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+6Chaim Haveman Harold van der Ploeg Udo Schutte Hans Bergman Peter Schulze Niehoff Mike Spencer 10 posters |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| Subject: A few more recent crotes!  Sat 6 Aug - 14:15 | |
| I've found a few more hot lifers since my last post. After moving east from California late last summer, I spent a bit of time last autumn and this spring looking for timbers, to no avail, (alive at least) but that changed at the end of may when I ended up finding 3 in 2 nights, covering two states. I only got vouchers of two of 'em, but here's the best one of the three in my opinion. Crotalus horridus - Timber rattlesnake from eastern Oklahoma  Another target the 2nd night was this little lifer Sistrurus miliarius streckeri - Western pygmy  These two little fireballs made an appearance while surveying a flooded area for amphibians: Agkistrodon piscivorous leucostoma - Western cottonmouth  Over the past weekend, some buddies and I made the long drive up to western Kansas to meet up with a few people and look for prairie rattlesnakes. We struck out the first night, but hit some new area the second morning and managed to find 5 in an hour and a half or so by searching the bases of yucca plants. Crotalus viridis - Prairie rattlesnake (in situ)  We ended up cruising a few more that night as well including this handsome little male:  I'll throw in a little assortment of others for good measure, though. haha Heterodon platirhinos - Eastern hognose (also from Kansas)  Coluber constrictor priapus - Southern black racer   Lampropeltis calligaster calligaster - Prairie kingsnake  Lampropeltis triangulum syspila - Red milksnake  Thamnophis radix - Plains gartersnake  Thanks for checking it out and hope everyone's having a good 2011 herp season! | |
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Peter Schulze Niehoff
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 203
Age : 53
Location : near Münster, NRW, Germany
Points : 6315
Registration date : 2008-06-30
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sat 6 Aug - 14:50 | |
| Nice stuff, Mike. Well done! I would like to find such in my surroundings.
Peter | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 7 Aug - 1:32 | |
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Hans Bergman
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 124
Age : 54
Location : Sweden
Points : 5109
Registration date : 2011-04-07
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 7 Aug - 18:00 | |
| very good pictures of stunning animals  | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 7 Aug - 18:12 | |
| - Hans Bergman wrote:
- very good pictures of stunning animals
Thanks a lot, Hans! | |
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Udo Schutte
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 86
Age : 46
Location : Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Points : 5183
Registration date : 2011-01-19
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 7 Aug - 19:50 | |
| Some nice finds, Mike... As Peter said; I wouldn't mind finding them close to my home... | |
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Harold van der Ploeg
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 282
Age : 48
Location : The Netherlands
Points : 6322
Registration date : 2008-04-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 7 Aug - 20:17 | |
| Beautiful shots Mike!
Cheers,
Harold | |
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Chaim Haveman
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 303
Age : 44
Location : Netherlands
Points : 5677
Registration date : 2010-05-08
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 7 Aug - 20:18 | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Mon 8 Aug - 7:32 | |
| - Udo Schutte wrote:
- Some nice finds, Mike... As Peter said; I wouldn't mind finding them close to my home...
Thanks Udo, and hey, there's some stuff you guys have that I'd LOVE to be able to see. Haha - Harold van der Ploeg wrote:
- Beautiful shots Mike!
Cheers,
Harold Thanks a lot Harold, I appreciate it - Chaim Haveman wrote:
- realy stunning pics!!!
Thanks Chaim, glad you enjoy 'em. | |
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Johann Prescher
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 81
Age : 37
Location : NLD
Points : 5103
Registration date : 2011-02-23
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Mon 8 Aug - 15:23 | |
| Always nice to see this kind of pictures!!! My compliments! | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Tue 9 Aug - 1:31 | |
| - Johann Prescher wrote:
- Always nice to see this kind of pictures!!! My compliments!
Thanks a lot man. | |
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| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Wed 10 Aug - 19:16 | |
| As usual fantastic pictures.
I really like the hognose and cottonmouth pic's!
Thanks for posting. |
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Nika Brunet
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 45
Age : 45
Location : Austria
Points : 5009
Registration date : 2011-05-07
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Wed 10 Aug - 19:22 | |
| H. platirhinos is my favourite great shots! | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Thu 11 Aug - 10:30 | |
| - Owen Roberts wrote:
- As usual fantastic pictures.
I really like the hognose and cottonmouth pic's!
Thanks for posting. Thanks a lot, I appreciate it man. - Nika Brunet wrote:
- H. platirhinos is my favourite great shots!
This year is my first year living in range of them, so they've been a snake I've hoped to come across for years. Thanks for the compliments! | |
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Nika Brunet
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 45
Age : 45
Location : Austria
Points : 5009
Registration date : 2011-05-07
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Thu 11 Aug - 15:32 | |
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- This year is my first year living in range of them, so they've been a snake I've hoped to come across for years.
Thanks for the compliments! Sorry, maybe a repeating question, since I am a newbie here; did you move recently? Seeing them in their natural habitat (not just Heterodons but also other more "hot" ones) is a real treasure. I am glad you are sharing photos of them with us. | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Fri 12 Aug - 0:13 | |
| - Nika Brunet wrote:
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- This year is my first year living in range of them, so they've been a snake I've hoped to come across for years.
Thanks for the compliments!
Sorry, maybe a repeating question, since I am a newbie here; did you move recently?
Seeing them in their natural habitat (not just Heterodons but also other more "hot" ones) is a real treasure. I am glad you are sharing photos of them with us. I just moved toward the end of last year from northern California, close to 1000 miles from any Heterodon range. haha | |
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Henrik Vind
Newbie
Number of posts : 39
Age : 58
Location : Denmark
Points : 5275
Registration date : 2010-08-11
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Fri 12 Aug - 1:06 | |
| Nice pics!
I wish I could find that sort of snakes here in Denmark | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Tue 16 Aug - 9:01 | |
| - Henrik Vind wrote:
- Nice pics!
I wish I could find that sort of snakes here in Denmark Thanks a lot, Henrik. I wish I could find some of the stuff you guys have over here! haha | |
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Nika Brunet
Snakekeeper
Number of posts : 45
Age : 45
Location : Austria
Points : 5009
Registration date : 2011-05-07
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Tue 16 Aug - 23:02 | |
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- I just moved toward the end of last year from northern California, close to 1000 miles from any Heterodon range. haha
That's almost neighborhood for the States )) | |
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Gustav Eloy
Serpent Chief
Number of posts : 662
Age : 37
Location : Aguascalientes, Mexico
Points : 5918
Registration date : 2010-09-09
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Sun 28 Aug - 11:41 | |
| Exellent shots sr, looks like you got a great day herping out there, congrats | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts : 386
Age : 39
Location : Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points : 5694
Registration date : 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: A few more recent crotes! Mon 29 Aug - 8:25 | |
| - Gustav Eloy wrote:
- Exellent shots sr, looks like you got a great day herping out there, congrats
Thanks a lot Gustav! It's definitely been a pretty good season. | |
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