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Awesome! Even more amazing, is the fact that they posed for such nice photos.. when we find em in the desert down here, they are usually very spooky.

Nice finds!

I always look like a freak in any picture... lol!

Pretty funny, I can make out about half of them...

Ross: No doubt, a chicken!

Jim: Best thing about Little Leagues, especially abandoned ones.... they always seem to have a good supply of old boards.. don't know what it is with little leagues and snakes, but its true... and it works! lol!

Paul- yeah, we have lost too much, lowland habitat in LA... I believe the zonata were found many more places and boas also, might have ranged down much lower into the basin, in drainages like the San Gabriel. I didn't know about helleri in there, but I have seen and heard about them, in that part of...

A couple years ago, Brian and I checked a sump in the late afternoon. We saw some alligator lizards, but when Brian lifted a good-looking board in the twilight he stared at it for a second and then started running and yelling like crazy across the bottom of the sump. It had a bee-hive underneath it....

I didn't know you lived in Torrance. Sucks about that spot... dont know if I remember it. There are still many large sumps in Torrance where bullfrogs and Pacific treefrogs can be found..

I'm working on a Torrance king..

:lol: Yeah, Brian's actually been there too. I've only seen and heard of gopher snakes there, but certainly, others could be possible.. I've been walking around looking, flipping concrete and boards, from about the age of 6 or so.. long as I can remember. This is where my dad first showed me how you...

Before the game today, I walked over to the field across the street from my dads house, to check a little line I'd set up, only about a month ago.. I used to find gophers out on the crawl here as a kid and hadn't seen one in years, and never flipped one either. As I walked over to my second set of b...

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Don't call him, Danny. Everything you tell him, he tells me. :shock: :lol: :thumb: Brian: fixed it, should work now.. Brad: The blue butterfly has had a lot to do with the area's preservation in a wildlife sense. Even though the construction of a "buffer zone" around the airport, was the initial re...

Redemption indeed.. :thumb: Here's a photo from a gloomy day, that shows interesting contrast.. http://i326.photobucket.com/albums/k408/danlaw333/IMG_1208.jpg I was doing some research a while back and found this neat herp write up, from the 40's. The head biologist Jack C.vonbloeker, describes a pr...

Yeah, I think theres a very good chance of them being there. I also have an acount from a friend from school.. about 10-15 years ago, they were seen. Red ants, are found in this area too!

This is one of the more interesting threads I've seen to date. Everybody's points are good. The dodgers are a great team, much longer history than the Angels. Many great players wore that uniform.. Brians depiction of events is of coarse a little skewed. He hates Omaley for the same reasons I do, be...

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Thanks for the reply's! Brad- I was surprised at the size too. We found three adults.. That one maybe gravid? Ross: Ha-ha! yeah that board probably hadn't been touched in at least 15 years... there were a few small peices there.. one splinterd up into a hundred peices while trying to exum it from th...

Lou, thats another cool king you've found! No doubt, due to the tail, I would classify it as an SD striper. I also recognize, that from aproxomatly San Juan Capistrano to Oceanside, both types probably intergrade.. and that king looks to fall into that catagory. I also find the amount of hyper melan...

Very nice photos! Beautiful colors on those ensatina's..

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Those shasta salamanders are sweet!

Kirchimark: I'd be happy to edjucate you further, as I've got a bit more energy than Jim.. sucks about the wheel man.. your a trooper! We covered moisture seals on boards, but you may target something else, like an animal that dwells in a natural structure(rocks, logs,etc). Same thing, but much more...

I too, have been really stoked on the Cal-King site. A true testament to the species..

Its amazing how much some of those dark central valley morphs, look like the LA mud and whittier morphs..

Great job, and will be looking forward to seeing it progress!

-Dan

Exellent post! And great photos, really liked the blonde phase gopher...

Congrats on a killer year!

-Dan

Nice photo!

Anither killer post! I want that first milk! lol!

Nice Brian! I don't remember seeing that dotted newporter, That thing is sweet!

50/50 wide banded, desert phase kings are found in LA, Kern, San Bernadino, Riverside, and San Diego. Also probably occasionally found out of state.. There are some kingsnake breeders that breed locality pure Cal-kings. You gotta talk to the person who produced the animals, or you have to assume its...

Thanks bruddah! Thanks for hooking me up with that feeder stock the other day too!

Very nice post! and such cool images.. love the mountain sallies!

-Dan

Very informative and interesting report. I especially liked the section on human impact. Rusted out car photos are cool!

Great job and thanks for putting that together!

-Daniel Lawrence(speckled rosy)

Great post Sir! looks like some beautiful scenery you found this year. That last boa is really nice too!

Happy Holidays!

-Dan

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If I could, I would also like to add the Coastal Rosy Boa to the possible list. I believe they could be found in the east part of the county.

Nice sharptailed snake!

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Thanks Kent, happy holidays!

Thanks Jerry, Its always good catching up with you bro! If I don't talk to some of you guys before then... Happy Holidays!

-Dan

Nice post, I love those zonata... Great job!

-Dan

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Thanks guys! Ross-Thanks, It took a couple seconds.... I was so used to seeing pictures, this one, I could actualy reach down and pic up. Issac- We'll get out there soon! The tacos and everthing.. hahah! Zach- Thanks and I'm glad you enjoyed it.. Jim-Thanks and I'd love to try up there. I could see ...

Bill- Thanks bruddah! I remember thinking, you would love some of those Az spots. Monklet-Thanks, its my only source of exersise.. lol! Jim- Thankyou sir, I forgot to write it in the post, but Kyle flipped the double and the screamin boa in the previous picture. Not my finds. I just had to include t...

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Great finds.. I especially like that nice 50/50 king!

So many beautiful photos and neat finds, I don't know where to start. You have a great eye for photography... I guess I liked the rain shots the best. Great job bro!

-Dan

Yes, and I'd like a million dollars.. thats all i'd need to live on. Come on, someone can spare it right? I mean, this guys asking for secret South Bay spots, sight unseen! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: besides, theres no reptiles left in t...

The second two from San D. look like granite spinys, third one for sure.

Great post! Thats an awesome kingsnake you guys found!

I definatly wasn't the winner. I think Ross guessed the right direction first, because guessing the exact locale was near imposible. To me, it was more to find out what it was... a Yuma-type King, or some kind of speckled king from up north.. Now that I think of it, Ventura would probably be more br...

Did anyone gues Ventura county? theres a speckled in the common kingsnake book from ventura... Otherwise without the speckling, it kind of looks like an Az king in some one of those photos..

Nice finds, the crotes were moving up here, last night....