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Well, I had made it my mission in life to find my own horridus population and after several months of die hard searching I finnaly realized that dream this past weekend

The first horrdus I found had it head peeking out from underneath a gigantic slap and it bolted before I could get the carmera out. The second one was found on our way back to the truck, about 20 yards away, sitting on the side of the road! LOL

Heres a few pics of the guys. Pardon some of the poor quality shots. I still havent mastered this digital yet.

A closer veiw

Heres me harrasing the poor guy though by judging his laid back disposition (litteraly the calmest snake I have ever caught)I dont think he cared all that much. He was a pretty old worm but probaly only a teenager by horridus standards. I guesstimate him at alittle over 3 1/2 feet in length.

one more after moving him of the road

I am probaly the worst speller on the planet and am pretty used to it but even I shook my head after seeing how I spelled Montain or should I say Mountain. LOL

what state are you in?

I am in Va but the animals were from a surrounding state. Id perfer not to mention the local.

What state??? NY? PA? if in NY i am going there tomorrow (flying).... we can go to a spot I know of

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This guy was found in the Mid Atlantic. BTW, im not trying to be a jerk. The area I found them occurs in only a very small portion of the state and it would be easy to conclude where to look, well to some extent atleast.

I wish to protect this population at all cost so that is why I did not mention any info on the local, temps, elevation etc. Though you arent up to no good dosent mean somone else might not be.

If you shoot me an email I can discuss alittle more regarding the state.

I applaud you for trying to protect the population...horridus needs all the protection it can get....

Good lookin' yellow phase too!

-AzAtrox

Thanks AZ! I just wish I had your knack for photography ; ; Oh well, I will learn this new diggy eventualy LOL

Oh and thank you for the appluad. You are right, horridus are very fragile due to their very low reproduction rate, habitat preference, selective over wintering sites and the time it takes to reach sexual maturity. They dont need further disruption from people up to no good. It still enrages me to think of the (enter explicit word here) that was selling den site locations years ago.

Take care man and thanks for the compliments!

All the best,
Jeremy

I also have an appreciation for population protection. I live near eastern massasauga rattlesnake and timber rattlesnake populations in NY. I always feel like a jerk when I tell people I can't say where exactly to find them. These populations are on the edge.

Here's a cool timber pic I got last season in NY.

I'm heading out to look for some tommorow morning and hope to have some pics up later in the week! As of my two week vacation I've herped two known locations and only found a black rat but the weather hasn't been to coaperative with the huge rainfalls and what not. wish this westcoast boy some luck with one of the coolest species in the whole US!

heres one of my local Crotalus up in the pacific northwest, the crotalus oreganis

Nate