I picked up a buddy of many years to do some near-the-house herping.. temps are in the upper 70's with some sun and a stiff breeze. Little or no precipitation here since snow-day (12/25/04)...
My buddy is a little out of practice.. he took about 10 steps from the car into the grass and stood looking around kind of like McArthur returning to the Philipines.. I said "what the heck are you doing"?! because he was standing over this:
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..unfortunately he jumped away like a frog on hot pavement before I could get the photo. The Atrox, about 5' long, was less bothered..
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.. but she disappeared like a dollar into a kid's pocket in mercado Juarez in Matamoros (Mexico) in a bolt-hole nearby before my hyper-ventilating buddy could get the big hook he was carrying into action. These guys that go all geared-up are worthless! Now this next snake is neat, a yellow-phase Oaxacan racer.. and I had seen a normal near there three weeks back..
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Everything else was the usual junk except for two large Indigos hanging out at the old brick culverts on the drainage canal.. they went down too fast to grab or photograph.
Let's get out in the field!
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Gus
A. Rentfro
RioBravoReptiles.com
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