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The Order of "wild" snakes! : P

Teenager Gopher Tort:

(Gophers store water for a long time in their bladder, and can recall it for use in times of drought. That is why it is important not to disturb a gopher enough to make it pee- it could lose its valuable water supply. When they find fresh water, they empty their urinary bladders at the same time they drink.)

Nanci
 

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Yeah, she was. She was very shy, though. Every once in a while we'd see just her eyes peeking out. It surprised me- I thought she'd have been a lot more protective, especially as I got down near the babies and they were all calling for mama!

Nanci
 
Awesome finds Nanci. I don't blame you for not "catching" that one lol. Very nice video also. Thanks for sharing. :cheers:
 
Southwestern ontario has nothing fun to catch. A few garters is about it. Gunna try to get a collection of those this summer, though. Anything worth catching around here I don't know about?
 
Very nice collection of photos Nanci! I wish we had such a wide range of different critters around here to see.

During the spring and summer we'll go out herpin' at night looking for snakes. (Though it's mostly Tim that goes looking) We usually find a large number of sidewinders, mojave greens, shovel nose, night snakes, patch nose (not to be confused with the venomous leaf nose), rosy boa, rarely a wild desert phase cali king, long nose, coach whips (usually dead though), glossy, and gopher snakes. There are tons of skinks, lizards, and geckos out here too, but we don't see many. Then there are of course the desert torts, but we haven't seen any live ones yet, did find a tort shell scale though - that was kind of weird.

This year we should get some killer pics with the new camera, not like the previous pics we've taken and posted. I'm really looking forward to this spring/summer just to see what we can find this time around!

Jenn
 
Thank you guys,

This thread will probably be lost by the time its summer, but ill try my best to keep it alive so you guys can post your "finds" here!


Thanks for taking time to post : ) i wish you all goodluck with your "snake hunting" :grin01:
 
Mrs InsaneOne said:
Very nice collection of photos Nanci! I wish we had such a wide range of different critters around here to see.

During the spring and summer we'll go out herpin' at night looking for snakes. (Though it's mostly Tim that goes looking) We usually find a large number of sidewinders, mojave greens, shovel nose, night snakes, patch nose (not to be confused with the venomous leaf nose), rosy boa, rarely a wild desert phase cali king, long nose, coach whips (usually dead though), glossy, and gopher snakes. There are tons of skinks, lizards, and geckos out here too, but we don't see many. Then there are of course the desert torts, but we haven't seen any live ones yet, did find a tort shell scale though - that was kind of weird.

This year we should get some killer pics with the new camera, not like the previous pics we've taken and posted. I'm really looking forward to this spring/summer just to see what we can find this time around!

Jenn
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Actually Jenn, the Leaf-Nosed Snake isn't venomous at all.
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.decurtatus.html

There are a couple of rear-fanged snakes in California, but the only snakes that can do harm around here are Rattlers.
 
lefty_mussolini said:
Actually Jenn, the Leaf-Nosed Snake isn't venomous at all.
http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/p.decurtatus.html

There are a couple of rear-fanged snakes in California, but the only snakes that can do harm around here are Rattlers.
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Those aren't the ones I was refering to. The ones you posted the link to are also closely related to the patch nose, just in slightly different locations. I was refering to the rattle snake that used to also go by that name, but I can't find the link to the site where I found them on. I don't think they are native to California, but they are a viper/rattle snake. They have what looks like a a maple leaf cut in half and glued to thier nose. Very distinct and much more 'leaf-like' in appearance then the patch nose and the spotted leaf nose snake.

I'm still looking, so if I find the pic or link to the page where I read about them, I will post it here.

Jenn
 
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