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live in Minnesota. I bet even the garter snakes have slid back into their hibernation burrows. The grass under the snow is green, however.

I'd like to know what kind of snakes people find in their home states. What have people seen or caught in which states? (Living vicariously, I guess...). Sorry it's a bit off-topic, since I bet noone's caught a wild BRB!
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Renee

2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
1.0 BRB (Loki)

in MASS there are mostly eastern garter snakes, northern water snakes, ribbon snakes... then not as common where brown snakes, and ringneck snakes. there are more i think 10 all together but those are (from my experience) most common.

since moving to New Mexico all i have seen so far are bull snakes, but this summer a guy from work is going to take me field herping and i expect to see bulls, hognose, kings... even rattle snakes... i will take pictures for sure!!
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-Stephen-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
0.1 col redtail boa (Dixie-my baby girl)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--brazillian rainbow boas 1 female for sure
2 or 3? maybe a breeding pair?
-- bearded dragon for the wifey my list got to big...

Sorry for the slow response, I was out all day enjoying the North Carolina sunshine... (sorry, I couldn't resist.)

Good topic, actually. I found a worm snake a couple weeks ago and posted a picture of it. I've seen black racers, garters, a couple species of water snakes, rough green snakes, and copperheads around here. (I really want to find another copperhead and get some pics of it, they are neat looking snakes.)

Any progress on the boa constrictor?

Thanks,
Ed

>>live in Minnesota. I bet even the garter snakes have slid back into their hibernation burrows. The grass under the snow is green, however.
>>
>>I'd like to know what kind of snakes people find in their home states. What have people seen or caught in which states? (Living vicariously, I guess...). Sorry it's a bit off-topic, since I bet noone's caught a wild BRB!
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>>Renee
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>>2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
>>1.0 BRB (Loki)

Renee,
...I was fortunate to have grown up in east central Florida in the 1960s. There are 31 different native snakes there and I have caught 30 of them. I now live just south of the famous Okeetee snake hunting area of South Carolina and I occasionally road hunt at night there. I have also hunted snakes in many other countries and all over the southern half of the US. For the first few years that I was into snakes I hunted almost daily and caught a bunch of them. There were several times that my brother and I caught over 30 snakes in a single day. I have not kept a life list of snake species I have caught but I imagine it would be approaching 75 now. I have not caught a Brazilian Rainbow Boa but I have caught Colombian Rainbow Boas and Boa Constrictors in Panama. My most recent catch was a Ringneck snake the week before last in the Smoky Mountains. I have seen two Garter Snakes in the last week along the fence behind my house. My most common catch here in the neighborhood the last few years are Garters and Copperheads.
Jeff

>>live in Minnesota. I bet even the garter snakes have slid back into their hibernation burrows. The grass under the snow is green, however.
>>
>>I'd like to know what kind of snakes people find in their home states. What have people seen or caught in which states? (Living vicariously, I guess...). Sorry it's a bit off-topic, since I bet noone's caught a wild BRB!
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>>Renee
>>
>>2.0 amel & anery corns (Foxfire & Daguerre)
>>1.0 BRB (Loki)

Jeff,
Which one did you miss? Mole Kingsnake?
Paul

Paul,
...Exactly right. Rare snake in east central Florida.
Jeff

>>Jeff,
>>Which one did you miss? Mole Kingsnake?
>>Paul

I had great luck in GA over the few years I was there. Lots of brown snakes, a couple of worm snakes, some garters and a really nice young copperhead along with a few fall salamanders. Before that I was in FL, the snakes were literally everywhere. I caught a few really nice ringneck snakes, a whole lot of water snakes and a water moccasin. I also got to see my first redbelly turtle while I was there. I have no idea how his giant self got into the dog kennel, but they were going ape over him. Rocks just arent supposed to move! lol. There were tons of green tree frogs every night, you couldnt even talk on the phone they were so loud. I did not hunt in CA, but did find a few snakes in the yard here and there. I wish I had hunted, the ringnecks there are amazing. I grew up in Mi and was constantly bringing home anything I could get my hands on, primarily garters of all sizes. Now I'm in NC and have seen a few of the locals, but havent really gone out and flipped boards yet. I was hoping to find something interesting in a wood pile I had to move, but it was apparently empty. I did strip some bark, but nothing showed up. I'm sure there's tons to be found, I'll report back with items of interest, in particular anything red striped that I'm on the lookout for.

