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I recently returned from a 7 day adventure in the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. These are some of the things we found:

Spea bombifrons-Plains Spadefoot
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Arizona elegans elegans-Kansas Glossy
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Ambystoma mavortium mavortium-Barred Tiger Salamander
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Crotalus molossus molossus-Northern Blacktailed Rattlesnake
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Crotalus lepidus lepidus-Mottled Rock Rattlesnake
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Pantherophis bairdi-Baird's Rat Snake
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Crotalus atrox-Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
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Sceloporus poinsettii-Crevice Spiny Lizard
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Phrynosoma cornutum-Texas Horned Lizard
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Sonora semiannulata semiannulata-Variable Ground Snake
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Apalone spinifera emoryi-Texas Spiny Softshell
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Thamnophis marcianus-Checkered Garter
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Thamnophis cyrtopsis cyrtopsis-Western Black-necked Garter
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Hyla arenicolor-Canyon Treefrog
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Urosaurus ornatus-Ornate Tree Lizard
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Pantherophis emoryi-Great Plains Rat Snake
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Sistrurus catenatus tergeminus-Western Massasauga
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Hypsiglena torquata jani-Texas Night Snake
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Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei-Texas Longnosed Snake
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Masticophis flagellum testaceus-Western Coachwhip IN-SITU
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Lampropeltis getula splendida-Desert Kingsnake
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Thanks for looking!
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Great, thanks for sharing !
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Nice pictures, seams like you have had o good time. I love the C.lepidus and Lampropeltis pictures.

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PostSubject: Re: Trans-Pecos and Odds and Ends (Photo Heavy)   Trans-Pecos and Odds and Ends (Photo Heavy) Icon_minitimeWed 11 Jul - 18:39

Thanks for the post, Ben. The pics were great, and I particularly liked the rattlesnakes. I've read that eastern massasauga numbers are in sharp decline. Is that also the case with s. c. tergeminus?

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wow, that was a good adventure Very Happy
very cool pics you made. the rattlesnakes are awesome, but i would not want to meet them alone in the wild.

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Great pictures. thanks for sharing.
If they had some more background/habitat they'd be perfect.

Greetings,
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Thanks all! It was a fun trip. Lots of cool species, and not far from home. Wink Planning on heading back down this weekend. We'll see.

@Simon: Not to the extent that S. c. catenatus is experiencing. They are a fairly common sight at the locality I work with, but hopefully the data I've been collecting on them in this locality will give me a rough idea of their status as a whole. They've been of particular interest to me lately, and are likely to be my breeding project for 2013.
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