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I know I've posted a lot of these already. But hopefully there's enough fresh material to keep it interesting.


Toads:

Red-spotted Toads (Anaxyrus punctatus)

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Great Plains Toads (Anaxyrus cognatus)

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Woodhouse’s Toad (Anaxyrus woodhousii)

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Sonoran Desert Toad (Incilius/Ollotis alvarius)

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Couch's Spadefoot (Scaphiopus couchii)

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Mexican Spadefoots (Spea multiplicata)

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Western Narrow-mouthed Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)

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Frogs:

Canyon Treefrog (Hyla arenicolor)

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Lowland Leopard Frogs (Lthobates yavapaiensis)

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Chiricahua Leopard Frogs (Lithobates chiricahuensis)

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Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii):

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Lizards:

Common Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana)

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Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus orantus)

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Mediterranean Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)

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Western Banded Gecko (Coleonyx variegatus)

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Eastern Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris)

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Common Chuckwalla (Sauromalus ater)

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Mohave Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma scoparia)

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Zebra-tailed Lizard (Callisaurus draconoides)

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Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus)

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Common Lesser Earless Lizards (Holbrookia maculata)

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Elegant Earless Lizard (Holbrookia elegans)

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Desert Night Lizard (Xantusia vigilis)

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Arizona Night Lizard (Xantusia arizonae)

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Bezy’s Night Lizard (Xantusia bezyi)

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Gilbert’s Skinks (Plestiodon gilberti)

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Plateau Fence lizard (Sceloporus tristichus)

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Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatus)

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Slevin’s Buchgrass Lizard (Sceloporus slevini)

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Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister)

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Clark’s Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus clarkii)

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Yarrow’s Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii)

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Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)

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Regal Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma solare)

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Desert Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos)

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Greater Short-horned Lizards (Phrynosoma hernandesi)

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Texas Horned Lizards (Phrynosoma cornutum)

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Tiger Whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris)

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Plateau Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis velox)

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Sonoran Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis sonorae)

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Madrean Alligator Lizards (Elgaria kingii)

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Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum)

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Snakes:

Desert Nightsnakes (Hypsiglena chlorophaea)

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Hooded Nightsnake (Hypsiglena sp. nov.)

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Western Long-nosed Snakes (Rhinocheilus lecontei)

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Sonoran Gophersnakes (Pituophis catenifer affinis)

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Great Basin Gophersnake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola)

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Groundsnake (Sonora semiannulata)

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Smith’s Black-headed Snakes (Tantilla hobartsmithi)

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Black-necked Gartersnake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis)

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Checkered Gartersnakes (Thamnophis marcianus)

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Sonoran Lyresnake (Trimorphodon lambda)

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Desert Patch-nose Snake (Salvadora hexalepis hexalepis) - DOR

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Big Bend Patch-nose Snake (Salvadora hexalepis deserticola)

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Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake (Phyllorhynchus decurtatus)

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Saddled Leaf-nosed Snakes (Phyllorhynchus browni)

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Red Racers (Coluber flagellum piceus)

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Sonoran Whipsnake (Coluber bilineatus)

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Striped Whipsnake (Coluber taeniatus)

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Arizona Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans noctivaga)

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Variable Sandsnakes (Chilomeniscus stramineus)

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Mohave Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis occipitalis occipitalis)

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Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis occipitalis klauberi)

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Western Threadsnake (Leptotyphlops humilis)

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Regal Ring-neck Snake (Diadophis punctatus regalis)

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California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

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Desert Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula splendida)

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Arizona Mountain Kingsnake (Lampropeltis pyromelana pyromelana)

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Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Desert Rosy Boas (Lichanura trivirgata gracia)

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Sonoran Coralsnakes (Micruroides euryxanthus)

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Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox)

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Mohave Rattlesnakes (Crotalus scutulatus)

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Sonoran Sidewinders (Crotalus cerastes cercobombus)

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Colorado Desert Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes laterorepens)

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Northern Black-tailed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus molossus molossus)

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Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnakes (Crotalus mitchellii pyrrhus)

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Tiger Rattlesnakes (Crotalus tigris)

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Prairie (Hopi) Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis nuntius)

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Arizona Black Rattlesnakes (Crotalus cerberus)

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Great Basin Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus lutosus)

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Twin-spotted Rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei)

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Banded Rock Rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus klauberi)

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Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnakes (Crotalus willardi willardi)

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Here are some other things for those who are into more than just herps.

