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There seems to be no activity here in central Texas, its difficult to find anything even turning over every rock and rotting log I find. How frustrating! Is anyone in Texas getting any action?? This heat and drought better break soon or I'm gonna lose it.

It's horrible.

I haven't been out much here in Austin, but I do the local rescue/relocation in my community, and they really are foraging this summer!

I've been here for 3 years this summer and haven't been able to find a copperhead to save my life, and got 2 in 2 days this summer- one in the community pool, and the other on a lady's front yard, next to a sprinkler head.

We need rain, BAD.

//Todd

Please tell me you put the rocks and logs back, otherwise you won't find them this fall there either! Just a reminder, not saying you trash. If it is any consolation, we got zip down south as well, hottest, driest, season yet.

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Todd Hughes

Oh yeah, I leave everything the way I found it, there are very few places to go herping here in central Texas and I dont want to mess up my favorite places. Im crossing my fingers for a good light rain on a warm humid night, waiting for things to get moving. Wonder how east Texas is doing?

East texas isn't so bad. We've gotten a little rain recently but we had an extremely long dry spell as well. I've seen enough snakes though. I'll post some pics sometime when I get around to it. Plenty of ribbons, several rats, numerous copperheads, couple cottonmouths, and lots of nerodia as usual. Some racers but numbers less during worst part of drought. I was in San Antonio recently and found plenty of nerodia around a water source but far fewer ribbons than normal there and I imagine the woodland snakes are about zilch in central TX.
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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

Todd,

Finally getting a bit of action. Well, Texas garter, a water snake, several red-eared sliders.
Today was slow, only a couple of swifts ( Southern Prairie?? lizards) in herps. Did see a bobcat with a cub though!
Too bad my camera is still jammed from my last caving expedition. May have to get a new one.

Matthew

I'm leaving this hell hole for Arizona and some monSOOOOONs! I'll be back on the 23rd hopefully with some adventure stories to tell!
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Todd Hughes

Yeah, you guys are still in the heat/drought aren't you? At least the 100 plus days seem over here. Still a bit drier than I would like.
Heck, I wish I was going back to New Mexico where it has been cooler & wetter than my corner of Texas.

Matthew

Good luck Todd!
I added two Texas Spiny lizards & a ground skink. Nothing new, but nice to see ANY herps this summer! ( as you know..)

Matthew