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nhherp

I am in agreement. This fire had great timing and will not doubt be a good thing for the horridus population. Canopy coverage is detrimental to rookerys where gravid females stay to bask and birth near dens. Fire suppression in eastern habitats due to homes and communities is excessive. Ut goes back...

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Sad, I should clarify that I was not doubting the endangered status of the species, only the prioritization of threat. Who would have thought black rats would be that state. A future is hard without habitat and acreage which provides safe means of mobility to find food, mate and thrive. Suburbs, fau...

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Pet trade pressure the #2 threat.. :roll: I wonder when the government agencies will begin to correctly list the threat to animal populations - 1- Habitat Loss due to residential and commercial building 2- Roadway Barriers ( & mortality) 3- Use of chemical treatments on lawns and roadways 4- Int...

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November will be tough. If you can get some warm temps and sun you might see a wall lizard. I lived in Ohio for a period of life, I cannot say I miss the weather there. I would not want trade my clear blue skies and sun from November - April, to have to go back to seemingly endless the gray skies an...

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"Black"

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Amazing bkack specimen
I do occasionally miss the east. Primarily in the fall to remeber the trips to go visit a South Face and observe.

Thanks

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nhherp

I recommend you download the OnX Hunting app. It offers public land maps overlayed to road maps and topos. Playing with filters will even give you some access points where you can park. The Southwest has lots of public land to wander around in. Short of knowing a person or having a referral, it is d...

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Hoping for some direction in the area of Table Rock Lake , MO
Not collecting. I will be visiting later in spring with family and will have an afternoon open to get out.
PM me if you should choose to want to share.

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PM me if you want.
I live south of ABQ

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nhherp

Bump ..simultaneous
Thought of Kent's version on this cold rainy night before here in New Mexico.
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nhherp

I have in the past found DOR pines snakes in the lowlands of SC. The largest contributing factor for habitiat is old pine timberland where stump removal was not practiced. So much of the lowlands is replanted money pine acreage and it can look "good" but due to practices in timbering it ne...

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Den parturition and post-neo observations have always been a highlight for me when I could witness it. Thanks for sharing
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nhherp

Outstanding!!
Good to see you post again. If you were able to witness a rain did it at all smell similar to home? Some day I would like to take a trip like that as well.
Great post as always.
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Fantastic Neil!!

The Bali Retics were a favorite of many I saw in your video-log.

-Notah

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Bearded Dragon.

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Nice finds Notah! Looks like you had a good year! Josh Thanks Josh, I find it odd we have not met after all these years in spite of knowing mutual people! I really like the scenery shots and the various snakes. Congratulations on the lifer Mountain Kingsnake. I wanted to see one and a Great Plains ...

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Your parting photo of CoR sunset I particularly like. Thanks for sharing. I will also agree with bgorum in the envy on your blacktail observation.

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nhherp

I have come to count my year from February to February, not sure why but anyways I realized that February was over and I had not seen anything as in years past to remind me. I like petroglyphs and to ponder what the artists meant in drawing them. Its all conjecture although some seem pretty straight...

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To the OP, Did the logs you mentioned as adjacent, by any chance have eggs or show sign of remnant shells around or within? 3 Eggs is a relatively small clutch for a snake to drop, a female will typically ensure all her eggs will fit within the chosen cavity, if this was a snake which I am leaning a...

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Jordan, Very nice overview, and I like the Sac Mtn photo! That one is on my list still to see, but I honestly have made Zero effort to go looking. Depending on when you leave in March, and the weather, you may still have a shot at a few last species here. Shoot me a text if you end up coming this wa...

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Hello Ben, Nice introductory review! Your "tiny viridis" is an adult Sistrurus . Maybe one of these days I will run into you out and about. I'm not good at names so forgive me if I have met you out cruising at some point. I live off a rather common cruising route and bump into people in th...

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What a summer ! Corals have been on my list for years with no success. I have yet to also see a live porcupine in all my out and abouts here.
It was nice to put a face to your screen name during Labor Day trip.
-Notah

nhherp

Excellent photo journal in all its parts! Great discussion. It's been a long long time since I had any thought to hold onto a prairie longer than the several minutes it takes to remove from Road (typically) and maybe take a pic. Thanks for a good reminder of the intricacies of an animal that's easy ...

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All of my dogs are bitten each year by viridis and sistrurus which are prolific around my home. I have not seen any adverse effect to them long term and after the first bite each summer they have little more than bee sting reaction. My german shepard was bitten in the face, approx. an inch forward o...

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Attempting to mate. Although the video makes it hard to judge sex (and visually is never a confirmation). It would appear to be two dumb males thinking the other one is a potential female as both are exhibiting male mating tendencies, neck biting and the fast simultaneous tail twirling. Male kings w...

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Male reticulated pythons are smaller than females and will also combat , to severe injury and/or death, with other males. I once had to put over 100 stitches, combined with glue, into a friends male retic. He had taken the word of a prior owner who gave him a "female" which he failed to se...

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I didn't know about this split. So does this mean the Blacktails I've seen in TX and AZ are two different species? If so, I guess I get to add one to my lifelist! Yep. . New Mexico has both ornatus and molossus The division lies in south-western NM. On the common name discussion , I guess I stuck w...

