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Hi,

I have gone out a couple times night driving and day collecting. So, here are my results for Humboldt Co:

7-8-05:
3 Adult Sharp Tailed Snakes (one DOR)
1 Female Rubber Boa
TMTC Western Toads
1 Pacific Tree Frog
Others: 3 fox, many bats, ring tail cat (DOR), many deer and one owl.

7-1-05:
1 Adult Sharp Tailed Snake (DOR)
1 Young Yellow Bellied Racer
10-15 Western Toads
5 Adult Pacific Tree Frogs
Other: HUGE Black Bear, 1 Fox, 1 Skunk, many deer, and many bats.

Day Pond Check 7-2-05:
TMTC Pacific Tree Frogs young and tadpoles
TMTC Red Legged Frogs young and tadpoles
8 rough skinned newt larvae
1 Cali red sided garter snake

BEST FOR LAST!::
1 WILD Albino western terrestrial garter snake (T. elegans terrestris) found on June 27th!!!!! More pictures on the garter snake forum. 1 normal from same wood pile.

I might post a list from my southern cali trip if anyone is interested with desert iggs, leopard lizards, chucks, and more.

thanks for your time, ericR

WoW... terrific find!! I'd like to see the SoCal report.

SoCal Herp Results:

This is a list of what was caught. Many other animals were seen but got
away. All were released except a pair of desert iguanas and a pair of long nose
snakes. Over 2 days (1 night), here are my results for June 18th and 19th, 2005:

3.2 leopard lizards
6.3 Desert Iguanas (many many others seen but not caught)
1.2 Chuckwallas (only 2 young also seen)
0.0.2 Zebra tailed lizards (many others seen)
3.7 Desert Night Lizards
1.0 Desert Horn Lizard
around 5 Desert Spiny Lizards
TMTC Side Blotched Lizards
TMTC Whip Tail Lizards
0.0.1 Patch Nose Snake
3.4.2 Long Nose Snakes (they where all over the roads!)
0.0.1 Adult Side Winder Rattlesnake (also one DOR)
0.0.1 DOR Shovel nose snake
60+ Scorpions

That's the list. The animals I kept are doing very well and all are eating
great. They will be used in a herpetology class at my school (Humboldt State Univ.)
Does anyone know of a good spot for fringe toed lizards? Have been looking all
around with little luck. I really would enjoy a pair of them!

thanks for your time, ericR

Algodones Sand dunes... common as dirt.

>>SoCal Herp Results:
>>
>> This is a list of what was caught. Many other animals were seen but got
>>away. All were released except a pair of desert iguanas and a pair of long nose
>>snakes. Over 2 days (1 night), here are my results for June 18th and 19th, 2005:
>>
>>3.2 leopard lizards
>>6.3 Desert Iguanas (many many others seen but not caught)
>>1.2 Chuckwallas (only 2 young also seen)
>>0.0.2 Zebra tailed lizards (many others seen)
>>3.7 Desert Night Lizards
>>1.0 Desert Horn Lizard
>>around 5 Desert Spiny Lizards
>>TMTC Side Blotched Lizards
>>TMTC Whip Tail Lizards
>>0.0.1 Patch Nose Snake
>>3.4.2 Long Nose Snakes (they where all over the roads!)
>>0.0.1 Adult Side Winder Rattlesnake (also one DOR)
>>0.0.1 DOR Shovel nose snake
>>60 Scorpions
>>
>> That's the list. The animals I kept are doing very well and all are eating
>>great. They will be used in a herpetology class at my school (Humboldt State Univ.)
>>Does anyone know of a good spot for fringe toed lizards? Have been looking all
>>around with little luck. I really would enjoy a pair of them!
>>
>> thanks for your time, ericR
>>
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Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

Thats a nice variety of species, shot me an email about the Umas. Fieldnotes@hotmail.com

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np

Are what protected? Here is a link to Cali Laws:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/pdffiles/fg1502.pdf
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/pdffiles/fg1502.pdf

Are you thinking of the San Francisco Garter? They're protected.

EricR,
There are now two species of Sharp-tailed Snakes and thus your sighting of these snakes in Humboldt County, Calif. is of interest. Only the new species or Forest Sharp-tailed Snake has been documented from that county. While I was gathering evidence in support of the new species, I had a study site at Carllotta, Calif. in Humboldt County.

At any rate, if you could provide either GPS coordinates or a description of the locality where you observed those sharptails and other circumstances, I would like to add such imformation to my file on the species.

If you wish, you can contact me by e-mail at: charinabottae@earthlink.net

Richard F. Hoyer