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Here is a series of some nice locality Louisiana milks for all of you to see. Besides keeping and maintaining a large collection of triangulum and locality L. alterna, my true passion has always been for fieldherping. There is nothing more memorable than traveling to locations that you only read or hear about to discover your favorite herps in the natural elements. Luckily for me though, I live in an area where these amaura can be quite common and don't really have to travel very far to find a few when conditions are right. Many thanks to my herping buddy Robert Edwards for taking the time to photograph most of the animals he and I find and for allowing me to post his pictures.

First, let's take a walk...

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Me scouring the forest, looking under fallen logs

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Habitat Shot

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX ("in-situ" or in situation shot, under pile of tin)

Cleveland, Liberty Co.,TX

The Woodlands, Montgomery Co.,TX (another "in-situ" shot, heading for the air conditioner)

Gus Engeling WMA, Anderson Co.,TX

Gus Engeling WMA, Anderson Co.,TX

Habitat Shot

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX

Montgomery Co.,TX (picture by Brandon Bowers)

Montgomery Co.,TX

Grimes Co.,TX (picture by Rob Klockman)

Man...all this posting has me worn out. I'll kick back while you guys enjoy.

Hope you liked the tour.
Nathan Wells

Great shots of some great animals Nathan! It makes me wish there were more than garter snakes and toads to catch here!!

Love the Lay Z Boy pic too!

~ Mike

Thanks Mike. Again, my friend Robert Edwards took most of the pictures but agreed to let me post them so you locality nuts could see a few. You need to hire a babysitter and make it down to "alternaland" this year!!
So you can walk in cool places like this.....

and find awesome things like this......

Nathan

Friggin' awesome, Nate! That's an amazing series. It's not often that anyone even posts an amaura, let alone a stunning array of them! Thanks for sharing that with us.

-Cole

Thanks Cole. Maybe we can one day have you and Dell and that "Dick" Bob down here to do some flippin'. There are some great places to herp here in East Texas.
Nathan

Nathan, now your making me laugh.

-Dell

Nathan,

I'd like that! I've never been to Texas, and you guys seem like a pretty good crowd to herp with!

-Cole

Truly sick... great FINDS -- just amazing!!! Thanks alot for sharing!

Chris

No problem Chris, thanks for the compliment.
Nathan

Great post Nate Dogg.
I love the ones with red eyes.Very cool...

L8r

Thanks Big Worm. Think you and Aaron will make it out this way in June?? Don't you need a Sanderson to pair up?
Nate

Nathan, fantastic post! I love seeing all those amaura. I'm more of a field herper too, and amaura was something I'd always wanted to see. Robert was nice enough to put me on this one
in Montgomery Co., TX.

scott

Thanks Scott. That's a beautiful amaura!! So clean and the red is really nice. Did that come from the secret tin pile?
Nathan

That animal was found across the road from the tin pile, but yes, in that area.

Scott

I love those habitat and in-situ shots. Those are some great finds. Great post man. I hope we're able to make a trip this year like we've talkd about over the last couple of years.

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Updated

Whenever you're ready Dave...See if the wife and kids can go stay with Grandma for a week and fly down.
Nathan

Geez, so much for them being "WICKED HAAD" to find huh? Nice post!

No, not necessarily Jeff. Even though our county is rather large, the populations and ranges of these guys are rather spotty. In some areas towards the east the numbers that can be found in a single year can be incredible while only a few will turn up here and there throughout the rest of the county. It's just being in the right place at the right time.
Nathan

But dont you LOVE when you finally GET IT(when finding em becomes EASY)?? In the spring now I can look at a weather pattern or even just be walking outside and FEEL that its a great time to find em. Once you know this though it really makes it hard to struggle lifting TONS of [bleep] all day just to find 1....know what I mean? OK, getting old and fat has something to do with it too,lol. NO, its nothing I want to share. I think thats reserved for people who can find the secret out themselves. There should never be an excuse for not getting out in the field. I look around my snake room and am sometimes disgusted by the number of morphs.....progress.....

my vote for best post of the year! Nice stuff and that last pic is a complete gas.

Thanks for the compliment Tony...
Nathan

Grimes Co.,TX (picture by Rob Klockman).....

animal at home . This boy still needs a girl for him!

Thanks Nathan for those great pics, I saw you found out the guy who had the luck to get the nelsoni from me .

Gerrit

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Thanks Gerrit, hopefully we can find that guy a little lady this year. Oh and yes, I did figure out who got the nelsoni from you. Although he didn't ever come across as the transvestite looking table dancin' type..as you described him. LOL!
Nate

Darnit Gerrit, you said you wouldn't tell!LOL.....

L8r

...I told Nathan never to mention this in the forums, sorry, buddy!

Gerrit
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That's a just a little more informaton that we needed to know, lol.
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Joe

Really good post Nathan. I'd like to see more amaura posted. What a great looking milksnake.

Must be a pain in the arse to take that chair w/ you on your herp trips?

-Dell

Thanks Dell, yeah...my wife is getting tired of it staying in the house too...LOL.
Nathan

LOL!,.........that was a fun post Nathan, man, what a huge "army" of photos dude!

I bet you "flipped that nasty chair you were resting in too!..LOL

thanks!

~Doug
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Thanks Doug...glad you liked them my friend.
Nate

Makes me want to go out herping right now! too bad its below zero here ... oh well heading to Panama in 2 weeks
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Jon Wedow
Sharp Dressed Snakes

Thanks Jon. Hope you have a nice time in Panama. Be safe.
Nathan

Super post Nathan! Look me up when you head south this year, wouldn't mind tagging along or sharing a few spots down my way for annulata!

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Todd Hughes

Thanks Todd. Hopefully, I'll get there in early April, if the weather cooperates.
Nathan