As most of you know the herping in SoCal has slowed down tremendously the past few weeks, so I figured I'd use this as an opportunity to post some of the crotes I've encountered this season, along with a couple other finds. I'm going to post them in the order which they were found, starting with the most recent.
Speck in shed I found this weekend (Riverside County, July 25)
Another speck I found that same night
Later that night I found this great looking boa crawling on top of some bushes
Speck (Riverside County, July 23)
Speck (San Bernardino County, July 6)
Boa from the same night ^^^
Two specks found on the same night (Riverside County, July 3)
Ruber (Riverside County, July 2)
More specks (Riverside County, June 30)
Rubers (Riverside County, June)
Cerastes Cerastes (San Bernardino County, May)
Ruber in the road (Riverside County, May)
Speck (Riverside County, April)
In Situ NorPac (San Mateo County, April)
SoPac (Riverside County, April)
Rubers (Riverside County, March)
Alright, that's all folks. Sorry for bombarding you with crote pics. I've just been fantasizing about crotes alot lately since I'm going to Arizona in a few weeks. So needless to say I'm going kind of crote crazy right now.
Mostly Crotes 2014
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Re: Mostly Crotes 2014
I like crotes - this is a great post - that SoPac looks gigantic!!
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Thanks! Yeah that SoPac definitely had a meal in its bellyMarcLinsalata wrote:I like crotes - this is a great post - that SoPac looks gigantic!!
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That's a lot of specks from Riverside... inland or desert? cool post...
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You promised us a sidewinder when we were down there.....
Great post! Love the shot of the Speck from the 23rd
Great post! Love the shot of the Speck from the 23rd
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All the riverside specks in this post are inland, the only desert speck is the one from SB county, that one was found in your neck of the woods.hellihooks wrote:That's a lot of specks from Riverside... inland or desert? cool post...
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Sorry Zach, you guys kind of got screwed, the conditions went completely downhill as soon as you guys got here. Maybe next time we'll get you your winder.
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You must know a good place for them...I have yet to see a speck in western Riverside...
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Looks like I'll be PMing you for my July cruising next year! Love specks, I rarely see them.
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I believe the May sidewinder is Crotalus cerastes- Cerastes cerastes is an old world viper found in the Sahara
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Yeah I neglected to add the crotalus in front because I figured it was a given. Its Crotalus Cerastes Cerastes, the Mojave Desert Sidewinder.s_stocking wrote:I believe the May sidewinder is Crotalus cerastes- Cerastes cerastes is an old world viper found in the Sahara
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Actually all the snakes I've found in july this year have been found in the field. I haven't found a single snake by road cruising this month, but then again I've only gone cruising a couple times this month. I've been spending the majority of my time night hiking.LouB747 wrote:Looks like I'll be PMing you for my July cruising next year! Love specks, I rarely see them.
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Yeah I've got the west riverside county specks dialed in. Now I just need to lock down san diego county specks.hellihooks wrote:You must know a good place for them...I have yet to see a speck in western Riverside...