow-striped Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus chrysostictus)
Cozumel Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cozumelae)
Blue-spotted Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus cyanostictus)
Northern Blue Mountain Lizard (Sceloporus minor ssp.)
Royal Yarrow's Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus oberon)
Northern Bluebelly Lizard (Sceloporus parvus parvus)
Rosebelly Lizard (Sceloporus variabilis marmoratus)
Crevice Swift (Sceloporus torquatus ssp.)
Northern Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis carolinensis)
Southern Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis seminolus)
Western Knight Anole (Anolis equestris equestrius)
Bourgeae's Ghost Anole (Anolis lemurinus bourgeaei)
Yucatan Smooth Anole (Anolis rodriquezi rodriquezi)
Brown Anole ssp. (Anolis sagrei ssp.)
Cuban Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei sagrei)
Silky Anole (Anolis sericeus)
Greater Scaly Anole (Anolis t. tropidonotus)
Little Bahama Curly-tailed Lizard (Leiocephalus carinatus armouri)
Yucatecan Banded Gecko (Coleonyx elegans elegans)
Flat-tailed House Gecko (Cosymbotus platyurus)
Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus)
Rainbow Ameiva (Ameiva undulata)
Narrowhead Yucatan Whiptail (Aspedoscelis angusticeps angusticeps)
Texas Alligator Lizard (Gerrhonotus liocephalus)
Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis)

Snakes
Mexican Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator)
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake (Bogertophis subocularis)
Redbelly Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes imperialis clavatus)
Faded Black-striped Snake (Coniophanes schmidti)
Lizard Eater (Dryadophis melanolomus melanolomus)
Texas Indigo Snake (Drymarchon melanurus erebennus)
Blacktail Cribo (Drymarchon melanurus melanurus)
Central American Speckled Racer (Drymobius margaritiferus fistulosus)
Western Mudsnake (Farancia abacura reinwardtii)
Eastern Hognosed Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)
Texas Nightsnake (Hypsiglena torquata jani)
Cope's Bluntheaded Tree Snake (Imantodes cenchoa leucomelas)
Gray-banded Kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna)
Desert Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula splendida)
Blanchard's Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum blanchardi)
Peninsular Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira frenata yucatanensis)
Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus)
Neotropical Whipsnake (Masticophis mentovarius mentovarius)
Gulf Saltmarsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii clarkii)
Florida Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris)
Florida Green Watersnake (Nerodia floridana)
Yucatan Redback Coffeesnake (Ninia sebae morleyi)
Florida Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus carinatus)
Mexican Vinesnake (Oxybelis aeneus)
Green Vinesnake (Oxybelis fulgidus)
Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus guttatus)
Texas Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimeri)
Everglades Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus rossalleni)
Bullsnake (Pituophis sayi)
Yucatan Ratsnake (Pseudoelaphe phaescens)
Peninsular Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis triaspis)
Tiger Ratsnake (Spilotes pullatus mexicanus)
Blackbelly Centipede Snake (Tantilla moesta)
Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus orarius)
Southern Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus rutiloris)
Peninsular Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus sackenii)
Terrestrial Snail Sucker ssp. (Tropidodipsas sartorii ssp.)

Venomous Snakes
Sapper's Variable Coralsnake (Micrurus diastema sapperi)
Texas Coralsnake (Micrurus tener)
Western Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma)
Terciopelo (Bothrops asper)
Western Diamondbacked Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri)

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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Thanks for the PB link, Chris. That's some amazing trips you've had!
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Diego

That is an awesome list Chris. I am still hunting for that Texas scarlet!!!
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Todd Hughes

I found mine when I wasn't looking for one. I actually have never deliberately looked for them, so I guess that's why I found one.

You live close to their range, you'll stumble across one eventually. Now I just have to find a damn Leptodeira in TX!
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Let me know when you are around in April or June, I will put you in the middle of them. Dang but there were some awesome shots in your photobucket page, the blacktail cribo was excellent but I still want to see your speckled racer shots. I was down there last week and poked around just for fun, but all I saw were basking red eared sliders and you know the manasger doesn't take kindly to snake hooks for flippin' palm fronds!
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Todd Hughes

Congrats. Looks like you had a really good year.

reako45

Thanks man. What about you? Didn't I see on Hartley's forum that you went to the ARC this year?
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Diego