Specimen of the year post.

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Jason's strawberry milk, and Brian's screaming pale...awesome snakes!
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Brian Hubbs wrote:*MT Crap-anything from MT pretending to be a Pale Milk Snake, but actually only a cross-dressing gentillis.
Ouch :| , okay I deserve that dig. But you only call them crap because you haven't found a multistrata in Montana. Did ya give up? :P
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I was pretty excited to find this little fella.


Morelia viridis - Iron Range, Queensland
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Coastal
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Piney
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I personally find those black and white Rhinos boring. I much prefer one like this.
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And a couple of corals that were very nice looking.
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And a couple nice pyros.
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I thought this was a particularly attractive couchii.
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But this would have to be the most stunning animal I saw all year.
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Is that too many? Sorry.
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Geez, what's up with that turtle? WOW :shock: Btw, that looks like Salicornia in the background ...which would indicate a brackish wetland situation???
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monklet wrote:Geez, what's up with that turtle? WOW :shock: Btw, that looks like Salicornia in the background ...which would indicate a brackish wetland situation???
Impressive guess. Brackish tidal marsh on the coast of Georgia. It is a diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), and far and a way the best looking individual out of about 100 I got to see that weekend. They are incredibly variable.
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Those Diamondback Terrapins are smokin' hot. What was the carapace length on that turtle? We had one of those at the Herp Nation booth at a recent show, talk about a show stopper. We were swamped with inquiries.
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Jeremiah_Easter wrote:Those Diamondback Terrapins are smokin' hot. What was the carapace length on that turtle? We had one of those at the Herp Nation booth at a recent show, talk about a show stopper. We were swamped with inquiries.
I don't remember. It was an adult male, so probably around 5in or so.

Here are a couple others to really set that one apart. Hope no one minds (and they are all stunning in there own way, so it still fits the topic, right?)
Adult female
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Adult male
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Adult male
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Dark, mustached male
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This population is highly male skewed do to road mortality of nesting females (around 80% males if I remember correctly).
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Nope, don't mind at all ...in fact, much appreciated :) :thumb:
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My first tan smooth green snake:

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Lots of cool stuff folks, but this turtle takes the top prize!
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Stohlgren wrote:
But this would have to be the most stunning animal I saw all year.
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A very pink mole king

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Probably the most impressive snake I have ever seen, this thing was a monster!

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You guys all have excellent animals, simply stunning. Being as I just took my first Snake Road I have a tonne of animals that I'd consider specimen of the year. Beyond all the lifers I did find a ringneck that fits this thread somewhat. I think it is anerythristic?
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This too was a lifer. Anyone else find this particular snake?

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I dont find any super ultra rare stuff.
This is the best I got.
Melanistic Hog.
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Orange Nerodia sipedon. I poured water on it to see if it was mud, but it was just plain up orange.
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This was the most colorful neonate piscavorus I have ever seen, I cant imagine what it would look like in the water.
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This guy don't count, cause he was from last year... but probably the most aberrant I've found...
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Seems like I had to wait forever before I finally got this one:
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And four runners up... Can I have 4? HA!

Mississippi Green
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Mudsnake
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Plains Spadefoot (new AR locality; only third confirmed locality in the state)
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Louisiana Milksnake
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And, not a herp, but don't you have to throw one of these in, too? I mean, after all, it's gonna be another 13 years before see them again.
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All in all, it was a very productive year for me and I could have easily selected another 3-5 treasured specimens.
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THIS:

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Is freakin awesome. That is one unreal looking herp!

Bart
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Ian I have found snakes that look like that one on the South End of Snake Road, I'm going to guess that's where you found it. I know someone else who found one that looked like that there too.
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Yeah, looks anery, Joey. Nice find.
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^^^ it has a real name, but I prefer "Devil Frog"
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Devil Frog works for me :)

Considering the location of the ringneck I was pretty certain other's have found them too. Perhaps even the same exact snake.

Ian
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The copperhead is a Textbook Centerfold!
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holy crap i just saw the melanistic hog and the bevy of terrapins!

haha i cant pick a favorite i might as well just sit back and enjoy!


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im so happy to have come here . :thumb: what a great way to start my day off as i have my morning coffee
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I cruised this very faded pattern Prairie Rattlesnake Crotalus viridis over Labor Day weekend:
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