Winter break (feb. 14-22) Field Herping, CA & TX. *SEVERE DUW*

Hey guys,

Went out to the desert about two hours northeast of San Diego. Was a little cold but did find a hibernating lizard. He wasn't moving at all when I got him from under his rock, but he did go back under his rock when I put him back. :)

Can anyone identify this little guy? Haven't looked in the books yet... :oops:

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And San Diego zoo!

Can you find it?!?!

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Galapagos Tortoises!

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Gharial!

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And I also went to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge. Found some really interesting stuff!

Alligator mississipiensis, lots of them!

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Yes, that's right, resting on top of a Red-Eared Slider.

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First time I see a mother by a burrow AND protecting her babies. ::partyon:

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And a very cool find, a garter or ribbon snake species consuming a frog. At one point the frog was coming out and the snake was only holding on to it by the frog's foot.. got it down anyway. ;)

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Thanks,

Sweet deal, Matt. Thanks for sharing, man. -Grins.-

very cool ;)

Very cool, i would love to do something like that. Great pics!

The first guy is likely Uta stansburiana. Should have had a little dark blotch near his armpit.

Nice shots. :salute:



~kat

Good looking stuff brother...

I don't think there is anything but a stick in the first zoo picture... You trying to play tricks on us again????


Mike

nice pics matt... thats close around to where i live

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Originally Posted by janeothejungle

The first guy is likely Uta stansburiana. Should have had a little dark blotch near his armpit.

Nice shots. :salute:



~kat

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Thanks Kat, I was hoping to get an answer from you! ;)

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Originally Posted by hoax

Good looking stuff brother...

I don't think there is anything but a stick in the first zoo picture... You trying to play tricks on us again????


Mike

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Look at the bottom of the picture... then when you find the lovely little serpent hiding in there, tell me.

i think i see its tail. kinda yellowish and brown striped? or is that a stick. nice pics! :gj:

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i think i see its tail. kinda yellowish and brown striped? or is that a stick. nice pics! :gj:

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All the way on the bottom right you can see the tail, and all the way on the bottom left you can see the eye of the Desert Horned Viper. :gj:

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All the way on the bottom right you can see the tail, and all the way on the bottom left you can see the eye of the Desert Horned Viper. :gj:

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See the tail... but nothing else. You drove all the way from Texas to San Diego?

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See the tail... but nothing else. You drove all the way from Texas to San Diego?

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Airplane ;)

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

Airplane ;)

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Ahh... next time, when you get a longer break, ask your folks to drive ya. I would really like to see what pictures you come up with on that trip. Lots of cool field herping sites in Arizona and Colorado.

My boys have been begging me to go to San Diego. Showed them your pics and they think it's super cool.

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Originally Posted by anatess

Ahh... next time, when you get a longer break, ask your folks to drive ya. I would really like to see what pictures you come up with on that trip. Lots of cool field herping sites in Arizona and Colorado.

My boys have been begging me to go to San Diego. Showed them your pics and they think it's super cool.

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I travel a lot, but I've yet to go to a place other than Holland where the temperatures were right for road herping. :( Apart from Costa Rica...