field herping

[snakeguy101]

went out to north Florida and road cruised some and here is what i got...















this was sad, we found it decapitated outside of a trailer right next to a bunch of garbage cans.




tiny pygmy

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Nice finds!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Nice find. Is that a "Caneback" Timber Rattler in the first pic?

 

[snakeguy101]

it is a "Canebrake" rattler. there is a lot of debate on whether or not it is a different species from a timber but most field herpers consider them separate because they look so different. a few years ago they used to be classified as separate (crotalus horridus horridus and crotalus horridus atricaudatus) but it changed.... i hate it when the latin changes....

 

[gigas12]

Hi,yes nice finds!

 

[robmcd]

Good fun. Great pics...

 

[venmus93]

That sucks seeing the decapitated canebrake....they are a protected Texas threatened species where I am and one could get in trouble with Texas Parks and Wildlife for doing something like that. Are they protected in Florida? Beautiful cornsnake, too....you forget how cool seeing a wild specimen like that is after seeing a bazillion color morphs at the reptile shows.

 

[snakeguy101]

That sucks seeing the decapitated canebrake....they are a protected Texas threatened species where I am and one could get in trouble with Texas Parks and Wildlife for doing something like that. Are they protected in Florida? Beautiful cornsnake, too....you forget how cool seeing a wild specimen like that is after seeing a bazillion color morphs at the reptile shows.

no, they are not protected with the exception that you are not supposed to molest them if you do not posses a venomous permit but nobody really enforces that unless you are out looking for snakes, not if you find one in your back yard.

funny story about corn snakes too, i have found a snow corn while out road cruising before, I am sure that someone released it (which i don't have a problem with since it is native) but it was really shocking to see a color morph in the wild.

 

[davo]

Pretty good example of your average wild corn snake looking better than all the morphs out there. Nice shots.

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

Great pix.

Scare of snakes so I probably wouldn't even attempt to touch one even with a stick lol.


Want to do something similar but for insects and amphibians.