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Nothing seems to be moving much around here. What about other parts of Texas, anyone having any luck.

Matthew

I live near Houston and I'm seeing that too. I have seen a couple species lately but some of those were sheltering under stuff when I found them. I've seen some water snakes out of course and I found three copperheads out at night recently. Several days ago I came across a beautiful tx rat on a gravel road at a state park. There's been a huge reduction in the number of active ribbon snakes and racers and other diurnals. Only racer I saw during the heat wave was a gravid female about to burst. I wonder what the effect will be on the incubating eggs out in the wild. Hopefully it won't dry the soil out too much. I still want to see baby snakes. Also the other wildlife are fairing horribly. Have you seen how emaciated the white tailed deer have become?
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1.0 sumatran short tailed python
0.1 ball python
0.1 rosy boa
0.1 corn snake
1.0 mexican king snake
1.1 buttermilk racers
0.0.2 texas rat snakes
0.0.1 broadbanded watersnakes
0.0.2 yellow bellied watersnake
0.0.1 diamond back watersnake
0.0.1 blotched watersnake
0.0.1 ribbon snake
0.1 Texas brown snake
0.0.1 western cottonmouth
0.0.1 southern copperhead
0.0.1 rattlesnake
1.0 bearded dragon
1.0 leopard gecko

I have even seen a reduction of squirrels on the bike/hike trail here where I see most of my herps as well as bird watch. When the tree rats vanish, I know we are in trouble. I've seen 0 copperheads this season. One good Texas rat was seen before the heat got cranking. & one road kill Texas Rat since. Only other snake was a small green. Once we broke 100 though, all my diurnals have utterly vanished.
Sucks would be an understatement. Though I might have better luck right now since I broke my camera caving last saturday.

Matthew

I have been inside at night, in the a/c, no snakes in here except the captives, and they are all swimmin' in the water bowls, it's hot down here too!
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Todd Hughes

I am waiting for sundown, just so I can walk the darn dogs!

Matthew