Do you think there has been enough rainfall in West Texas to make it worth the trip to see some herps this spring? I know last year was terrible due to the drought. Thanks.
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Enough rainfall in West texas?
lepidus
Mar 22, 2012 08:11 PM
Replies (6)
stevenxowens792
Mar 22, 2012 09:13 PM
There's a saying. You can't catch Alterna on the couch at home. Good luck, StevenX
CMSMITH
Mar 22, 2012 09:37 PM
np
Coach
Mar 27, 2012 09:19 AM
We saw one last year despite the drought. There was definitely less reptile activity over all and alot of what we saw looked stressed.
chrish
Mar 30, 2012 10:43 AM
Doesn't look a whole lot better than last year unless you go to Hudspeth/El Paso Counties, and that's tough herpin' on a good year.
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Chris Harrison
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lepidus
Apr 05, 2012 09:06 PM
Thanks for the replies!
rwindmann
Apr 12, 2012 09:59 PM
Here are my feeling, very unscientific. If you believe that alterna survive the brutal Texas southwest because there are oasis-like aquifers slightly underground, and a drought has caused them to take a long earned sabbatical from terrestrial happenings, then I wouldn't discount the ultimate call to survival, for two straight years in a row. I predict that regardless of the actual rainfall from May until June, that they will mate, and mate HARD this year. They have survived for thousands of years, and this small, yet non-insignificant event will do little to deter them.
