miguel camacho!
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season got a late start after a cold spell, but heres a few we've gotten in the past week.
i didnt find any live corns last year, but we found this nice looker under some tin.
a record sized coachwhip for the research area, my friend was hoping to find one under tin and found this monster, just shy of 7 feet long.
havent been finding many of these lately, i assume the fishermen have been getting to them before us. stubby tail on this one too.
one of my favorite colorful snakes on the refuge, the secretive scarlet king.
there have been quite a few pygmies as of recently, normally they start moving later in the year in this area. pictured is a normal followed by a smoky anery phase.
a very pretty copperhead with some northern blood
this brown water was caught foraging at night...we almost missed it. it's huge! set a new record for the study site in length and weight!
my very first canebrake of the year (and a monster, at that!)
and a real heart-breaker, a young DOR pine. i have yet to find one of these alive.
of course, there were many lizards out and about: green anoles, eastern fence lizards, racerunners, broadhead skinks, five lined skinks, and ground skinks...this time i even found a DOR glass lizard, which is a rarity for me. but i didnt get any pics of em...it was all snakes this time!
this will probably be the last field herping post i make till much later in the year, unless i can find a good way to get online before then. be expecting many diamondbacks and gopher tortoises in the future!
i didnt find any live corns last year, but we found this nice looker under some tin.
a record sized coachwhip for the research area, my friend was hoping to find one under tin and found this monster, just shy of 7 feet long.
havent been finding many of these lately, i assume the fishermen have been getting to them before us. stubby tail on this one too.
one of my favorite colorful snakes on the refuge, the secretive scarlet king.
there have been quite a few pygmies as of recently, normally they start moving later in the year in this area. pictured is a normal followed by a smoky anery phase.
a very pretty copperhead with some northern blood
this brown water was caught foraging at night...we almost missed it. it's huge! set a new record for the study site in length and weight!
my very first canebrake of the year (and a monster, at that!)
and a real heart-breaker, a young DOR pine. i have yet to find one of these alive.
of course, there were many lizards out and about: green anoles, eastern fence lizards, racerunners, broadhead skinks, five lined skinks, and ground skinks...this time i even found a DOR glass lizard, which is a rarity for me. but i didnt get any pics of em...it was all snakes this time!
this will probably be the last field herping post i make till much later in the year, unless i can find a good way to get online before then. be expecting many diamondbacks and gopher tortoises in the future!