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Thanks to anyone and everyone who aided in making this an awesome year.
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Again, great stuff, Ben.... :thumb:

Is that second lesser earless lizard from AZ?

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Yeh it was found near Holbrook.
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Beautiful work. Very nice.

Your Great Basin Gophersnake looks like it could be a deserticola/affinis intergrade. Is that possible?
It looks quite different from the ones we have here in the CA Mojave Desert.
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I doubt it. It was found just south of the Utah border, above the Grand Canyon. Well within the deserticola range.
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ThamnElegans24 wrote:Yeh it was found near Holbrook.

Thanks. Pretty cool looking...

TC
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So what are you going to do next year!?! :lol: :lol: :lol:
You've found nearly everything there is to find in AZ....
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Dude I am so jealous... You did great this year. Nice work! Too bad the times I was able to make it out with you guys wasn't anything special.. Oh well.
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Hey there... I actually recognize one of those Atrox! :lol:
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Outstanding year, Outstanding DB contributions.. Beautiful herps and photos...

HERE HERE...

You are my AZ member of the year nominee ..

Fundad
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Thanks guys.

Dave,
Next year I plan on focusing more on tigers, cerbs, and montanes. But my targets for the year will be hogs, saugs, vines, milks, yuma fringe toes, and flat tails. You know, the easy stuff :lol:
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Congrats on a great year and thanks for sharing.

Michael Cravens
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Ben

If you need help looking call me up. :D

Dave
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ThamnElegans24 wrote:But my targets for the year will be hogs, saugs, vines, milks, yuma fringe toes, and flat tails. You know, the easy stuff :lol:

ugh - just thinking about AZ saugs gives me a headache.
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Nice pics Ben.

Norm saugs Arnt that hard to find I have seen plenty of them :-P.
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Brandon La Forest wrote: Norm saugs Arnt that hard to find I have seen plenty of them :-P.

haha! I know you have seen more than most people I know. It's probably been a while since you have seen one though. I WILL get one or a few in the next couple years. You are right though, I got to catch up with you! haha
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ThamnElegans24 wrote:Thanks guys.

Dave,
Next year I plan on focusing more on tigers, cerbs, and montanes. But my targets for the year will be hogs, saugs, vines, milks, yuma fringe toes, and flat tails. You know, the easy stuff :lol:

Ben, I want to go to Yuma and a few other things. Let's keep in touch. Maybe s. Cal too. I think Dave would go too... :P

Terry
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Norman D wrote:
ThamnElegans24 wrote:But my targets for the year will be hogs, saugs, vines, milks, yuma fringe toes, and flat tails. You know, the easy stuff :lol:

ugh - just thinking about AZ saugs gives me a headache.
lol It's been a couple season, but probably has more to do with the fact that I stopped herping down there :P

-B-
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Nice post! Really enjoyed the non-Herp stuff at the end that vulture shot was cool...


Agreed! Not hard at all
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haha! Thanks a lot MJ! Well, I hope next year I can find one or a dozen
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Seeing as that is not an AZ Saug...it shouldn't count haha!

Crappy pic of what was the most smokin hot saug I have ever seen.

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Old photos, Mr. Mills probably recognizes these ones.

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Ill have to dig around for the other shots.

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Norman D wrote:haha! Thanks a lot MJ! Well, I hope next year I can find one or a dozen
:thumb: Ill be spending a lot of time in Arizona next year I have trips planed for every month of the year in 2013 starting in march.. Ill meet up with you if you like and take you to my most productive saggy spot! If you would like!

Lovely massasauga photos Brandon.. And yes it is from AZ at a spot just off of hwy80 given to me from Mr.Holycross! I'm hoping ill run into you as we'll buddy :beer:
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MJ and Brandon had to post pics to rub it in my face! haha

MJ hit me up. I was going to go to NM for saugies, but I would rather get an AZ saug! I like springtime in SE AZ - less herpers and great weather! Nice campfires & bbq, beer, bears, pyros, and rattlesnakes. haha

Brandon, what makes you say that MJ's saug isn't from AZ? It kinda looks more like a NM saug, but what do I know. I remember photos of those babies you guys found - definately jealous! Have you hiked any saugs? Post more AZ saugs up - there aren't too many photos of them.
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Thanks Paul! haha Nice story. A friend of a friend saw a DOR milk over there. Not sure how many were found this year or last.

