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Best captures
- Thread starter Optreptiles
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MotleyMedusa7
lovin' my sweet corns
I have snakes that live in my backyard pond-I don't want them to be scared to come close enough for pics so I don't catch them lol,but I do have pics in an album on my FB if you want to check 'em out:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1426440496226.2059898.1089206290&type=3&l=34fd786425
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1426440496226.2059898.1089206290&type=3&l=34fd786425
legitimatehypnotist
New member
I really enjoyed those pictures MotleyMedusa!
I'm so jealous of your pond!
I'm so jealous of your pond!
MotleyMedusa7
lovin' my sweet corns
Thanks 
I'm hoping to get some new pictures this year-last year the drought was so bad here in Texas I didn't see any animals really because all the ponds & canals near me were bone dry-I'm so glad we're out of that drought now
I'm hoping to get some new pictures this year-last year the drought was so bad here in Texas I didn't see any animals really because all the ponds & canals near me were bone dry-I'm so glad we're out of that drought now 
hypnoctopus
Olivia Barron
We get a lot of geckos in Phoenix, and while I was out gardening yesterday, I managed to catch nine of them. One of them bit me about three times, (which I did not get a picture of, unfortunately) and I've never had them do that before.
Here's one of them:
Here's one of them:
Caleb McGuire
New member
i have captured few not sure if i got a pictuer my favorite is the copper head but what saddened me was my grandma make me kill it that is when i stopped showing ppl my captures. Also caught a gator garr with my hands once hehe
that is when i stopped showing ppl my captures. Also caught a gator garr with my hands once hehe
RobbiesCornField
Bring it on.
I rescued a racer from a coworkers home today! She was "locked in her bedroom", and wouldn't come out to go to work until it was GONE. Fortunately, I was able to capture him without too much difficulty, and release him into a nice, wooded area a few miles away from her.
RobbiesCornField
Bring it on.
She called me, and had absolutely no idea what kind of snake it was, so I was prepared for the worst (just out of sight is my 3ft venomous tongs). :laugh:
hypnoctopus
Olivia Barron
As the weather begins to heat up here in Chandler, Arizona, we always get many fence lizards in our yard crawling all over our walls. They're very neat little guys, but are extremely fast. I've had success catching them simply by chasing them and catching them by hand as well as using a butterfly net. But this year, my 8 year-old sister and I decided to create a 'lizard trap' using a small tank with crickets in the bottom. It was a success! Here's our first capture:
I've always found with these lizards that once you catch them, they calm right down and will sit nicely still for photos. He was a good-sized one with a nice full tail:
You can see why they're sometimes called 'blue-bellies':
This one also had orange and green on his chin:
I'm fairly certain these are of the sceloporus genus, but does anyone know the full species name? Also, although I wouldn't ever try it (due to possible injury or pesticides), do you think a corn snake would eat one of these?
I've always found with these lizards that once you catch them, they calm right down and will sit nicely still for photos. He was a good-sized one with a nice full tail:
You can see why they're sometimes called 'blue-bellies':
This one also had orange and green on his chin:
I'm fairly certain these are of the sceloporus genus, but does anyone know the full species name? Also, although I wouldn't ever try it (due to possible injury or pesticides), do you think a corn snake would eat one of these?
HeavenHell
Okeetee Freak
Nice photos hypno!
hypnoctopus
Olivia Barron
Wow, literally an hour after I released that lizard, three more were in the trap! My neighbor's two kids and my little sister came over to hold them and release them. Do you think tagging them with a dot of colored Sharpie would be harmful to them? I'd be interested to see if we keep catching the same ones.
Starting to run low on cricket bait, though...
Starting to run low on cricket bait, though...
VickyChaiTea
Snake enthusiast
We have TONS of garters!
We get tadpoled/frogs as well. Couldn't tell you the species, I just call them "pickles" cause that's what they look like.
I did find a different species of toad once, SO TINY
And we have tons of red backed salamanders!
We get tadpoled/frogs as well. Couldn't tell you the species, I just call them "pickles" cause that's what they look like.
I did find a different species of toad once, SO TINY
And we have tons of red backed salamanders!
hypnoctopus
Olivia Barron
Upon looking it up, I think you're correct. Someone had told me that they were sceloporus lizards, but none of the sources I read mentioned much about them living in the southwest. Thank you!