Here in CA I have caught pacific gopher snakes, cal king snakes, garter snakes(not sure on variety), sharp tail snakes, rubber boa's, rosy boa's, and rattlesnakes. On the rattlesnakes I am not sure about the variety but without looking range maps up I would guess pacific or western diamondback.

Sean.
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1.1 BRB
1.1 Triple Het TPRS's
0.1 Silver TPRS
1.1 Amel Bloodred Corns
0.1 Abbott Okeetee Corn
0.1 Blizzard Bloodred Corn
1.1 Thayeri Kingsnakes
0.1 Reeve's Turtle
0.2 Amstaff's
1.0 Pudytat

Reptiles and Amphibians that I can recall that I have caught over the years.

New Jersey...

TURTLES

Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys t. terrapin
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene c. carolina
Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys p. picta
Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone s. spinifera
Red belly Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris
Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta

LIZARDS

Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus

SNAKES

Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis s. sirtalis
Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos
Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis g. getula
Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis t. triangulum
Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis s. sauritus
Eastern Smooth Earth Snake Virginia v. valeriae
Northern Black Racer Coluber c. constrictor
Northern Brown Snake Storeria d. dekayi
Northern Pine Snake Pituophis m. melanoleucus
Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria o. occipitomaculata
Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
Northern Water Snake Nerodia s. sipedon
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus
Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis
Southern Ringneck Snake Diadophis p. punctatus
Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus

SALAMANDERS

Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale
Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum
Longtail Salamander Eurycea l. longicauda
Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus f. fuscus
Northern Red Salamander Pseudotriton r. ruber
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
Northern Spring Salamander Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus
Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata
Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus
Red-spotted Newt Notophthalmus v. viridescens
Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum

FROGS & TOADS

American Toad Bufo americanus
Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
Eastern Spadefoot (toad) Scaphiopus h. holbrookii (Delaware)
Fowler’s Toad Bufo woodhousii fowleri
Green Frog Rana clamitans melanota
New Jersey Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata kalmi ( I think anyways lol )
Northern Cricket Frog Acris c. crepitans
Northern Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor
Northern Spring Peeper Pseudacris c. crucifer
Pickerel Frog Rana palustris
Pine Barrens Treefrog (T) Hyla andersonii
Southern Leopard Frog Rana utricularia
Wood Frog Rana sylvatica

ALABAMA

Turtles

eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
midland smooth softshell turtle, Apalone mutica mutica

Lizards

green anole, Anolis carolinensis ( I caught in Florida)
brown anole, Anolis sagrei ( I caught in Florida)
five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus (may have been a female broad-headed sking)
broad-headed skink, Eumeces laticeps
ground skink, Scincella lateralis

Snakes

southern black racer, Coluber constrictor priapus
corn snake, Elaphe guttata guttata
gray rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta spiloides
eastern mud snake, Farancia abacura abacura
speckled kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
banded water snake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata
midland water snake, Nerodia sipedon
queen snake, Regina septemvittata
red bellied swamp snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea
eastern cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus

Puerto Rico

Marine Toad
Common Coquí Frog
House Gecko
unknown geckos
Ameiva and Tied lizards
multiple anole species not in US
Typhlops blind snake species

Probably missed some. I was quite a explorer when I was younger. Like Jeff I don't keep an actual list.
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Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

