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guidofatherof5
08-29-2009, 09:53 PM
Today was a very interesting day. My good friend Mark, my daughter Gabby and I had hoped to locate a couple high-red radixes but were skunked (figuratively speaking) We did travel to a couple of very small towns on some reports of red radixes. We met a few very nice people who let us on their property. One lady we met told us she had a lot of baby snakes in her yard and wanted them gone. She was going to cut the grass that night and said that many of them get killed. She said that was a good thing and she didn't care how they were gone as long as they were gone. While driving to her house I thought she probably had 1 maybe 2 snakes in her yard and that would be it.
Once there I found out she was telling the truth. In a small grassy backyard we found 17 babies and 1 gravid brown phase radix. The lady arrived a short time later and was thrilled the snakes were leaving. I marked that town on my GPS. I'll get a few photos posted tomorrow. It was a beautiful sunny day in the low 70's.
Snakers
08-29-2009, 09:54 PM
sounds like a nice litl adventure you had:D
Mommy2many
08-29-2009, 10:36 PM
Steve,

How's that "Unwed Radix" home going? sounds like you need an addition and a few helping hands. I can relocate some for you. East Coast is nice this time of year. We've got leaf peeping season comin' up soon!:D
sirtalis01
08-30-2009, 11:44 AM
thats kool....i need to find a town like that lol...ive been herping this coule of days n had no luck...
Nolan How was your field trip?
Snakers
08-30-2009, 05:40 PM
ah nothing accept toads and red backs im going again soon
guidofatherof5
09-17-2009, 10:28 PM
I got a call from a guy who says he saw a red garter snake out by his mailbox. He says he lives 50 mile north of Omaha. I wonder how he got my number. Only 50 miles, sounds like a road trip coming up this weekend.
gregmonsta
09-18-2009, 01:41 AM
Nice save from the lawnmower lady :D ... fingers crossed for your Omaha expedition ;)
ianrambell
09-18-2009, 06:14 AM
You will have to make shure to make it to wakefeild next time. SOme times I see fox snakes basking on the gravel roads in the morning, and radix.
guidofatherof5
03-10-2010, 08:24 PM
The seventeen babies I recovered from a yard are all growing and doing well. I've notice a diamond amongst the regular radixes. This little red one. As she's growing she getting more and more red.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/little_red11.jpg
ssssnakeluvr
03-10-2010, 08:29 PM
sweet! hope she gets even redder!
guidofatherof5
03-10-2010, 08:30 PM
sweet! hope she gets even redder!

I love the golden yellow dorsal these high-reds get.
zooplan
03-11-2010, 01:22 AM
Nice shot,
itīs very interesting to see that the red is raising down to the tail.
My īparietalis allways have most of their red pattern close to the head
and become darker posterior.
guidofatherof5
03-11-2010, 06:20 AM
Nice shot,
itīs very interesting to see that the red is raising down to the tail.
My īparietalis allways have most of their red pattern close to the head
and become darker posterior.


I think that is caused by scale expansion due to a large meal it had just eaten.
drache
03-11-2010, 07:16 AM
very pretty girl