Herping May 19

[Beazer]

Well, went out herping the other day. First time in 3 months for me. Unfortunately it was just road riding but soon, I'm very impatient, I will be out hiking again finding cool stuff lol. Also, the weather here in AZ is kinda funky this month but it brought out a few things. If I had planned better I probably would have found quite a few more.


Here's the report:
AOR:
4 Western Dbacks (Crotalus atrox)
1 Longnose Snake (Rhinocheilus lecontei)
1 Variable Sand Snake (Chilomensiscus stramineus)
1 Sonoran Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer affinis)
1 Smith's Blackheaded Snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi)
4 Western Banded Geckos (Coleonyx variegatus ssp)

DOR:
1 Western Dback
1 Longnose snake
1 Variable Sand Snake

Pics:

Western Dback (Crotalus atrox)
#1

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Smith's Blackheaded Snake (Tantilla hobartsmithi)

-Jon DeLong

 

[Jer723]

cool finds jon, cant wait to see what u get next time!

 

[Mvskokee]

sweet rattler

 

[ColdThirst]

I like that little black headed snake, and did you get any pics of the gecos

 

[Beazer]

Sorry :/ didnt get pics of the geckos. They are so common out herping I dont bother to stop to photograph them. Just to remove them from the road. Females will actual try to pick road kill bugs off the road lol. If you are wondering about locality varient, I havent seen any in 3/4's of AZ. They ALL look a like and thats coming from me. And I am a locality freak. Though, I'd still never cross locals.

-Jon DeLong

 

[GOT_TEGUS]

great finds bro

 

[crsaz]

hit me up next time you go, I have been wanting to get out again but now that I dont live in the middle of nowhere and dont have great herping a few miles from my house I havent got out much, pst. Im still looking for a C. cerastes(really want a laterorepens there soooooo beautiful) but any of the C. cerastes would be awesome.