Some Panamints and Striped Whipsnakes...always one of the highlight trips of the year for us...enjoy!
Cheers,
CC
more 2011..Mint anyone?..
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Nice shots. Some good looking animals. Thanks.
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Holy COW! Very nice finds.
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Love the combat and group shots. Well done!
RW
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The wrestling/combatting shots are fantastic! Great post again.
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Alot of great shots in there Rich! I always enjoy your behavioral photos!
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Very nice Rich! Always look forward to your pics and love those panamints! Not a lot of people observing/photographing stephensi behavior. They are gorgeous animals and remind me of a cross between pyrrhus & lutosus.
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Lovely snakes Rich ...I even like the crotes! ...seriously, love the peachy panamint look! That is incredible action
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Awesome stuff Rich. I never get tired of seeing your pics. Oh and thank's for making my herping withdrawals worse.
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Thanks guys!
Ben,
herping season in PHX. is just around the corner for you, like this coming weekend!
Rich
Ben,
herping season in PHX. is just around the corner for you, like this coming weekend!
Rich
Re: more 2011..Mint anyone?..
Beautiful photos of some beautiful snakes. How close, geographically, do stephansi get to C.o.lutosus? are there any areas of sympatry?
Cheers
EW
Cheers
EW
Re: more 2011..Mint anyone?..
Excellent! I've still never seen male combat - something that I must fix! Your shots are great and a few of those mints look especially tasty! Thanks.
York
York
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Thanks EW!Posts: 25 Beautiful photos of some beautiful snakes. How close, geographically, do stephansi get to C.o.lutosus? are there any areas of sympatry?
Cheers
EW
Thats something we hope to maybe clear up in the next year or two. There are supposed to be some areas of overlap along the CA/NV border. There have been some photos over the years that look like possible hybrids. However last year (pics will come later as I manage to get to them) we found some snakes we know to be lutosus with amazingly stephensi - like patterns (the same den had typical L3 clade type lutosus mixed right in, it would be very easy for someone to think they were seeing two different species), so the possible hybrids we have seen pics of may actually be just lutosus with similar patterns due to edge of range effect/occupying similar niches. This could very well account for unverified reports we have recieved of lutosus and stephensi denning together. We have seen this many times before with abyssus/viridis and abyssus/concolor where they are syntopic. Time will tell
Cheers,
Rich
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Thanks York!
Rich
Rich
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Thanks CC.
Sounds like a fun project
EW
Sounds like a fun project
EW