strikedistance
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Well i was back in the desert again looking for the allusive flat-tailed horned Lizard. As we were heading to the "spot" we noticed something on the side of the road. It was a sad sight. I young Coyote had been clipped and its back legs were broken. We called it in and the Rangers said they new about it and a guy was on his way to pick it up. That was the last time he was seen by us.
Well we got to the "spot" and all that was seen hiking around were many gazillions of Fringe toed Lizards. Here's a big male.
After that we decided to go road cruise at another spot. All that was seen were two desert iguanas.
While we were driving inbetween spots i spoted this lizard. I don't know how but it was on the opposite side of a dirt mound behind a bush and i saw it from the car. :bigthumb:
Well one horned lizard now why can't i find the flat-tail. Oh well. We desided to go to one more spot recomended by a friend and only found zebra-tails.
By that time it was dark so we went to look for snakes. After one DOR this was spotted. We were amazed to find this skunk in the desert.
I think its called a spotted skunk but im no mammal expert.
Well the first snake of the night was this beautiful Speck. 3 foot plus.
And then after that was a long-nose then my first adult road boa. Another nice looking snake but would not hold still.
After taking 30 minutes on a snake that i didn't even get a good shot of this snake was sneeking off the road. A ruber with a messed up looking rattle. It looks like it broke off.
That was the last snake of the night because of funky weather conditions. Not bad though considering it was 95 degrees at midnight. Can't wait for next week.
Bruce
Totals-
Desert Horned Lizard 1
Great Basin Whiptail 2
Desert Iguana 3
CD Fringe Toe Lizard 30+
Zebra Tailed Lizard 10+
Desert Banded Gecko 3
Sidewinder 1 (DOR)
Speck 1
Longnose 1
Rosy Boa 1
Red Diamond 1
Western Toad 1
Skunk 1
Coyote 2
Deer 1
Well we got to the "spot" and all that was seen hiking around were many gazillions of Fringe toed Lizards. Here's a big male.
After that we decided to go road cruise at another spot. All that was seen were two desert iguanas.
While we were driving inbetween spots i spoted this lizard. I don't know how but it was on the opposite side of a dirt mound behind a bush and i saw it from the car. :bigthumb:
Well one horned lizard now why can't i find the flat-tail. Oh well. We desided to go to one more spot recomended by a friend and only found zebra-tails.
By that time it was dark so we went to look for snakes. After one DOR this was spotted. We were amazed to find this skunk in the desert.
I think its called a spotted skunk but im no mammal expert.
Well the first snake of the night was this beautiful Speck. 3 foot plus.
And then after that was a long-nose then my first adult road boa. Another nice looking snake but would not hold still.
After taking 30 minutes on a snake that i didn't even get a good shot of this snake was sneeking off the road. A ruber with a messed up looking rattle. It looks like it broke off.
That was the last snake of the night because of funky weather conditions. Not bad though considering it was 95 degrees at midnight. Can't wait for next week.
Bruce
Totals-
Desert Horned Lizard 1
Great Basin Whiptail 2
Desert Iguana 3
CD Fringe Toe Lizard 30+
Zebra Tailed Lizard 10+
Desert Banded Gecko 3
Sidewinder 1 (DOR)
Speck 1
Longnose 1
Rosy Boa 1
Red Diamond 1
Western Toad 1
Skunk 1
Coyote 2
Deer 1
