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These are all photos I took Friday night of a few finds in my search of a couple of different areas outside the city (El Paso). Saw the 4 snakes pictured below, as well as 4 others which were unfortunately D.O.R. (2 neonate wdb, a coachwhip, and a western hook-nosed).

Snake in the grass. First live find was this Texas long-nose, about 2 feet long.

Next I found this painted desert glossy snake.

Next I found two neonate western diamondbacks.

WDB 1

WDB 2. This little guy could have cared less that there was some giant unknown creature standing around it. He just carried on about his business slowly searching around some brush, presumably for a snack, as if I wasn't even there.

Also found this Couch's spadefoot toad. These guys are always cool.

The namesake:

And finally, my favorite of the night, a round-tailed horned lizard. He posed very nicely, as well, haha.

Nice finds! The longnose is killer, thanks for sharing

Dan

Are those pics recent? If so, I am so jealous. Really cool that you can still find stuff where you live. I'm in SoCal and all the seem to herps have gone on holiday.

reako45

Yeah, those pics are all from this past Friday. Still got a decent amount of herping time left before everything goes nap-time for the winter. Decent amount of time, it's just having a decent amount of gas to get out there and enjoy as much of it as possible that's the problem, haha.

I certainly miss the EP area. It is great herping. The next 2-3 weeks is a great time for trans-pecos ratsnakes, if you are wanting to find them.

Of course, there's another snake moving in the eastern parts of the county that garners a bit more attention - forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1584004,1584004.

BTW - Longnosed Snakes and Glossy Snakes in the El Paso region don't bite. You don't need to hold them behind the head like that (unless that was just for the head shot).
When I first moved there from east Texas (where everything bites) I was shocked at how docile the snakes were. It took me a while to learn to trust them!
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

Haha, yeah that was just for the head shots. They definitely don't bite, but they won't stay still for even a second, haha!

That sucks to find an alterna like that.

Definitely wouldn't mind finding a trans-pecos right now. I'm about to head out right now, so hopefully I'll get some nice finds and more pictures.

Nice, I'd love to see more Texas herpers here! Well, especially since I missed the best photo op of a wild Texas Ratsnake by not checking my camera BEFORE I set out! LOL

Matthew