Best captures

[DMong]

A baby black racer. The first time I found one of these, in my yard, I thought it was a baby cornsnake. (I'd only ever caught one other cornsnake and didn't know _anything_ about them yet!!) It bit me about a million times. That is one clue!!

LOL!!,.yeah, they are feisty alright!. I was in a pet store a while back, and a guy had a baby Black Racer in a jar and was getting a couple pinkies for his alleged "cornsnake"..LOL!. The so-called "experienced" employee there didn't even pickup on the fact that it was actually a young Black Racer either until I told the guy exactly what it was and how to care for it and what to feed it. I also told the dude if it doesn't do well and eat VERY SOON, the snake would be best let go where he found it since these people were absolute newbies to begin with. The dad new nothing, and the little kid wasn't old enough to have any responsibility or common sense at all either........I hope the snake is alive today and didn't suffer from neglect as so many snakes do...........sigh.



~Doug

 

[DMong]

Rough green snake:

Cool Rough (Keeled) Green Snake!

That is also the very first kind of snake I captured and owned around 1967 or so. Lucky for me my parents were VERY cool about me owning snakes as a young kid, and my mom would buy me all types of snakes for Christmas and birthdays. Miami corns, Indigos, Brooks kings, Yellow Rats, etc...from Miami/Dade from a friend of her's field herper husband. My entire wall of the bedroom was nothing but metal shelves of snakes from about second grade on.



~Doug

 

[DMong]

Love this picture!! Making more anoles for my yard!!

The female looks to be saying........"alright,.......we done yet???" :roflmao:



~Doug

 

[Lennycorn]

None here but it been nice to see everone elses captures!!!
Nanci going for broke I see. hehe

 

[jetsmama]

Growin up i would catch anything that walked across my path. Toads, Frogs, Aligator Lizards, Blue tailed lizzards, Bull snakes, Garters, You name it! But this guy was probally my favorite, he was just laying on a mossy rock wall soaking up some rays! But he almost had a blueish tint, and he was just lovely<3 i named him Twan.

 

[RobbiesCornField]

Eastern Glass Lizard

Itty-bitty ringneck (don't worry, I let him go)

Black racer with a 'TUDE!!!

The coolest dang beetle I ever did see.

Another racer in the yard. He let me get CLOSE!

And another glass lizard that a neighbor had caught.

 

[Reptilekyle64]

Ill Bite

A Spotted turtle I caught last year.

A relaxed black racer

A pretty male eastern box turtle that I found along a road side.

 

[Optreptiles]

I really like the glass lizards! I didn't think they were so common in Florida.

 

[DMong]

I really like the glass lizards! I didn't think they were so common in Florida.

Yes,......Glass Lizards are VERY common in Florida. In Ft. Lauderdale, they would be all over the property in the middle of the city when I mowed the grass and were ALWAYS found under the the old trash/composte pile when it was removed. Many Ringnecks would also be found in this prime habitat under the pile as well.



~Doug

 

[Optreptiles]

Yes,......Glass Lizards are VERY common in Florida. In Ft. Lauderdale, they would be all over the property in the middle of the city when I mowed the grass and were ALWAYS found under the the old trash/composte pile when it was removed. Many Ringnecks would also be found in this prime habitat under the pile as well.



~Doug

That is really cool. It seems that all the best reptiles (and amphibians) live in Florida...

 

[DMong]

That is really cool. It seems that all the best reptiles (and amphibians) live in Florida...

Well, certainly many of them anyway!


~Doug

 

[tspuckler]

I grew up reading snake books and dreaming about someday being able to find some "classic" American snakes in the field. Here are a few from the last couple of years - these were the first time I've ever encountered any of these in the field:

Found a Rubber Boa this year and was totally stoked (NorCal in August):

First Ribbon Snake (southern Illinois last year):

Red Milk (southern Illinois in October):

Lyre Snake (April near Las Vegas):

Western Diamondback (last year in June in Arizona):

Eastern Hognose (east coast 2007):

And a couple from my home state -

Last year I caught a few melanistic Eastern Garters in in NW Ohio:

And this year I caught the longest snake I've ever found in the field. Althought I've captured Black Rat Snakes previously, this one was just shy of six feet.

 

[Optreptiles]

@tspuckler: awesome rat snake, I caught one that was around that size a while back, and it remains to be the largest snake I've ever caught

 

[hypnoctopus]

That lyre snake is SO cute! I've never even heard of them - time for a trip to Wikipedia!

 

[Jasonx]

Rough green snake:

the science teacher on the other team has like 5 of these in one tank, and also has a black racer i think, a chinchilla, and a few other snakes, and to top it all off, around 8 snakes in jars WITHOUT LIDS

 

[anerybree]

tspuckler: I just saw your web page about field herping in hocking hills! I recognized the black rat snake photo. Do you carry out trips like that often?

 

[Jasonx]

the science teacher on the other team has like 5 of these in one tank, and also has a black racer i think, a chinchilla, and a few other snakes, and to top it all off, around 8 snakes in jars WITHOUT LIDS

i meant 8 spiders, not snakes.

 

[reptile65]

The only reptiles I've ever been able to catch in my area are garter snakes. I've caught some pretty nice looking ones though. Here are a few pictures from the last time I went herping:

 

[tspuckler]

tspuckler: I just saw your web page about field herping in hocking hills! I recognized the black rat snake photo. Do you carry out trips like that often?

I do an annual trip with high school students in the spring. Sometimes it's to Ohio, sometimes to Carter Caves and sometimes to the ocean (here's a photo of me and some students with our first ever Diamondback Terrapins). This year we'll be going to "The Wilds" which I think is near Columbus. Details are still being worked out, but I believe it will be the last weekend in April.

 

[cmb19]

I enjoy seeing snakes from other areas than my own, since I STILL am unable to get myself a corn, this is about the only place I can really contribute. I actually have not been to the forum all that much because it's kinda depressing to want something and can't have it.

I have posted some of these here before..maybe all of them, but that's ok.

Eastern garter with no stripes, only one I've ever seen like this

Shorthead garter--missing the end of it's tail

Redbelly

I don't remember how many pics can fit in a post, so I'll make another.