never caught a Northern Spring Salamander lol

>>Reptiles and Amphibians that I can recall that I have caught over the years.
>>
>>New Jersey...
>>
>>TURTLES
>>
>>Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
>>Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
>>Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys t. terrapin
>>Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene c. carolina
>>Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys p. picta
>>Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone s. spinifera
>>Red belly Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris
>>Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
>>Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
>>Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta
>>
>>LIZARDS
>>
>>Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
>>Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus
>>
>>SNAKES
>>
>>Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis s. sirtalis
>>Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos
>>Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis g. getula
>>Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis t. triangulum
>>Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis s. sauritus
>>Eastern Smooth Earth Snake Virginia v. valeriae
>>Northern Black Racer Coluber c. constrictor
>>Northern Brown Snake Storeria d. dekayi
>>Northern Pine Snake Pituophis m. melanoleucus
>>Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria o. occipitomaculata
>>Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
>>Northern Water Snake Nerodia s. sipedon
>>Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus
>>Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis
>>Southern Ringneck Snake Diadophis p. punctatus
>>Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
>>
>>SALAMANDERS
>>
>>Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale
>>Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum
>>Longtail Salamander Eurycea l. longicauda
>>Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus f. fuscus
>>Northern Red Salamander Pseudotriton r. ruber
>>Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
>>Northern Spring Salamander Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus
>>Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata
>>Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus
>>Red-spotted Newt Notophthalmus v. viridescens
>>Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum
>>
>>FROGS & TOADS
>>
>>American Toad Bufo americanus
>>Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
>>Eastern Spadefoot (toad) Scaphiopus h. holbrookii (Delaware)
>>Fowler’s Toad Bufo woodhousii fowleri
>>Green Frog Rana clamitans melanota
>>New Jersey Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata kalmi ( I think anyways lol )
>>Northern Cricket Frog Acris c. crepitans
>>Northern Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor
>>Northern Spring Peeper Pseudacris c. crucifer
>>Pickerel Frog Rana palustris
>>Pine Barrens Treefrog (T) Hyla andersonii
>>Southern Leopard Frog Rana utricularia
>>Wood Frog Rana sylvatica
>>
>>ALABAMA
>>
>>Turtles
>>
>>eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
>>midland smooth softshell turtle, Apalone mutica mutica
>>
>>Lizards
>>
>>green anole, Anolis carolinensis ( I caught in Florida)
>>brown anole, Anolis sagrei ( I caught in Florida)
>>five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus (may have been a female broad-headed sking)
>>broad-headed skink, Eumeces laticeps
>>ground skink, Scincella lateralis
>>
>>Snakes
>>
>>southern black racer, Coluber constrictor priapus
>>corn snake, Elaphe guttata guttata
>>gray rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta spiloides
>>eastern mud snake, Farancia abacura abacura
>>speckled kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
>>banded water snake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata
>>midland water snake, Nerodia sipedon
>>queen snake, Regina septemvittata
>>red bellied swamp snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea
>>eastern cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus
>>
>>Puerto Rico
>>
>>Marine Toad
>>Common Coquí Frog
>>House Gecko
>>unknown geckos
>>Ameiva and Tied lizards
>>multiple anole species not in US
>>Typhlops blind snake species
>>
>>Probably missed some. I was quite a explorer when I was younger. Like Jeff I don't keep an actual list.
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>> Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
>>=========================================================
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Frank Roberts
>>
>>
>>
>>I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.
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=========================================================
Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.

I have found frogs snakes and turtles in the dead of winter in NJ with snow and Ice Involved. Garter snakes and Painted turtles are quite active for animals everyone thinks go into deep burrows all winter. Especaliy Painted Turtles. No ice some are out to be found.

