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Coluber constrictor oaxaca
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Opheodrys aestivus
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Drymobius margaretiferus
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Thanks and have a great weekend!

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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

man, those drymobius are loving you, are they very common in those parts?

>>man, those drymobius are loving you, are they very common in those parts?

They're all my pets!
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More seriously.. they aren't rare as much as very restricted in habitat and range. Once you spend some time learning how they operate and the visual clues to spotting them it becomes a lot easier.

I think more people not seeing them is due mainly to two things.. #1 it's all walking! no road cruising and absolutely no flipping (hard for many herpers to swallow).. #2 this area is too far away from hot spots for most other targeted Texas herps.

BTW anybody wanting the pro-tour to see this stuff here just drop me a line. I'm happy to oblige.
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Thanks.

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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

Careful or I'll take you up on tht some day I liked Brownsville when Iw ent there in 2006...would give my eyeteeth to go back for a week or two and herp the hell out of it.
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i found a Mexican racer around Kingsville. Greta pics- love southern TX.
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

>>i found a Mexican racer around Kingsville. Greta pics- love southern TX.
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The consensus of opinion is that Kingsville and even a little south is an intergradation zone with Coluber constrictor flaviventris.

I've also seen them up that way that would pass for oaxaca after only superficial inspection.

As I recall the hatchlings display the difference more clearly.. I'll look for those photos.
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Thanks for your reply.

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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

i based my identity on Dixon's Amphibians and Reptiles of TX. I seem to recall that the Mexican racer is in the southern tip of TX and the yellowbelly to the west. Been awhile since i flipped through that book though.
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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

here's a pic of the racer from Kingsville. crossing road on blistering June day of 2009

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2 tham radix
1 Chicago Tham s. semifasciatus
2 elaphe vulpina
1 gray tiger salamander
4 Aphonopelma hentzi
1 G rosea
1 Haplo minax
1 Brachy angustum
1 Brachy sabulosum
1 Brachy vagans
1 Cent. hentzi scorp

>>here's a pic of the racer from Kingsville. crossing road on blistering June day of 2009
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Not oaxaca
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Cheers.

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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