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It's all skill! and location, location, location. Here's a Desert/Speckled King from Jan. 18th...

>>It's all skill! and location, location, location. Here's a Desert/Speckled King from Jan. 18th...

Where?

Snake call?
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Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

Hey Chris, great to hear from the mayor of Mcmartinville! That fellow was flipped near the Guadelupe river in southern Calhoun co. I also found a neonate in late August under a pile of shingles @ the same locale. I had never seen an intergrade in my neck of the woods(Corpus), but I had no doubt as to his Holbrooki influence. We get a lot of Splendida here from the Islands ( mustang and Padre) to Mathis, Refugio, and Goliad. Flipped an abundance of five lined skinks, anoles and Texas brown snakes, as well as two broad-banded water snakes and a very small rough green snake. All in all it was an absolutely terrific day.
Todd Hughes aka antelope

fellow was flipped near the Guadelupe river in southern Calhoun co. . . .I had never seen an intergrade in my neck of the woods(Corpus), but I had no doubt as to his Holbrooki influence.

I've found DOR further upstream (Guadalupe County) which looked like intergrades to me (though the hoity-toity folk in the DFW Herp Society tell me there are no intergrades there)--anterior half of the bellies was pure yellow. A neonate I picked up on a snake call (in someone's kitchen) in Bexar County was more of a splendida type--its belly was pure slate gray with a salmon anal plate.
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Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

I never woulda thunk it but the map says so and it is definitely different than the local splendidas. What would it take to satisfy the "know it alls"?
Todd

What would it take to satisfy the "know it alls"?

You have to show them your prime herping spots so they can exploit them without having to do any research on their own.
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Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

LOLandFOUS!!!(FALLS OUT OF SEAT) So true so true. I left this morning expecting a shed and came home to a much better looking snake. I'll post 'em in a bit. Chris, where exactly is Mcmartinville presently located? Are you in Tejas?
Todd

Chris, where exactly is Mcmartinville presently located? Are you in Tejas?

Email sent.
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Chris McMartin
www.mcmartinville.com
I'm Not a Herpetologist, but I Play One on the Internet

Hey, Chris, check out the emporer's new clothes! Dig those orange sidewalls! Show that to the hoidy-toidies and tell them I only divulge my secret lairs to REAL herp lovers!
Todd

Nah... Ive found that the non-herpers of herping crews often find the best stuff. its more like murphy's law, location, and skill! we had about 11 people walk past a 5' Bothrops asper in April, and the kid who went with us, who was the only non herper, was the one who spotted it, along with a mess of other cool things that week... Otherwise I'd tend to agree with you! LOL!

Nice king, you dont see those often.
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- Happy herping!

KE

Yeah, I just seem to be drawn to these places....I was really pleased to find this guy as I've wanted to go fetch a speck from northeast Texas where my daughter went to school but there never was enough time. Thanks
Todd Hughes aka antelope

"11 people walk past a 5' Bothrops asper in April, and the kid who went with us, who was the only non herper, was the one who spotted it, along with a mess of other cool things that week... Otherwise I'd tend to agree with you! LOL! "

Was I one of the herpers who missed it??

haha,

Cheers,

Chuck Annicelli

in fact I think since you didnt go to the tide pools, you and aaron walked past it twice?! LOL
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- Happy herping!

KE