Some from the field

[Bay_area]

I have been out looking a few times this year. Not as much as I would like because gas prices are too high now. Here are some of the recent finds...
I will have to make a couple post to get them in because this forum only allows so many images each time. Thanks for looking, Jerry

newts
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2755.jpg

ensatina
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2830.jpg

Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2834.jpg

Gophersnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2841.jpg

light colored Kingsnake...cool!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2842.jpg

gophersnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2850.jpg

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more...
Kingsnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2860.jpg

another
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2864.jpg

gophersnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2870.jpg

small rattler
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2852.jpg

another
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_2874.jpg

sharptail snake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3101.jpg

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more...
ringneck snake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3124.jpg

one to kiss...banana slug!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3091.jpg

kingsnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3131.jpg

Rattler
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3137.jpg

gophersnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3140.jpg

Glossy snake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3153.jpg

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small gophersnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3154.jpg

longnosed snake...not sure if this one was found by Loren or the next???
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3178.jpg

My Wife & Daughter were controling a kingsnake so we could take a pic...LOL!
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3182.jpg

The Kingsnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3184.jpg

rattlers...
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3163.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3191.jpg

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more...
rattler
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3226.jpg

longnosed snake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3198.jpg

nightsnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3219.jpg

king & rattler...I guess I stopped something from happening
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3266.jpg

another nightsnake
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3246.jpg

[Snake lover 3-25]

awesome you found ALOT!!!!!!! what do you think that one rattler is eating???????:D

[Bay_area]

coast garter
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3309.jpg

aquatic intergrade
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3320.jpg

glossy
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3327.jpg

horned lizard
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3340.jpg

Alligator lizard
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3355.jpg

rattler along the trail
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c306/norcalsnakemaster/herping%202008/IMG_3359.jpg


This is some of what I come across. I see several fence lizards & other spiecies of reptiles & amphibians too. I wish I could take pics of them all. I hope this inspires all that live around where herps are to get out & enjoy seeing them in the wild.
Thanks again for looking,
Jerry

[adamanteus]

Great photos, Jerry. Got to love those little Rattlers!:D

[Elliot]

Wow, that's amazing to find all of those herps! Great pics! Thanks for sharing! :D

[Sid]

Great photos and finds, Jerry. Thanks for sharing with us.:)

[reptileparadise]

Really cool set of pictures!

[gregmonsta]

Lovely stuff :)

[lestat]

All very good photos. I think that young rattler ows you as that kingsnake would have eaten it.

[ssssnakeluvr]

Nice photos!!!!! I need a male coast garter!!!!!!!!!! my girl is lonely!!!!! i actually want 2 pair of high red ones...... wouldn't mind the sharp tails also, cool looking snakes!

[Lori P]

Oh, wow, Jerry, what an amazing collection of photos!!!! That's it-- I'm packing up all the animals and coming to live with you in CA!!!!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

?!?!?! how do u do that? where do you go? i live near you, im looking for coast garters, ca-redsideds, and atratus

[anji1971]

Love all the pics, Jerry. I'm always amazed by how close you get to the rattlers to take their picture. They don't even look like they mind, either!

[Loren]

Nice Jerry!

[jeanette]

you are so lucky, fantastic photos :)

[ScimitarX]

Great photos:)

[Bay_area]

Oh, wow, Jerry, what an amazing collection of photos!!!! That's it-- I'm packing up all the animals and coming to live with you in CA!!!!


LOL! Why would you leave Virginia? I lived in Fairfax, VA when I was a kid & cried when we had to move.

Thanks everyone! hope everyone that can get out to enjoy snakes in there natural enviroment will do so;) For the rest of you, that is why we share our experiences here!

[enigma200316]

sry I'm a little late here Jerry, but they are some the best pics I've seen,
very kool, my fav. is the rattler eating thats a kool shot.......:)

[Stefan-A]

Excellent, Jerry. :)

[drache]

it's taken me a while to get to this thread
fantastic photos, Jerry
I love the king vs rattler one and a few others
thanks for sharing

[Stefan-A]

Has anybody here kept glossy snakes?

[adamanteus]

I had one for a short while (a few months) years and years ago.

[Loren]

Has anybody here kept glossy snakes?

Mojave Glossy (Arizona elegans candida). 3 years captive and counting.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/Mojave_Glossy_Snake.jpg


California Glossy (Arizona elegans occidentalis). 2 years captive and counting.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/California_glossy.jpg


Both doing great on thawed mice. They are neat snakes- one of my many favorite species. Very strong for their size. The Mojave is a great snake for testing if your cage is secure- if its not, it will let you know.:)

[Bay_area]

Stefan-A said,"Has anybody here kept glossy snakes?"

Good job, Loren!
I have brought them home before & kept them for a little while. They ussually do great, but when you keep as many snakes as I do, you just can not keep them all...at least that is what my wife says...LOL!

[salzar]

simply amazin pix ....cool!!!
thanks!
bye michelle

[jitami]

Very nice!!

I would love to hear some tips for finding the right type of area to even start looking. There are a lot of rice fields(marshes) around here and I thought I would have good luck night driving on some of the roads between those fields. I only tried a couple of times but found nothing. Don't know if I'm going at the wrong time of day/night, wrong time of year, or if it's not the right type of habitat to look in? Suggestions anyone?

[Loren]

"I would love to hear some tips for finding the right type of area to even start looking. "

Best bet is usually late spring/early summer nights with decently warm temps and low amounts of moonlight(or better yet, no moonlight), on roads that are out in the middle of good habitat. I mostly find them out down to about 67-70 degrees f. (evening temps, at the time of driving), sometimes cooler.
Need to find good habitat with low traffic. Hilly undeveloped grasslands with plenty of rock piles are a good bet -around here anyways.

[jitami]

Thanks Loren! Been chilly here the last couple of days. I'm going to give it a shot when it warms up again. Finding low traffic is getting more difficult here, but I have a few places in mind. Wish me luck!

[Snake lover 3-25]

GOOD LUCK Tami!!!!!:D:D:D:D

[jitami]

Thanks Shanley! :)