Long Texas post

[John Williams]

Haven’t made a field post in a long time so I thought I put up some herps from summer 2010- spring 2011 from various parts of Texas.

Eurycea troglodytes


Thamnophis attempting to eat a Rana berlandieri (he was unsuccessful)


Smilisca baudinii


Sceloporus variabilis


Sceloporus grammicus


Bufo marinus


Ficimia streckeri


Phrynosoma cornutum


Rhinocheilus lecontei


Nerodia fasciata


Eurycea tonkawae


Gerrhonutus infernalis


Plethodon albagula


Lampropeltis calligaster


Coluber constrictor


Lampropeltis calligaster


Sternotherus carinutus


Heterodon platyrhinos


Ambystoma mavortium


Necturus beyeri


Ambystoma maculatum


Regina rigida


Nerodia confluens


Ambystoma opacum


Pseudacris fouquettei


Ambystoma talpoidium


Siren intermedia


Ambystoma texanum


Lampropeltis getula


Lampropeltis getula


Sceloporus cowlesi


Agkistrodon contortrix


Coluber constrictor


Drymarchon melanurus


Sceloporus cyanogenys


Crotaphytus reticulatus


Gopherus berlandieri


Coniophanes imperialis


Indigo eating a western diamondback


Drymobius margaretiferus


Micrurus tener


Masticophis schotti


Pantherophis lindheimeri


Agkistrodon contortrix


Rana areolata


Crotalus horridus


Thanks for looking!

[Fieldherper]

Wow. What an excellent collection of some less oft seen TX herps. Hardly ever see Ficimia here (if ever?) Nice to see a blue spiny and a reticulate collared as well.

FH

[ThatFrogGuy]

Amazing herps and stellar photography!

[Carl Brune]

Wow. A number of cool things there, including several cool lizards.

[kcmatt]

Some great animals and nice shots in there-- enjoyed the Drymarchon/atrox "interaction" and the reticulatus.

[Cole Grover]

Extra nice post! There are some field guide-quality shots in there, John. Seriously. I really like that high black Ambystoma mavortium and those contrasty calligaster!

-Cole

[monklet]

Superb images and animals. That T-Rat is pretty awesome. Do you find many like that one?

[John Williams]

Thanks for the comments guys.

monklet- That snake is the most red Texas rat I’ve seen. In my experience you get one reddish snake for every 20 you find in Texas, and here locally (SW of Houston) maybe 1 in 8.

[erik loza]

What an all-encompassing post of TX herps. That has to be the best looking Texas Rat I have ever seen and the Indigo-Diamondback pic is amazing. Thanks for posting.

[John Williams]

Here’s a few more from the indigo/diamondback encounter

[Jacob]

Amazing and way to put the rest of the Texas herpers to shame! All you are missing is Leptodeira septentrionalis...

[Correcamino]

Awesome post and photos John!

Got your message, I'll send ya a PM when I got a little more time (I type REAL slow, lol)

Rich

[John Williams]

Jacob- ha, I don't know about that; a lot of Texas herpers were with me during some of those finds. True, we struck out on Leptodeira last year, but here's one from 2008


Rich- thanks, no rush.

[chrish]

Wow.. is that all from one year of herping? That's a lifetime's worth of cool finds for Texas.

Chris

[Fundad]

Here’s a few more from the indigo/diamondback encounter

So Freakin AWESOME...

Thanks for sharing that... Congrats on the great year.

Fundad

[reako45]

Outstanding! Where do I start!?! The red T-Rat, that Masticophis (if only they looked like that around here I wouldn't mind finding them under the boards I've set out for Kings), and that Scelop cyanogenys! Sweet! Your array of Lampropeltis ssp; super impressive! Anxiously awaiting more.

reako45

[chris drake]

Great post John. That texas rat is the nicest i've ever seen. I need to step up my game and get out there more! This drought is killing it though.

Chris

[Mark Brown]

Wow!!! I wish I'd waited till after supper to look at your post, John. It's gonna be hard to chew with a dislocated jaw. Those Ambystoma really blew my hat in the creek. Epic post.....Five Stars!

[John Williams]

Chris- closer to a year and a half but I got out quite a bit

Thanks for the comments guys. The drought here has pretty much eliminated any herping other than creek walking, so I'm glad I got some herping in while I could.

John

[J-Miz]

I wish I could corral all my loved ones and move to Texas

Awesome post...stellar photography!

(root beer floats!)

[Phil Peak]

Neat stuff! I really like the lighter colored western prairie kings.

Phil

[Will Wells]

Nice photos! I like the Crotphytus reticulatus shot!

[Mike Pingleton]

awesome!

[Ross Padilla]

Great post! I really liked seeing the little Indigo and the Reticulate Collared Lizard.

[Dan Krull]

What period of time are we talking about here? Did you get these all in one season, or is this a compilation? Very impressive list of creatures!

DAN

[John Williams]

Dan- I meant to post animals from last summer to this spring but I guess I included fall 2009 and spring 2010 too, so that's a season and a half.

John

[joeysgreen]

Awesome variety! Super thanks for this post

[Scott_Wahlberg]

Nice, John! There are some great pics in there. I often think about how absurd it was to flip that Reticulated Collared Lizard under that blazing hot sheet of tin on that pile of charcoal. Probably the coolest lizard I've see in the field to date. I hope you're ready to get Leptodactylus in hand when ever the firt hurricane hits so tex this year.

-Scott

[MeesterSir]

Excellent post. Excellent diversity. Just excellent overall!

-MS

[Norman M. Schlincter]

I don't mean to sound like a downer, but it's carinatus, not carinutus. Also, platirhinos and not platyrhinos and talpoideum instead of talpoidium. Nice post, though!

[TimCO]

I've been waiting for that indigo vs atrox series. Completely awesome.

[ThomWild]

POY!!! Thanks for taking the time to share.

-Thomas

[dthor68]

Wow! I dont think I have ever seen a better looking Texas Rat or Yellowbelly Racer in my life. Or is it a Tan Racer?

[Bill Love]

That was an impressive series of images, all well-posed and impeccably recorded. NICE WORK !!!

[John Williams]

Thanks for the replies everyone! And thanks for the corrections Norman!

John

[Jon Wedow]

WOW I had no idea a lot of that stuff was in Texas or even existed! Very cool! Great photos too