The desert nights and days are starting to come alive here in SoCal. Here are a few pics of what we saw.My daughter called the first snake of the night; Desert phase Cal King.
reako45
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Kern Co., CA
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:20 PM
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reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:21 PM
Another of the DP Cal.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:25 PM
First Longnose I'd ever cruised.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:27 PM
I love these snakes. Took me a couple of years to finally cruise one.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:30 PM
One of my absolute fave CA natives!
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:35 PM
My daughter Hadyne holding a Yucca Night Lizard.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:38 PM
A Chuckwalla. We saw a few of these guys. My friends were going after a Desert Spiny on his rock so this guy would pop out to see what all the commotion was about. I was lying on my stomach above him when I took the pic.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:41 PM
Desert Horned. Luv these guys.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:42 PM
Beautiful male Zebratail.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:46 PM
Desert Iggies were all over the place. My daughter had never seen one, so we let her check out this guy before we released him w/ a neat story to tell the other Desert Iggies about two-legged giants in shiny metal rolling boxes.
reako45
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 05:49 PM
Can't forget the C.c. cerastes. We saw 2 live and one DOR. Overall it was a great trip. Thanx for looking.
reako45
antelope
Apr 28, 2008 11:45 PM
Lots of great critters there, the cals look great, congrats on cruising the longnose, now you need a clarus!
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Todd Hughes
reako45
May 01, 2008 05:23 PM
Hoping and praying to get down to clarus phase territory in June, and find one. My buddy found one in March on a road where we usually see nothing but Crotes (Specks & Sidewinders).
2 years ago went down south w/ the specific intent of finding one, which I did, but it was a DOR! Ouch! That sucked.
reako45
antelope
May 01, 2008 06:24 PM
I hate it when that happens!
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Todd Hughes
antelope
May 01, 2008 06:30 PM
I was looking for something special for you guys and found it, but of course, it was dor. Kennedy county, Texas. Leptodeira and Arizona. 25 snakes seen only 3 aor atrox out of the bunch.
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Todd Hughes
reako45
May 03, 2008 03:46 AM
What type of snakes are those? The first 3 look like Glossy markings.
reako45
antelope
May 03, 2008 11:31 PM
You got it, Texas Glossies, the greenish one struck me as interesting so I vouchered it for the museum.
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Todd Hughes
daneby
Apr 29, 2008 01:10 AM
Sweet! I'd love to find one of those.
Dan
wizbang
Apr 28, 2008 07:24 PM
Awesome pics
reako45
Apr 28, 2008 07:46 PM
Thank you for looking.
reako45
viborero
Apr 28, 2008 11:31 PM
Excellent post, Reako! That Cal King is a smoker!
Congratulations on your little herper/helper. I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to accompany me in my herping forays.
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Diego
reako45
May 01, 2008 05:26 PM
I was just really glad for her to see alot of stuff that I'd seen a bunch of times, but were lifers for her. I asked her if she'd ever seen a Desert Iggy before and she said "No", and it sort of brought it all home, that most of the stuff I take for granted are lifers (and hopefully lifelong memories) for my 9 year old.
reako45
