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Check out Black Oak LED. They make awesome light bars. I've had one on my truck since 2020 and it's still doing great.

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Awesome stuff!

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Awesome coachwhip! I grew up in the Salinas area. Never saw a coachwhip on the West side of the valley, but a few years ago I did see one on a road on the east side. I was blown away to see a bright red snake on ths road. Of course it jetted off into a pasture. I followed and found it resting motion...

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Very nice. I have been to Taiwan a couple of times. The Russells proved to be the hardest of the larger venomous snakes to find. We did find a 4ft DOR Russells in the SW part of the island, but no live ones. We also never saw a coral. So much herp diversity there.

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Very nice pics. That's cool that you found the toads. I was just in AZ as well. Snakes were a bit harder to come by than in the past on the roads. Around Phoenix, it was too hot for much movement. Snakes were moving at higher elevations in the region, however. In SE AZ, the amount of rain and associ...

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Congrats on an exceptional specimen. That area can produce some very interesting mountain king snakes. A subset of the population will have that overall reduced black pattern/white head phenotype. Similar animals are not typically found anywhere else in their range (Washington to Baja). Most of the ...

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Received my book the other day. Really great! I thought the photo and paper quality of the paperback was very good. I was unaware of several of the species that are covered.

Thanks Kevin!

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Very awesome!

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Here in NC, I've seen a photo of a copperhead eating a corn snake (not another viper). I've also seen a couple of photos of black racers eating copperheads, and of course eastern kingsnakes eating various snake species. I use this info, whenever possible, to deter people from killing snakes indiscri...

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Truly awesome post, Mike!!

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How about CA kingsnakes and green iguanas on Dagobah with Yoda in ESB? Or Burmese pythons in a tomb in Egypt in Raiders of the Lost Ark?

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With regards to pangolins, there are several pangolin species, and they range from Africa to Asia. There are pangolins in China, Taiwan, and many other areas of Southeast Asia. Being largely termite/ant eaters, they likely do not interact much with bats in the wild. Unfortunately, they are trafficke...

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For what it's worth, I didn't believe the initial idea that Covid-19 came from reptiles. I am not aware of any other reptile virus that has crossed into humans. Reptile biology is obviously very different than human biology. It makes much more sense that the virus originated in bats or another mamma...

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Very nice!

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Awesome!

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Awesome stuff. Herping in Asia is so much fun.

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I absolutely loved this. The herps, the habitat, the unique take on some of my favorite music. Wow!

Well Done,

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Great stuff!!

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Hi Richard, We corresponded awhile back, before your Monterey County trip. I have always appreciated your passion for this species. Growing up in Monterey County, rubber boas were always something I wanted to find. They proved fairly tricky in that county. I have found a few over the years, but when...

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Beyond awesome finds and photos. One day I will make it there.

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GREAT stuff. Always enjoy your trip accounts.

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I think it's a Regal ringneck eating a ground snake. The larger ringneck are notorious snake-eaters. In AZ, ringnecks can occur in semi-arid and even arid areas at higher elevations, but they are very unlikely to occur in the same habitat as banded sand snakes or shovel nosed snakes. The small amoun...

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October in the Mojave will be rough; it's way too dry. I would not go there then. April-June would give you the best results for snakes and most other reptiles. If you want to see Latrodectus spiders, they can be found all over coastal CA at lower elevations in trash piles, on road cuts, in utility ...

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Amazingly beautiful!!

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Awesome stuff!! I love the low desert sand dwellers!

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Great stuff. I have tried the Hualapais a few times, but have not seen a pyro there.

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Very nice! Cool to see scarlet kings from LA. Are they sympatric with milks in places in LA?

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I wish I could’ve known Kent.

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Too much awesomeness. Sensory overload.

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Awesome! How many kings have you seen in your travels, Lou?

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Great story of international collaboration.

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Very nice! Great/classic CA herping. Looks like you had a great year.

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Awesome. Some of my favorite country/critters all in one post.

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Richard,

I'll send you a PM.

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Richard, I completely understand what you are saying about the idea of the "rarity" of snakes. VERY few reptiles are actually "rare." I have herped all over the U.S. and have found many "rare" species, and often in numbers. Many reptiles, but especially snakes, are secr...

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Hey Richard, I found the MVZ specimen from HW1 And gave it to Rick Staub, who deposited it in the Museum. It was an adult DOR from very close to the ocean in coastal sage scrub. I have found them about 10 miles South of Carmel as well, but none in between those areas or further South. I am sure thei...

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Great Book and highly recommended. ! I too am awaiting the second book.

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Richard, I spent a fair amount of time in the Diablo range in the late 90s and early 2000s and found zonata and many other snakes, but never encountered boa. I always thought they could/should be there. I have heard anecdotal reports of them there. They are of course, very common on the other side o...

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October can be tough. You may have better luck when the winter rains start, but you will be unlikely to find the snakes you mentioned until Spring. The best advice is to find canyons with permanent or semi-permanent water and do a lot of hiking in the Springtime. You will see snakes if you put in th...

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Very cool website!!

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Make sure to look at state/regional guides as well--they are often more detailed with better maps (dot locality) and better natural history information. Florida has several herp guides.

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Great post and awesome area!!

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Hey Will, I am sure that there are some San Diego herpers that would love to go out with you. We get funny about posting specific localities on the web. That being said, both of those species are common in San Diego County. Southern Pacific rattlesnakes are found county-wide except the lower deserts...

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Awesome photos!

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August is not a great time to cruise the CA deserts. It is usually very hot and very dry and many animals are taking cover deep underground. The exception would be if there has been recent monsoonal rain, which tends to hit the higher elevations in the East Mojave at times. AZ would be much better. FH

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Haha. Many visitors to my childhood home were startled by a rubber snake laying in the yard or somewhere in the house.

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Taiwan Rubber Lizard

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Great series of posts! I loved all 5 of them. Thanks!!

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Very cool, thanks!

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Pretty cool. I have found more than a few snakes in that area. Can't wait to bring my kids there someday.

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