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PostSubject: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeSat 2 Apr - 4:46

Went down to Los Angeles all last week with the gf and was able to squeeze in some time to do some field herping while I was down there. Met up with a friend and hit up a few different spots the last 4 days I was there, and finished off with some road cruising on the last day. Was really fun! I want to try and plan another trip down there just for that in the next month or so.

Anyway, here are some photos of what we found. Some of these were taken with my iPhone, some were taken with my DSLR. Enjoy!


Lampropeltis getula californiae - California King Snake
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Habitat shot
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Awesome looking field of yellow flowers. Photo doesn't do it justice.
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Batrachoseps - Lifer Slender salamanders
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Diadophis punctatus - Ringneck snake
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Lampropeltis getula californiae - Striped phase and nominal phase kings
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Zack and David with the kings and ringneck we found
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Crotalus ruber - Lifer juvenile red diamondback
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Crotalus ruber - red diamondback in situ.
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Lampropeltis getup californiae - Yet another cal king. Really liked his colors
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Same king after biting Zack.
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Nice looking alligator lizard
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[/i]Pituophis catenifer[/i] - Typical gopher snake
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Jerusalem cricket! You can't really tell how big he his, but was about the size of my thumb.
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Crotalus oreganus helleri - Southern pacific lifer
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Zack used tongs to get some upclose video of the helleri with his phone. The result was an envenomated phone case.
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Sceloporus - some Sceloporus species.
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A big ol millipede!
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Lampropeltis getup californiae - Another nice looking striped phase cal king
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Big Sceloporus species
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Zack and the scelop
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Arizona elegans - Glossy snake
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A walking stick!
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Rhinocheilus lecontei - Longnose snake, almost anerythristic phase?
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Crotalus mitchelli - Lifer specked rattlesnake
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Banded gecko (lifer)
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeSat 2 Apr - 12:26

Very nice!! The longnose extraordinary and everything else just awesome! What was the time of day and general weather conditions for finding the lampropeltis and crotalus?
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeSat 2 Apr - 18:33

Thanks a lot for sharing...Quite happy to see the real kings in natural habitats...
I have the same questions as Greg. Do you find them in open habitats or do you need to lift stones and logs?
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeSun 3 Apr - 15:28

Thanks for the Pics, very good!

Michael
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeMon 4 Apr - 14:37

nice photos. thank you for sharing. many different species you found.
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeTue 5 Apr - 2:36

Excellent! Thanks:)
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeWed 6 Apr - 0:12

Quite a few findings!
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeThu 7 Apr - 5:33

Thanks guys!

The weather wasn't the best while we were out. Temps were in the mid 60's, overcast sky, and raining off and on. All of the L. g. californiae were found flipping boards and such in fields and open area. The various Crotalus species we found in different places. Flipping rocks and such for the rubers (except the 2nd one we found was just hanging out in the open curled up). The helleri was under a board, and the mitchelli we found out road cruising.
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeMon 11 Apr - 11:48

Makin' me proud back there! Haha.
Natalie is on a flight right now on her way out here to herp with me for a few days. You're missing out!
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeTue 12 Apr - 0:52

Very nices pics!
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PostSubject: Re: Southern California Spring 2011   Southern California Spring 2011 Icon_minitimeThu 14 Apr - 16:57

Do you have anymore pics of the Sceloporus? All the pics were great too... study
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