A Gilarific Weekend.

strikedistance

New member
Well i went to Arizona again with the best guys ever. Well as we were driving out there we found an abandoned RV rest stop. The first herp of the trip was a cool little baby Desert Spiny.
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After that we found that in an abondon pool there were toads swimming in it.
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There was also a snake in the pool trapped that we pulled out.
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Well that was a great way to start the trip. Well once we got on the road to camp we saw are guys. They were stopped looking at the first atrox. A beautiful snake. It was clipped but was going to survive.
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They also said they found something at camp. Once we got there we saw this.
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Beautiful snake.
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It was an amazing snake.

Well it was starting to get dark so we headed out. The first snake was my very first atrox. Beautiful snake.
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Right after that was a baby.
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We saw 6 atrox that night. We also saw a bullfrog and another blacktail.
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The last two herps of the night were a beautiful Great plains toad and a couchs spadefoot.
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We also kept a few atrox over night for better photographs. One had a great pattern and the other we called "grandaddy" cuz he was so big.
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Later that day we went hiking and found a few spinys.
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And then we cruised this Blacktail.
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Well great day because the guys showed us this gator.
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And to top it off we found this beauty during the middle of the day.
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The first live snake of the night was a small Arizona Glossy after seeing a dead scute. :(
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And the guys found a tigris.
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Than i found the herp of the trip. A little Gila about 9inches long. oh my god i was so happy. I fell in love. They are so amazing. Probably my lifetime find.
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It was great. We also found a little Clarks Spiny at a gas station.
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We also found a long-nose snake heading back to camp.
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Too end the night 2 more atrox were seen.

For our last day we just looked around camp and John flipped this little Southwestern Black-headed Snake.
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And that was our last snake of the trip besides the countless DOR Coachwhips.
It was a great trip. Hope you all love the pictures. Heres the crew.
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Thanks guys,
Bruce
 

slygecko

New member
Amazing! What a great trip. I hope to be making a trip to the area in late may/early june, I'm really looking forward to it :)

Thanks for the pics,
Nick
 

Palex134

New member
amazing shots, some of the rattler shots were just gorgeous! congrats on the Gila find, and also the aligator lizard, love them!
 

Nathan Hall

Founding Father
:shock: :shock: :shock: Excellent post! Are you sure F & W didn't plant the Gila? :lol: I've only found three in my life, and I lived in Tucson when I was a kid and moved back when I was around 20.
 

GeckoFiend

New member
Awesome shots. I'll post pics of my herping trip this spring as soon as we can figure out how to get my pics off my crashed Hard Drive....
 

strikedistance

New member
Nathan- No it wasn't a plant. :lol: We checked!

Aaron- That sucks. Hope you can.

Pat- No prob. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Wes- Thanks

Jeff- Thanks so much.

Everyone else- Thanks a lot for the comments.
 
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