My first kingsnake!
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My first kingsnake!
first glimpse
Don't know what it's eating...any ID's? I'm in Amarillo TX
My first wild kingsnake And it was eating! I love finding herps doing something. I was giddy as a schoolgirl
we're not supposed to have anything but ornates but bugger if that looks like an ornate??
neat shot of a scelop. basking in flowers. I've found them on buildings, trees, sidewalks, rain barrels, cacti, fence post, shrubs...but this was a first for me
Re: My first kingsnake!
Nice photos, eating a whiptail. Looks like a Speckled X Desert intergrade to me.
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Re: My first kingsnake!
werler and dixon puts us as in an intergrade zone, so probably. I was too busy laughing my head off to think straight. I haven't been that excited since my first indigo
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Re: My first kingsnake!
What a cool way to find your first kingsnake.
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Awesome job and snake! Thanks for posting!
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Sure it is a whiptail?erik loza wrote:Nice photos, eating a whiptail. Looks like a Speckled X Desert intergrade to me.
My first impression was Elgaria or Gerrhonotus.
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Re: My first kingsnake!
we don't have either of those.
What we've got (by genus)
Eumeces
Crotaphytus
Sceloporus
Cophasaurus (though I rarely see these)
Holbrooki
Cnemidophorus
Phrynosoma
What we've got (by genus)
Eumeces
Crotaphytus
Sceloporus
Cophasaurus (though I rarely see these)
Holbrooki
Cnemidophorus
Phrynosoma
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Re: My first kingsnake!
Congrats on the king! Nice post.
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That is an Ornate, My friend found some from in the panhandle and many of the males look exactly like that.
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I agree with Saunders. I've seen a few D.O.R. boxies in that region and they all have that thick striping.
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Re: My first kingsnake!
I agree with an eariler reply, looks like it may be eating and elgaria. Either way, those types of observations are priceless. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on your king!
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