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[redspot]

Up here in Portland Oregon the snakes have began to move, This is outside a Den site frequented by Thamnophis ordinoides and Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus, I've also found Northern Alligators, Ensatina, Rough skin newts, Oregon red legged frogs, Bull Frogs...damn and unidentified turtles in the area. I'm sure there could be Sharp tails, Ringnecks and Rubber Boas but have yet to find any.

T. ordinoides

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03657.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03666.jpg

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03675.jpg

Ordinoides Mating

This female was dragging the male around

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03662.jpg

Sorry for the lame commentary...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/th_MOV03673.jpg (http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/?action=view&current=MOV03673.flv)

Thamnophis sirtalis concinnus

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03669.jpg



Nate

[Stefan-A]

Welcome back. :)

[guidofatherof5]

Glad you have some activity. Here in Iowa we're still in the freezer.
The only thing that might be out would be the Iowa snow radix:D

[Odie]

Hi, from Hillsboro, redspot :)
Were abouts in portland :D

[redspot]

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03679.jpg

I stood and watched 10-15 garters cruising in and out of the hole you can barely see.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03677.jpg

And both species competing for the best basking spot.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03686.jpg

I'm in Portland Odie

[charles parenteau]

very very nice

[drache]

that's so cool
thanks for the photos

[Odie]

I'm in Portland OdieI'm think more like: Creston, Hawthorn, Tabor or West hills :o

[ConcinusMan]

Redspot has been missing for some time now. Maybe we should update him? ever since he posted about the weird looking concinnus, I ran right out to find them and I did! Thanks for the tip Redspot!

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6665

In addition to his missing post I can also NOT find my original post showing the hypoanery's. It was posted on March 20. Can't find it to save my life.

P.S. I am seeking out ordioides with the red stripe EXACTLY like the picture you posted. I've found hundreds of snakes so far but no red stripers. GIMMIE!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03675.jpg

[ConcinusMan]

Sounds like redspot, odie, and myself need to get together and go garter herping this season. For sure. We are so close to each other and the snakes in those photos.

I'm really surprised that nobody commented on the color of that concinnus in the photo he posted back in FEB. You know the one. Where's the red? where's the orange for that matter?

[Jeff B]

That T. ordinoides with the deep red dorsal stripe is awesome!!!!

[ConcinusMan]

Yes it is. Historically I've found many of them but statistically hard to find. Several people are looking to obtain them including myself. They have eluded me so far this season. Now if I could find several large adult female 3 stripers that have color, that would be ideal since about 50% of the females will be gravid until about july (the other half mated in fall and gave birth in early march) and they usually have a few young that look like the mother.

[Odie]

[QUOTE=ConcinnusMan;126929]Sounds like redspot, odie, and myself need to get together and go garter herping this season. For sure. We are so close to each other and the snakes in those photos.QUOTE]

Sounds good to me :D:cool:

[ConcinusMan]

I am seeking out ordioides with the red stripe EXACTLY like the picture you posted. I've found hundreds of snakes so far but no red stripers. GIMMIE!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/tokaysrnice/Portland%20Herping/DSC03675.jpg

Ask and you shall receive? I seriously hope I didn't take away an old (regular visitor) friend of yours but the comparison is uncanny, and it is the same place after all. There were dry leaves like that, it was a cool day, like the day you took that pic.

I don't get too fond of ordinoides very often but I don't want to give her up now! She's gravid, very tame and curious, comes to my hand (begging for food) and eats pinkies and night crawlers from my hand. She's a porker and very lovable. Here she is:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/3812/gedc1097.jpg

Hmmm...