Name your favorite field herping find - that you kept

[CA cowgirl]

Which snake, lizard or amphibian in your in collection is your favorite? It just needs to be one that you personally collected from the field.

Since I've done herping and not kept any until now, mine is a black and white banded California Kingsnake, the only reptile I've collected from the field, and I think he is a stunning colubrid. Beautiful thing that likes to deficate when held, so his name is Stinky. A friend will be using him for breeding when he's ready, which too bad we collected him late in the game, his female has already passed 8-10 slugs and has 2 more to go.

[Inugohan]

I didn't think you were supposed to collect native wildlife and keep it in captivity... might be just Canada, but regardless, I've never done it, though I have wild gopher snakes in my back yard that I call mine but they don't come in the house hahah. ~Caylan.S.~

[CA cowgirl]

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/licensing/pdffiles/fg1502.pdf

NATIVE REPTILE CAPTIVE PROPAGATION
LAWS AND REGULATIONS

California Code of Regulations, Title 14 Excerpts
§1.67. Native Reptiles and Amphibians.
Native reptiles and amphibians are those subspecies, and
species, including all color phases, of the classes Reptilia and
Amphibia indigenous for California or produced in captivity. This
definition includes all specimens regardless if they were produced
in captivity.

§5.60. Reptiles.
(a) General Provisions: Only the following reptiles may be
taken under the authority of a sportfishing license, subject to the
restrictions in this section. The limit for each of the species listed
below is two, unless otherwise provided. Limit, as used in this
section, means daily bag and possession limit. No reptiles shall
be taken from ecological reserves designated by the commission
in Section 630 or from state parks, or national parks or monuments.

(43) Common kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula): Limit: Four (4)