I don't roadcruise much, which is why the saug-hunting kills me. haha But I roadcruised more in that area than anywhere else this past year. That road has always been pretty productive for me - but never can find the two coolest snakes on that road (your milk and my saug).
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Paul Lynum wrote:I've never road cruised a milk on that road either. The habitat on hwy 80 is not a geographic favorite for a milk snake. The milks are more of a mountain bench and slope snake for down there as where in N. AZ they prefer flat level valleys. My four Cochise milks were all field collected. Any milk that ends up on 80 is a result of "bleedout" from their higher elevation stronghold.
Cool info! Bravo on not finding them on the road.
Paul Lynum wrote: I have no idea what the saugs are doing lol.
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Brandon La Forest wrote:
Old photos, Mr. Mills probably recognizes these ones.

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Ill have to dig around for the other shots.

-Brandon-
Yep, one of the better weekends herping I've had.

You covered the first 2 we saw, here's the third. Not sure if you got to see this one or not. Out scooting around in the middle of the day.

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Paul Lynum wrote:I've never road cruised a milk on that road either. The habitat on hwy 80 is not a geographic favorite for a milk snake. The milks are more of a mountain bench and slope snake for down there as where in N. AZ they prefer flat level valleys. My four Cochise milks were all field collected. Any milk that ends up on 80 is a result of "bleedout" from their higher elevation stronghold. I have no idea what the saugs are doing lol.

PL

I've never seen a milk on that road either. Desert 'saugs tend to be in the relic prairie grassland habitat, preferrably near water, imo, like cattle tanks or runoff or whatever.

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Terry

How many saugs have you seen?
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Thanks again everyone. And thanks for posting all the sauga pics. I really hope to see one next year.

Dave and Terry, you guys know you are welcome to join me anytime. I plan on hitting the Parker and Yuma dunes again in April. I'll let you know the details when it gets a little closer and I can get an idea of what the weather will be like.
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Norman, I've only seen one 'saug in AZ, but many in other places and have studied their habitats and behavior. I'm also thinking of the fact that they are treated as a relict prairie species in the field guides.

Ben, I'm game to go in April. Maybe we can finalize the plans in early April when we start getting a feel for the best weather.

TC :beer:
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Norman D wrote:Thanks Paul! haha Nice story. A friend of a friend saw a DOR milk over there. Not sure how many were found this year or last.

I don't roadcruise much, which is why the saug-hunting kills me. haha But I roadcruised more in that area than anywhere else this past year. That road has always been pretty productive for me - but never can find the two coolest snakes on that road (your milk and my saug).

I don't road cruise that much either, Norman. I'd rather see herps in their natural habitat. But a few years ago I cruised 80 with an old friend for two nights in a row. We stopped for 52 snakes and 47 of them were Mojave rattlesnakes. It was kind of a waste of time, if ya know what I mean. Of course, finding snakes in their natural habitat can be a real challenge also.

The Eastern milk and Eastern massasauga were both study species of mine back in MI. Two of my old time favorites. I don't keep milks or any hots, but I love seeing these guys 'au naturale'. I appreciate the fact that you and others try to find these herps on foot in their habitat. That way we can learn more about their natural history and better i.d. the habitat that needs protecting. With the 'saugs it could be very difficult to see their habitat, because I believe most of it is on private land. I think Holycross had permissions to study them on some ranches.

TC
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Thanks Terry. I actually haven't seen many scutes in that area. I see lots of longnoses though, but usually see decent variety. Hopefully 2013 pays off
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Yep, one of the better weekends herping I've had.

You covered the first 2 we saw, here's the third. Not sure if you got to see this one or not. Out scooting around in the middle of the day.

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Isn't that the one that crawled out right behind my truck while we were chatting for a bit?
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You sumbitches......

That's right.

I said it.

Now, I'm going to take my ball and go home.

Saugs, really?

Screw you guys. :lol:

(Good job, though, Benny. Great stuff. ;) )
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