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Any of you guys catch milks in the Austin area? Legally, of course. I just moved here from Louisiana and miss catching snakes. My brother and I used to catch speckled kings, Texas rats, water snakes, racers, etc. I'm really into milks these days and wondering about looking around here. My place is on 4 wooded acres and I haven't seen a snake yet! I sure hope they start coming out this spring. According to the field guides I have, the two subspecies of milks we have here are Annulata and Amaura. Anyone see these around here? Care to share any secret spots or maybe have a tagalong? I don't want to have to drive all the way back to Louisiana every time I want to look for snakes.
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1.1.0 Hondurans Het Amel
1.1.0 Hondurans Anery, Het Hypo
0.1.0 Honduran Hypo
0.2.0 Pueblans
1.0.0 Thayeri MSP
0.0.1 GBK Blair's Phase
1.0.0 California King
0.0.1 Speckled King WC
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.1.0 Ball, Normal
0.0.1 Sulcata
0.1.0 Girlfriend, Caucasius Mexicana, Fiancee Phase

I don't think that there are any Milks in the Austin area to speak of. You'll need to drive east for amaura or south a little bit for annulata.

Sounds about right, although don't give up the hunt!

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Todd Hughes

I did a little research and found this link that shows that L.t. amaura have been found in Travis county (Austin area).

http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/lampropeltis.triangulum.html
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1.1.0 Hondurans Het Amel
1.1.0 Hondurans Anery, Het Hypo
0.1.0 Honduran Hypo
0.2.0 Pueblans
1.0.0 Thayeri MSP
0.0.1 GBK Blair's Phase
1.0.0 California King
0.0.1 Speckled King WC
0.0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.1.0 Ball, Normal
0.0.1 Sulcata
0.1.0 Girlfriend, Caucasius Mexicana, Fiancee Phase

That was then, this is now, anything is possible but Austin is growing daily, not much habitat left, I would think amaura a coastal type.
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Todd Hughes