Good snake day at work! june 1st

Saw a total of 5 snakes in 2 hours. Not too shabby this time o the year when the water is pretty much gone.......

Thamnophis couchii (ohhhh the funkness)

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...chiitongue.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/Tcouchii.jpg

The Cutest Nightsnake Ever. (Hypsiglena torquata)

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ork/Htorqa.jpg

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...nightsnake.jpg

and a little bitty Masticophis lateralis

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...ork/llmlat.jpg

the other 2 sightings were both T. sirtalis fitchii, but both were faster than I was........


Cheers,
Kat

Great pics Kat, I wish there was somewhere around here that i could go but we dont have much accept sea gulls and stuff like that haha

Very cool finds!! :cool:

that night snake is baaaaaadd assssssssss

As always, nice pic's Kat! And if your looking for water, we have a little extra up here :8:

Now thats a good day to be at work :P

english names please. :D

why do people always do that knowing that 75% of people reading the thread are going to have to google the latin names.

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Originally Posted by N4S

english names please. :D

why do people always do that knowing that 75% of people reading the thread are going to have to google the latin names.

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We do it because we don't know the common names. We aren't allowed to use them at work since common names can reference more than one species......... (ie the term Blue Belly is used for quite a few species of sceloporus lizards). ;)

Cheers,
Kat

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http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/j...k/Tcouchii.jpg


Kat

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I think he likes you! :P