strikedistance
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A friend of mine and I were out in the desert all day yesterday. We started out trying to find Boas but had no such luck. We did however find three beautiful Granite Nights and a few other lizards. We also found a lizard which we thought was an Iguana. We were pretty high in elevation but I don't know. Sorry for the bad picture.
As we were hiking back a Chaparral Whipsnake shot into a tree. We looked for it for the longest time but couldn't find it. I didn't get pictures of both the whipsnake and the unknown lizard.
After that we went to another spot but didn't find anything there either. So we decided to go eat. While we were there my friend got a call from our friend who said while he was going to get a guy who had his jeep stuck, out of a dune he found a horned lizard. Can you understand that? :shock: He told us he also saw many fringe Toes out there so we decided to check it out even though it was late in the day. We found sidewinder tracks in the sand and saw a few side-blotch lizards. We kept looking and found a hole with a lot of tracks heading into and out out it. I lay down to look inside and a fringe-toed lizard that was hiding under the sand shot from under my elbow into the hole. It was the closest I have ever been to one but still no pictures. We decided since it was getting dark to start road cruising. The first snake that we stopped for was this 3ft+ King. He was very nasty striking at us and bitting our shoes. Eventually he calmed down and we got these pictures.
Next we came upon this also large Desert Glossy.
Have you ever seen a Glossy x Shovelnose hybrid. Maybe not but this one was sure camera shy.
He wouldn't hold still but the next one did.
After that i found my first Banded gecko of the year. They are such the coolest little geckos. This one had a great banded pattern.
The next snake that was found was DOR but after a while my friend spotted this very small Leaf-nose snake. It was the only one found last night.
After that the only live long-nose was found. It had some red in it and was a very placid snake.
After that 2 DORs were found including the only rattler of the night. It was a baby Southern Pacific. Too bad for such a beautiful snake. But the last snake found for me was iceing on the cake. It was my second anery
San Diego Gopher in one year. Such a cool looking snake. I remember saying again. "Man this snake really does look weird." before I realized what we had found again.
That was the last snake found for me. It was weird that no winders were found. Well it was a great day. Next weekend will be mostly for lizards but I will go cruising to.
Glad I could meet up with a great friend and can't wait to go out again.
Did you find anything more?
Bruce
Totals-
Granite Night 3
Granite Spiny TMTC
Western Fence TMTC
SideBlotched TMTC
Sage Brush 1?
Chaparrel Whipsnake 1
Desert Iguana 1?
Whiptail 1 (Dont know what species yet. Ill get back on that)
Colorado Desert Fringe Toe 1
Desert Banded Gecko 3
California King 1
Desert Glossy 2
Longnose 3 (2 DOR)
Leaf-nose 1
Southern Pacific 1 DOR
San Diego Gopher 1
As we were hiking back a Chaparral Whipsnake shot into a tree. We looked for it for the longest time but couldn't find it. I didn't get pictures of both the whipsnake and the unknown lizard.
After that we went to another spot but didn't find anything there either. So we decided to go eat. While we were there my friend got a call from our friend who said while he was going to get a guy who had his jeep stuck, out of a dune he found a horned lizard. Can you understand that? :shock: He told us he also saw many fringe Toes out there so we decided to check it out even though it was late in the day. We found sidewinder tracks in the sand and saw a few side-blotch lizards. We kept looking and found a hole with a lot of tracks heading into and out out it. I lay down to look inside and a fringe-toed lizard that was hiding under the sand shot from under my elbow into the hole. It was the closest I have ever been to one but still no pictures. We decided since it was getting dark to start road cruising. The first snake that we stopped for was this 3ft+ King. He was very nasty striking at us and bitting our shoes. Eventually he calmed down and we got these pictures.
Next we came upon this also large Desert Glossy.
Have you ever seen a Glossy x Shovelnose hybrid. Maybe not but this one was sure camera shy.
He wouldn't hold still but the next one did.
After that i found my first Banded gecko of the year. They are such the coolest little geckos. This one had a great banded pattern.
The next snake that was found was DOR but after a while my friend spotted this very small Leaf-nose snake. It was the only one found last night.
After that the only live long-nose was found. It had some red in it and was a very placid snake.
After that 2 DORs were found including the only rattler of the night. It was a baby Southern Pacific. Too bad for such a beautiful snake. But the last snake found for me was iceing on the cake. It was my second anery
San Diego Gopher in one year. Such a cool looking snake. I remember saying again. "Man this snake really does look weird." before I realized what we had found again.
That was the last snake found for me. It was weird that no winders were found. Well it was a great day. Next weekend will be mostly for lizards but I will go cruising to.
Glad I could meet up with a great friend and can't wait to go out again.
Did you find anything more?
Bruce
Totals-
Granite Night 3
Granite Spiny TMTC
Western Fence TMTC
SideBlotched TMTC
Sage Brush 1?
Chaparrel Whipsnake 1
Desert Iguana 1?
Whiptail 1 (Dont know what species yet. Ill get back on that)
Colorado Desert Fringe Toe 1
Desert Banded Gecko 3
California King 1
Desert Glossy 2
Longnose 3 (2 DOR)
Leaf-nose 1
Southern Pacific 1 DOR
San Diego Gopher 1
