I wish you luck on your snail hunt. I'm not sure if it is warm enough for them to be out yet though, I found most of mine in the summer. They like thistle plants, and any plants that have broad leaves so look for them on those. I was lucky enough to live right next to a large field and what I would do was put pieces of cabbage out over night and they would be covered in snails. And yes I agree it would be really nice to have some more and LARGER reptile shows in the northwest. The one in Seattle this fall was ok, there were some cool panther chameleons and a guy there had about 5 CB Uroplatus fimbriatus but other than that I didn't see a whole lot that interested me.
-Matt
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