Might have been worth it..
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This one snake is the Holy Grail among herpers at the southernmost point in Texas.. For whatever reason in the last maybe twenty years these have become very scarce here.. This one let me photograph it at about 8:30AM on a warm humid morning after some (locally) strong rain.. It lacked only about 150 yards of being a 'Mexican' Mexican milk-snake.
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This Drymarchon was sure he was a real dragon ruler of the world!.. He was a studly six-foot-plus Indigo..
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.. here's an adult female Drymobius.. always a pleasure to see these.
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.. what the hey? .. more of that milk!
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Have a super day! (I did).
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Gus
A. Rentfro
RioBravoReptiles.com
www.riobravoreptiles.com
"Perfectly healthy animals are a minimum requirement.. everything else is just salesmanship" gus


