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Figured the heading would catch Dell and cole's attention.LOL...
Made a mad dash out to Kansas for a few days of flipping.
Found 37 milks in two days of flipping.Had a total blast and saw tons of other cool stuff as well.

Here is a shot you don't see everyday.Lifted this large rock on a road cut and found 5 adult osage copperheads under it.That was a real rush to see.

had a few lifers as well.this was some type of earth snake I think?LOL.. haven't had a chance to look it up yet.

cool looking little worms snakes.

found tons of these little lined snakes as well.

lots of garters,black rats,emoryi and a few speckled kings where found as well.I was wanting to find a few bullsnakes but we didn't see any nor did we see any prairie kings.oh well, there is always next time.

here is one of the speckled kings from the flint hills.

here is one of the nicer looking red milks.weird thing is out of 16 red milks found only 2 where males.

here is my favorite female.

here is one of the cooler looking gentilis (russell county).

I really like this faded out yelow male gentilis also from Russell county.he is huge too, pushing 30 inches long and eats rodents no problem.

here is the only gravid snake found.nice young female russell county gentilis.

this pair is just awesome.there red is really bright red.These two are from Ellis county.

We found three red milks under one rock twice so that was way cool and then we found pairs of gentilis four times under samew rock.What a blast.

Special thanks goes out to John Fraiser,Mike Puckett and Chad Whitney for helping us out on our little adventure.Can't wait to hit Montana next May and have Del and Cole show me some Pales.

L8r Shannon

Nice post, Shannon! That title DID catch my eye - not many better ways to get me to open a post, that's for sure! LOL

Those copperheads would be quite a sight - five?! Wow! Really nice showing of milks there, too! Some of those gentilis are simply gorgeous.

I've never met John (though I hear good things about him), but Chad's a stand-up guy and a kick in the pants to herp/hang with. One hell of a cool trip you had, man!

-Cole

Sounds like a great adventure. Would have loved to be there myself.

--Dennis

Awesome finds man. Looks like one hell of a trip.

Dave
DNS Reptiles - Milk Snakes

Awesome Shannon!......that was a very productive trip dude!..

Those five "A. c. phaeogaster" you found under one flip was killer man!!!. Bet you were like...hmmm?,....what could be under this one?.....WOOOAH!!!!

~Doug

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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

LOL, yeah I was a bit surprised for sure.I had only seen one all day so when there was 5 heads looking up at me as I just had both my hands under the edge of the rock I just thanked them for not sticking me and moved them out of the way so I could put there big rock back.

L8r

Always good to hang out or herp w/ milks & beer aka Chad, he's a pretty chill guy to hang out w/, and he's a milk guru too.

Those Flint hills syspila intergrades are crazy looking, I need to make an excursion further east sometime. I miss all those earth snakes too, you found a lot of them it looks like. The Worm snake C. vermis would have been the highlight of the trip for me, sweet looking little dude. But w/ that said, you found some awesome looking milks.
Like I said, sweet post. Cole and I are going to have a hard time following those gentilis, and syspila next year. But we'll drink a lot of beer trying.

-Dell

oh yeah,the subject line got cut off cause it actually said milks,beers and cigars.....
nothing better than a cold one and a smoth stogie after seeing all that color.

L8r

no ringnecks?? lol.

good looking milks there Shannon, I like that speckled king too nice holbrooki example for sure. Was that earth snake smooth scaled? Definitely looks like either a rough earth snake or a smooth earth snake.
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Mike
KingPin Reptiles
www.kingpinreptiles.com

LOL, I forgot to mention the ringnecks.LMAO.... we actually kept track of them just for fun and the # was 258 in two days.
There was 27 under one large piece of plywood alone with two garters and a racer.
It was such a blast.also forgot to mention all the glass lizards (legless lizards) we saw in Ellis county.That was a lifer for me too.

L8r Shannomn

Great pics and thanks for sharing Shannon!

-Rusty