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Went to the Medina county Texas Ranch
to repair the white picket fence. It seemed
a perfect day for the "KIng" of texas snakes
so I had to have a look around before finishing
my tasks.

About an hour into my walk I was talking to myself:
"Where are the snakes!?" "It's perfect out here!"
"How about a large atrox!?" "Anything!"
Then I saw this:

Saw a few other odds and ends including this gray Tree Frog:

Enjoy
Joe

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Anthony Chodan

www.gradeareptiles.com

Joe,

WICKEDLY awesome shots of a beautifull snake. Man, you are so lucky to see one in the wild(Fred pines away with envy)
Lucky dog you!! Thank you for sharing!! Again1

Thanks

Fredrick Albury
Aztec Reptiles

Thanks Fred, glad you liked em.

Best
Joe

Thanks Anthony, glad you enjoyed!

best
Joe

Thank you for the photo fix. That's one dark indigo. Is this area where possible old mass release of Easterns alluded to last winter on this froum occured?

Not as I am aware of.
The rumor referred to the bigger ranches in south Texas.
I personally have never seen one in Texas that didn't key
out pure Texas, though I have seen some that were "red" enough
to look like easterns.

This snake appeared to be a very healthy female that probably
laid eggs within a months time, pure speculation on my part
by my observations (Large snake, healthy weight, minor folds
in posterior, oncoming shed phase).

Best
Joe

TX indies are incredibly variable in color through out their range...I found many just like this in the 60's and 70's...I believe they are actually more colorful than Easterns...From these great pictures, to some that look like Coachwhips on steroids they are so brown in the front half of the body..
One of my males looks just like this one, but with way more throat color...
Great fimd!!! Thanks for sharing these with us!!
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Carl W Gossett
Garage Door Herps
Monument,Colorado...northern territory of the Great Republic of Texas

Always nice to see an Indigo so far north in their range! I used to see a lot of them, but all the ones I saw were further south. I even witnessed them crossing the road at night on TWO different occasions!!! (just when you thought they were diurnal - LOL!)

Zee

Thanks.
I actually saw an Indigo in northern Bexar county
(very near blossom stadium / in a Salado creek crossing)
in 1977 DOR.

Best
Joe

Thats one incredible sight. I'm envious. Nice pics too.

Thanks Joe, glad you enjoyed them.

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Joe

I never post in this forum, but those pics warrant a compliment. Thanks for sharing. What camera do you shoot with?

I shoot with an Olympus E1 (5 MP DSLR).
I'm pretty happy with it

Best
Joe

Most of us could only dream to stumble on something like THAT in the wild....... I can't get over how black that thing is..... Looked VERY calm did you handle it at all??

Thanks for posting those pics , keep up the good work.

Dean