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Here are a few pictures of some locality Mexican milks for you guys to see. Living here in East Texas, I am able to make quick runs down to South Texas along the Mexican border when conditions seem just right. I try to make it down there at least once every spring, sometimes making two or three trips to the area every year. I have been lucky enough to find 6 annulata in only 3 nights of hunting but as field herpers know all to well, unfortunately, many nice animals you find just happen to be dead before you get to them. Sadly, this has been the case (or curse) and 5 out of the 6 I have found were all roadway casualties or DORs (dead on road). The funny thing is that the only one I have found alive had actually been nicked by a car only to die a few weeks later. Regardless though, South Texas has much to offer other than just milksnakes for those looking for cool herps. Here were just a few....

Jim Hogg Co.,TX

Jim Hogg Co.,TX (the sad reality of what you can find while herping)

Jim Hogg Co.,TX (another DOR)

Webb Co.,TX (a beautiful but very dead snake)

Webb Co.,TX

Webb Co.,TX (a face of disgust....no, actually the sun was in my eyes)

A parting shot...

Thanks for looking.
Nathan Wells

JIM HOGG county, WTF. Only in Texas.
I have a new goal, to one day be standing in Jim Hogg county.

Again great post, nice to see these not to often seen North American triangulum.

-Dell

Again awesome... thanks alot for sharing. Between this and the amamura -- man just thanks alot!!

Chris

Wow Nathan!,......there are some REAL BEAUTIES from that Texas area,....I hate the thought of seeing dead snakes that where once "living gems" one second,..and then dead the next,....but that's the way things go many times. I saw a DOR Eastern Coralsnake that was simply stunning a while back in central eastern Florida. There were also some beautifully colored cornsnakes, as well as some VERY pretty yellow Rats that were DOR in the same area.

Some of those fresh kills, I often think to myself......"if i'd only been here 10 minutes sooner, the thing would be alive and well right now!,......I'm sure you've thought the very same.

best regards, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Beautiful animals! That first DOR is amazing, what a shame that must have been to find. Thanks for sharing the photos.

-Cole

Great post, Nathan. Like you read my mind. I was just gonna ask if someone could post pics of some good locality annulata. Bummer about the DORs.

reako45

glad you enjoyed.
Nathan