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The East Texas Herp Scoiety had its annual expo and educational symposium last weekend. After the Ice Breaker Friday nite a group of herpers walked the creek behind the Hotel where it is held. Graham snakes arent very common in many of the canals and bayous around here but in this certain creek they have proven to be the most common water snake and the only place where I can routinely see them some close to home

Totals for the nite:
5 Regina grahami
4 Nerodia erythrogaster

Rd cruising the coast has been extremely slow this summer, but a few things were still found on the road!
A few Nerodia cyclopion:

In my experience R.r.sinicola are the most abundant snakes on the road:

This was the find of the summer as far as local herping go. Ive seen a number of these dor but this was my first aor, ironically enough he was found on the shoulder of a heavily traveled rd with in walking distance from my house!

I spent many nites road cruising around dusk looking for clarki this summer but none were to be found. Last yr you couldnt keep them of the road so it was rather disappointing! Heres a
fasciata/clarkii and a rather bizzar looking nerodia from last summer. May have posted pics of it before!

(last two pics were taken by brandon bowers)

-Scott

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Scott Wahlberg

Some of those pictures are really nice - thanks for sharing. Earlier this year, I happened upon a pair of muds that were copulating in the middle of the road... right after a 4x4 had run them over. The female was so long, she was crushed at the cloaca and again at the neck - she had spanned the width of the wheels. When I went back later I was very quick to measure them since it was pouring; the female was over 57".

Whereabouts was the photograph of that strange Nerodia taken? Thanks for sharing.

Man thats a shame about the Mud snakes. All the ones I've seen have been under 31/2 ft. The weird looking nerodia was caught on the eastern side of east bay, Texas. We've seen a number of hybrid looking snakes from the area. Theres certainly something interesting going on out there!

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Scott Wahlberg