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I will be in Arizona from September 15th till the 20th. I am interested in places to look for snakes near Prescott and Flagstaff or anywhere fairly close to those areas. Interested mostly in seeing Rosy Boas and garter snakes like Western Blacknecks and Wandering. I have herped southern Arizona many times and I am looking for a change of scenery. Can anyone offer suggestions. Will be out day and night. I also placed this message on the field herping forum.

I'm afraid that you probably aren't going to get too much info asking publicly. Unless you know any of the localityrosy guys personally, you're probably not going to get much... but I'll try to point you in the right direction.

I run a project that hosts a collection of locality rosy boa images from all across their range (link below). These are contributed by various rosy boa enthusiasts, and we currently have over 700 images.

You might consider going through the images for Arizona, and noting the locality names. You can then look at them on a map/satellite, and look for suitable habitat in that area.

If you've herped south eastern AZ then you probably know that herpers are very protective about what information they give out... especially in AZ.
Good luck. And if you find anything, contribute to the project.
Josh

Rosy Boa Image Project

I live in AZ and will help start your hunt a little.... but you have to do the rest. Your closest areas for prescott and rosies will be Near wickenburg and nothing AZ. VULTURE MINE ROAD ...
Another good start would be to look up some information on the Harquahala mountains.... a little drive but very fun. You will have to do the rest of the work as I cannot give away exact localities.

Good luck and post a picture!