PDA

View Full Version : MORE awesome herping!



aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:16 PM
not done yet please dont post

Went herping again in the mountains this weekend, only this time, since we arrived friday night and left this morning, really only had all day saturday to catch as many herps as humanly possible. Came up with a good bit... 3 red bellies, 6.... yes SIX nothern ringnecks, 32 garter snakes, 2 eastern milksnakes, 2 red efts and 1 ground skink! Here are the highlights photographed for you here!
as always... I do the not-snakes first (save the best for last)
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/468001.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/468005.jpg
Boyfriend caught me this dragonfly to harass and photograph.... but to my surprise when I set it down to let it free... it sat there and let me photograph it without restraint before leaving!!!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Inverts/285058.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Inverts/285059.jpg

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:17 PM
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Inverts/285063.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Inverts/285065.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Inverts/285067.jpg
Heres the big ol female ground skink... had a regrown tail!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Lizards/285019.jpg
I released my previously caught milk as he was not feeding... but I got my one last herping wish that I did not fulfill last trip... my very own HATCHLING eastern milksnake! this is a little male... he's in shed! Oh so tiny, and CUTE! I really hope that he starts eating for me!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Kings%20and%20Milks/285015.jpg
I also found this larger juvenile... grumpy female! She was CHASING me through the grass... I backed up and she would still come at me!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Kings%20and%20Milks/285078.jpg

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:17 PM
a GORGEOUS male red belly... firey orange on top and red as snakel-ly possible on the bottom!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285001.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285006.jpg

Another red belly! This is as greyish brown a snake can get without being... well, gray! HUGE female!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285010.jpg
Here are the 1.2 red bellies i found this trip together.... see how varied they are!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285012.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285013.jpg
Found 6 northern ringnecks... all identical in size!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285024.jpg

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:18 PM
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Other/285026.jpg
And lastly, my favorite... the GARTERS! I picked a few of them for photos... nothing spectacular like a flame this time but how can i complain?!
I held onto this girl here.... beautiful solidly orangey snake... thankfully, not gravid.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285027.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285028.jpg
now for a bunch of other random garters!!
weird (for this area) striped male
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285031.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285033.jpg
This girl was greeeeeen
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285034.jpg

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:19 PM
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285035.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285037.jpg
This girl was... brown
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285038.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285039.jpg
I never met a snake with redder eyes than this one! stunning! and it had an orange stomach!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285045.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285046.jpg

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:19 PM
its blurry... but see what I mean about the eyes?!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/285049.jpg

and while I am here... I will show you some pictures of some of the babies I have had born recently!
Here's Runt... he's a third of the size of a normal newborn garter.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/468024.jpg
You have not seen a tiny snake until you hold a newborn red belly. they are 1/4 the size of a baby garter. They can curl up comfortably on a penny. now THAT is tiny! All 4 of them are eating tiny worm peices off off my tongs.
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/468093.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/468095.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/468084.jpg
Held this boy back cause he strangely glows!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Garters/468104.jpg

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-17-2008, 10:20 PM
And lastly, this picture of my anery corn hatching is far too darling not to share!
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll86/aSnakeLovinBabe/Snakes/Rats/468063.jpg
thanks as always for viewing! I always have fun finding and photographing!

bio6464
08-17-2008, 10:47 PM
Shannon, amazing pics as usual. I know what you mean about the tiny babies...about the same size as my Dekayis...glad they're feeding for you. Please keep this location as secret as you possibly can, this type of natural diversity needs to be preserved. :D I'm REALLY jealous of the orange markings you seem to find out east. All of the garters I have found locally are a variation on green/black/brown...very little patterns either, mostly just lateral stripes.
Jerry

GartersRock
08-17-2008, 10:56 PM
&$@!#@ Shannon!!! I can't handle this!!!! What would you have me do?? I am SO jealous...

Congrats!

Loren
08-17-2008, 11:26 PM
All very nice Shannon. That hatching pic is priceless.

Stefan-A
08-18-2008, 01:22 AM
Very nice finds, once again. :)

Snaky
08-18-2008, 01:28 AM
Some very nice pics, indeed. Looks like a great trip again :)

anji1971
08-18-2008, 07:42 AM
Another fabulous herping trip! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful finds.:)

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-18-2008, 07:45 AM
thanks guys!!

.... i fogot to take down the not done yet part :rolleyes:

jitami
08-18-2008, 08:25 AM
Very nice, as usual, Shannon! Looks like another great trip!

Gijs & Sabine
08-18-2008, 09:41 AM
Great pictures and finds, Shannon :eek: I'm looking forward to your next herping trip :D

Lexa
08-18-2008, 11:14 AM
Whoa, that northern ringneck is beautiful. I've never seen a picture of one of those before. And how big was that dragonfly? It looks huge!

crzy_kevo
08-18-2008, 11:33 AM
amazing shannon very nice finds i love that eastern with the red eyes

GartersRock
08-18-2008, 12:09 PM
The eastern with the red eyes is awesome!! How many did you keep?

aSnakeLovinBabe
08-18-2008, 04:04 PM
Just one garter snake, and held onto 1.1 ringnecks to see if I can convince them to eat, as well as the reddish orange red belly. Anybody who doesn't want to eat goes back!!!

ssssnakeluvr
08-18-2008, 04:41 PM
Nice photos!!!!