Good ole' Louisiana Herpin'....(DU warning)

Found the first snake of the year for me today (actually 2 but the other kingsnake was gone in a blink of an eye ;)).......and it was a great one. A beautiful speckled kingsnake......it gave me a very nice tail 'rattle' and everything. I saw another box turtle and a nice looking skink too.....not bad for a 30 minute walk, huh? Here are the pics:

http://southernherper.com/5-3-06/kingsnake1.jpg

http://southernherper.com/5-3-06/kingsnake2.jpg

http://southernherper.com/5-3-06/kingsnake3.jpg

http://southernherper.com/5-3-06/kingsnake4.jpg

http://southernherper.com/5-3-06/skink1.jpg

http://southernherper.com/5-3-06/boxturtle1.jpg

Nice pics Daniel! Nice size king you found!

Beauties!! Wow, I wish I could find animals. I swear everything runs and hides whenever I step out of the house! LOL

awesome pics! do these herping trips happen close to where you live? as in, do you just go for a walk and find all these nice herps?

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Originally Posted by mlededee

awesome pics! do these herping trips happen close to where you live? as in, do you just go for a walk and find all these nice herps?

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....ya pretty much. We have a nice patch of wilderness behind our apartment. I usually go for walks back there to clear my head....and I always make sure I bring the camera ;)

....when I take a little trip to go herpin' I will let you all know :D I have a couple of spots around here that I know that I am going to check out before the end of Summer.

That king is gorgeous!

I just learned that one of my new favorite snakes, the rosy boa, is like totally native to where we live here! (like...duh) And....pacific rattlesnakes and cali kings...but dang! I must find someone to show me the ropes of herping!

awesome pics :)

Be careful goin' herpin' for rosies though, Cass...ya might wanna bring a pair of nose plugs......

Awesome Daniel! ... I've found that observing herps in the wild has only made my captive husbandry better! ROCK ON!

-adam