Not a bad start to October.

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Josh Young
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Not a bad start to October.

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This past Thursday I was in North Florida chasing simus, and this time, instead of finding a coral snake, I encountered a very large (close to 5 feet) eastern diamondback rattlesnake.

ImageEastern diamondback rattlesnake. by Josh Young, on Flickr

ImageEastern diamondback rattlesnake. by Josh Young, on Flickr

Then, this past Sunday I met up with Nick Scobel to try and turn him up a coral snake, and we instead ended up finding both hognose, which is what I've been trying to do since last month.

First this hatchling eastern hognose snake around midday.

ImageYOY eastern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr

Then a few hours later we came across this gorgeous red southern hognose snake.

ImageHatchling southern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
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What a perfect capture of a spectacular beast!!! Thanks for sharing Josh!

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Re: Not a bad start to October.

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If envy could kill, I'm thinking you'd be a dead man already. Nicely done, huge congrats.

Are you the guy posted a different reddish simus already this fall? People sure liked that one.

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Re: Not a bad start to October.

Post by JakeScott »

Okay, we are so over the reptiles. Amphib season is here. Enough already!

But, I guess if you have to show them, these aren't a bad selection.

See you when the rains come, Mr. Young.

-Jake
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