>>never caught a Northern Spring Salamander lol
>>
>>
>>
>>>>Reptiles and Amphibians that I can recall that I have caught over the years.
>>>>
>>>>New Jersey...
>>>>
>>>>TURTLES
>>>>
>>>>Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus
>>>>Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
>>>>Diamondback Terrapin Malaclemys t. terrapin
>>>>Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene c. carolina
>>>>Eastern Painted Turtle Chrysemys p. picta
>>>>Eastern Spiny Softshell Apalone s. spinifera
>>>>Red belly Turtle Pseudemys rubriventris
>>>>Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
>>>>Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata
>>>>Wood Turtle Clemmys insculpta
>>>>
>>>>LIZARDS
>>>>
>>>>Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
>>>>Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus
>>>>
>>>>SNAKES
>>>>
>>>>Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis s. sirtalis
>>>>Eastern Hognose Snake Heterodon platyrhinos
>>>>Eastern Kingsnake Lampropeltis g. getula
>>>>Eastern Milk Snake Lampropeltis t. triangulum
>>>>Eastern Ribbon Snake Thamnophis s. sauritus
>>>>Eastern Smooth Earth Snake Virginia v. valeriae
>>>>Northern Black Racer Coluber c. constrictor
>>>>Northern Brown Snake Storeria d. dekayi
>>>>Northern Pine Snake Pituophis m. melanoleucus
>>>>Northern Redbelly Snake Storeria o. occipitomaculata
>>>>Northern Ringneck Snake Diadophis punctatus edwardsii
>>>>Northern Water Snake Nerodia s. sipedon
>>>>Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus
>>>>Smooth Green Snake Opheodrys vernalis
>>>>Southern Ringneck Snake Diadophis p. punctatus
>>>>Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
>>>>
>>>>SALAMANDERS
>>>>
>>>>Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale
>>>>Jefferson Salamander Ambystoma jeffersonianum
>>>>Longtail Salamander Eurycea l. longicauda
>>>>Northern Dusky Salamander Desmognathus f. fuscus
>>>>Northern Red Salamander Pseudotriton r. ruber
>>>>Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
>>>>Northern Spring Salamander Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus
>>>>Northern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea bislineata
>>>>Redback Salamander Plethodon cinereus
>>>>Red-spotted Newt Notophthalmus v. viridescens
>>>>Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum
>>>>
>>>>FROGS & TOADS
>>>>
>>>>American Toad Bufo americanus
>>>>Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana
>>>>Eastern Spadefoot (toad) Scaphiopus h. holbrookii (Delaware)
>>>>Fowler’s Toad Bufo woodhousii fowleri
>>>>Green Frog Rana clamitans melanota
>>>>New Jersey Chorus Frog Pseudacris triseriata kalmi ( I think anyways lol )
>>>>Northern Cricket Frog Acris c. crepitans
>>>>Northern Gray Treefrog Hyla versicolor
>>>>Northern Spring Peeper Pseudacris c. crucifer
>>>>Pickerel Frog Rana palustris
>>>>Pine Barrens Treefrog (T) Hyla andersonii
>>>>Southern Leopard Frog Rana utricularia
>>>>Wood Frog Rana sylvatica
>>>>
>>>>ALABAMA
>>>>
>>>>Turtles
>>>>
>>>>eastern mud turtle, Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum
>>>>midland smooth softshell turtle, Apalone mutica mutica
>>>>
>>>>Lizards
>>>>
>>>>green anole, Anolis carolinensis ( I caught in Florida)
>>>>brown anole, Anolis sagrei ( I caught in Florida)
>>>>five-lined skink, Eumeces fasciatus (may have been a female broad-headed sking)
>>>>broad-headed skink, Eumeces laticeps
>>>>ground skink, Scincella lateralis
>>>>
>>>>Snakes
>>>>
>>>>southern black racer, Coluber constrictor priapus
>>>>corn snake, Elaphe guttata guttata
>>>>gray rat snake, Elaphe obsoleta spiloides
>>>>eastern mud snake, Farancia abacura abacura
>>>>speckled kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
>>>>banded water snake, Nerodia fasciata fasciata
>>>>midland water snake, Nerodia sipedon
>>>>queen snake, Regina septemvittata
>>>>red bellied swamp snake, Seminatrix pygaea pygaea
>>>>eastern cottonmouth, Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus
>>>>
>>>>Puerto Rico
>>>>
>>>>Marine Toad
>>>>Common Coquí Frog
>>>>House Gecko
>>>>unknown geckos
>>>>Ameiva and Tied lizards
>>>>multiple anole species not in US
>>>>Typhlops blind snake species
>>>>
>>>>Probably missed some. I was quite a explorer when I was younger. Like Jeff I don't keep an actual list.
>>>>-----
>>>>=========================================================
>>>> Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
>>>>=========================================================
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Frank Roberts
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.
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>>=========================================================
>> Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
>>=========================================================
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Frank Roberts
>>
>>
>>
>>I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.
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=========================================================
Roberts Realm Of Reptile Research
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Thanks,

I opened my mouth and out flowed a melody black.