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I would go with the following for simplistic knowledge alone I think. Northern Blacktail = C. molossus Ornate Blacktail = C. Ornatus I have seen hobbyist erroneously referring C.molossus as "mountain phase ??" and C.ornatus as "desert blacktail ?" I do not understand why it's por...

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Very nice post Notah! You sure saw a lot of Crotes in your wanderings. I personally like the ringless regal ring-necked snake the best though. I'd love to find one of those in CA some day. I hope you continue to find more cool herps on your new property! I'll be sure to let you know if I'm ever in ...

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ThamnElegans24 wrote:Great post, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for looking. I figure your temps over there are a bit ahead of mine and hopefully your season start up has been productive as well.

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Good stuff Notah. Your canyon is beautiful! We need to get out more this year if your schedule allows. Bill, Thanks! At the moment this coming years schedule is promising to have much more free time. Looking forward to getting together and bringing you down to check out the property for dens, as we...

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In February I can usually find a snake, Valentines Day atroxs are memorable but there have been others. 2015 however blessed us with a cooler month ending in a nice snowfall. So I took the opportunity to run an hour from my house to the other side of the mountains to enjoy a powder day. https://farm...

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Posted before but here you have atrox & molossus with a hidden klauberi https://farm1.staticflickr.com/632/21504592943_158ecd7f57_b.jpg 20150322_171458 Except for forced den basking behavior, I cannot say I have ever found snakes willingly laying on each other outside of the spring exit or fall ...

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It's fangs appear as though they snagged briefly on the corded loop of whatever was waved over its head to initiate the strike. Makes me postulate if a moment of the captured photo was enhanced in dragging . This is not to say Russells are not acrobatic strinkers by any means. It's a neat photo rega...

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Years ago I kept Bitis gabonica. They can throw crazy strikes....up, backwards and rolling over themselves. I never filmed any strikes but rats dangled on tongs overhead could be taken without issue. They, or any other large Bitis probably would come closest to meeting your question.
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Went for an afternoon hike on this last Sunday. My sister came across this female while we walked back to the truck at sunset. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/637/21955628009_094f06e7b2_b.jpg 20151011_182821 by nhherp https://farm1.staticflickr.com/614/22116351086_7c40b654b6_b.jpg 20151011_182837 by ...

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My wife and I will be in San Diego on a work/vacation combined trip. Beginning 10/16 Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday to ourselves, than limited afternoons for the week. Any PM's of recommended general areas to visit, no specifics needed, would be greatly appreciated, possibly a meetup time to fi...

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Nice photo review !! I am always partial to the stories. The story highlights the photos and enhance the appreciation of the captured moments. I can show someone a dozen snake photos which they could care little about, but many times if I tell the adventure (which there seem to be regular occurrence...

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You are correct on the anti-venin . Crofab has little effect on agkistrodon contortrix bites. The name says it all, predominate crotalus serum, although I realize it is 'crotaline' in reference.
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nhherp

Very nice. I especially enjoyed the natural morelia specimens hosting nematodes.

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nhherp

On the premise that you are familiar and experienced with tongs and hooks. Hooks are my preference, I make my own. I have no experience with any commercially made hooks. I recommend a narrow hook for elapid and a wider hook for the vipers. There are several hook makes out there that can sell you a d...

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Shoes without socks. How do you avoid blisters, thorns, bites? I can vouch for the Notah and the whole no socks thing! I have no idea how he does it. We'll walk through the same areas and I'll be wearing hiking boots and a thick pair of hiking socks and I'll still get my shoes full of grass seeds a...

nhherp

As always a stunning photo-log of another years beginning !!
I was happy to see you did not get rained out in OK. Envy on the lyre.

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1. Where do you herp? Do you herp solely in one area, do you herp a large region, nationally, internationally, etc? Is there a particular habitat you prefer or species? I live in NM, an hour south of ABQ, and tend to roam within a 75 miles radius of my home, with bias to the S/SW portion. I enjoy t...

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Congrats.. !!!. Your whole spring and fall field scope was just born.. Finding. Enjoying and cherishing unknown dens. Your secret.

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I found it best stated as. "When its to hot for for a sweatshirt but chilly enough to need one every morning, around about the time you need to take it off."

Hope that makes sense.

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I consider WHEN and WHY necessary to decide on handling justification... WHEN TO NOT DISTURB .. At a hiberniculum during the spring emergence or fall entry. The snake is curled in ambush mode - ( no real reason other then to not lessen their chance of success ) Gravid females OR postpartum in a rook...

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Thank you all, happy you enjoyed. It is a nice quiet place, and a total unexpected find. I have come to prefer finding those transitional places where you are not quiet sure what will be found. Its easy to go directly to a habitat, climb in or or up and know what you will see. There is more fun for ...

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A similar incident occurred here just last week in the Sandia Mtns. east of Albuquerque. A young lady about 17, slipped on the ice near the edge of the crest while trying to get a better view and fell a couple hundred feet.

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A perfect Sunday outing revealed a pleasant afternoon find. Elevation was around 5300 ft. The area https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7607/16289178843_097760115b_h.jpg 20150322_160650 by nhherp Spring has arrived https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7613/16701868817_cfeea44b69_b.jpg 20150322_154133 by nhherp ...

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