Herping Pictures 2015

[travesty]

Here's some of my finds from last season. I've got lots of pics. Can't wait to find more!

http://i.imgur.com/cj2YZR0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PSnjgdl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pgH9Hjd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/5OlzuEN.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/m7yYYkb.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/zsCXuRX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/UIOZPls.jpg

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http://i.imgur.com/gDC0skk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YAuTpfj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vJ7Vr14.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/woeB7R3.jpg
Lined snake
http://i.imgur.com/JEZZdcX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/n7ScPw5.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/pHvuIbr.jpg
Another dekay's
http://i.imgur.com/WHmtHk4.jpg

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Desert and/or speckled king
http://i.imgur.com/WPwMnhH.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bH3olJT.jpg
Prairie king
http://i.imgur.com/y9rC9YX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/F4o67CO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/tvDvbZJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/FW6FWSO.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/D6rUQ5Q.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/YgoRhn1.jpg

[Bandit]

Great finds! Love the kings and ringneck. Can't wait to see what you find this year!

[travesty]

and another one
http://i.imgur.com/VY4Lzdk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wwJAh0q.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/e6qSHBw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/59tcg5G.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ykHUB46.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/omOfVqE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6tFVddx.jpg

[travesty]

Thanks! Can't wait for spring.

[reptiledude987]

I really like the ringnecks a lot.

[travesty]

Western Wormsnake. Only one I've ever found.
http://i.imgur.com/Y8V302H.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/IJliP6B.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JyjxXSH.jpg
Miscellaneous water snake. Plain bellied/blotched?
http://i.imgur.com/utlVhrP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/PSehPTv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/i87UgAD.jpg
Another speck w/ dirty fingernails
http://i.imgur.com/qU6zWsv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/OfXe44v.jpg

[Bandit]

Man...love that worm snake. I'd love to find one. Where are you located? My gut is telling me blotched water snake but location would help.

[travesty]

Eastern Coachwhip. I freakin love these things.
http://i.imgur.com/PH2giAd.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bq2mwdr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/9tuwW8P.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/N7Vwoh1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RpYhku3.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DR1d94T.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/SRCGc7H.jpg

And the grossest junk shot I've ever seen.
http://i.imgur.com/Qn1mkDt.jpg

[travesty]

Man...love that worm snake. I'd love to find one. Where are you located? My gut is telling me blotched water snake but location would help.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

[travesty]

Came back to the same den in the fall and caught a hatchling and this one. Maybe the same snake.

http://i.imgur.com/SOHQkm8.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/r7bGmJ1.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/eGEiuqm.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/mWZyBC9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/7aryq8I.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wa8KiRS.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/f0KopwC.jpg

[reptiledude987]

wow thats about as cloudy of eyes ive ever seen.

[FWK]

Awesome finds! I'm also jealous of the Western Worm Snake as well as the Eastern Coachwhips, Coachwhips are always one of my favorites. Thanks for sharing.

Desert and/or speckled king

It is a Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki). Most of OK was considered a Speckled King/Desert King intergrade zone until recent DNA studies showed Deserts are found no farther east than west Texas (roughly along the Pecos River), and no farther north than central New Mexico. The same study also elevated both Deserts and Speckleds to species status. Reference (http://home.gwu.edu/~rpyron/publications/Pyron_Burbrink_2009e.pdf) (range map on page four).

Miscellaneous water snake. Plain bellied/blotched?

It is a Plain Belly Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster). Formerly a Blotched Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa), but no subspcies of N. erythrogaster are currently recognized. Reference (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3322375/pdf/nihms365492.pdf).

[travesty]

It is a Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis holbrooki). Most of OK was considered a Speckled King/Desert King intergrade zone until recent DNA studies showed Deserts are found no farther east than west Texas (roughly along the Pecos River), and no farther north than central New Mexico. The same study also elevated both Deserts and Speckleds to species status. Reference (http://home.gwu.edu/~rpyron/publications/Pyron_Burbrink_2009e.pdf) (range map on page four).

Neat. I always thought they looked close enough to be cousins one way or another. Thanks.

[Pareeeee]

Loving these pictures! Thanks for sharing, can't wait to see more!