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RandyRhoads
03-31-12, 06:27 PM
After 5 million miles of hiking through mountains and dester. This little guy fell out of the garage door when it was opened. I've searched and searched and so far I think I narrowed it down to 3 species, but none really look identical.


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/randy666rhoads/DSCN0603.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/randy666rhoads/DSCN0604.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/randy666rhoads/DSCN0611.jpg


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/randy666rhoads/DSCN0613.jpg


http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d86/randy666rhoads/DSCN0609.jpg
marvelfreak
03-31-12, 06:29 PM
Cool looking little guy what ever he is.
RandyRhoads
03-31-12, 06:30 PM
I can't believe the amount of mileage I put beneath my boots only to find one falling from the sky in the garage.....
Gungirl
03-31-12, 06:32 PM
Lol.. that is always great. I know many people have that same type of thing happen.
alessia55
03-31-12, 07:43 PM
Karma can be kind ;) :p
Poor guy looks like he's been chewed up or something.
shaunyboy
03-31-12, 08:26 PM
I can't believe the amount of mileage I put beneath my boots only to find one falling from the sky in the garage.....

^^^^^
as soon as i started reading this thread,i immediatly started to picture you randy.....

trecking over miles of sweltering desert,hiking up mountains,scaling cliffs,scrambling over ridges,finally getting to the top and.....

NOTHING:shocked:

so,you then.....

repeat the proccess in reverse.....

upturning an empty water canteen,to find you've no more water,but your only a mile or so from home,you then precede to put your hiking gear in the garage,and.....

HEY PRESTO.....

a snake falls from the sky,to welcome you home :laugh:

poor wee guy looks like he's had a very tough time of it,judging by all the chunks missing from his body

apart from the bite/crawling into a sharp thing, type marks,imo he looks quite healthy


cheers shaun :D

P.S.nice find,you earned it though mate
RandyRhoads
04-01-12, 02:09 PM
LOL Shaun very descriptive. That's how it went, at least in my mind:yes: Only I repeated that process several times over the past year or two.

The little guy was fine, that was just poo on him.:eek:

No one knows what he is?
MoreliAddict
04-01-12, 02:32 PM
Nice find, glad thats just poop on him, maybe you should give him a quick bath if you haven't already.

Wayne might know what that is...
RandyRhoads
04-01-12, 02:40 PM
I only held onto long enough to snap a few pics. Waaayne....where aaare youuu...
alessia55
04-01-12, 02:59 PM
In order to avoid doing work... Here are my guesses:

a Sonoran Lyre Snake
http://www.snakesofarizona.com/lyre.jpg

a Glossy Snake
http://www.reptilesofaz.org/Graphics/Snakes/ARIELE-06a.jpg

or, a Coachwhip Snake
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee276/ratsnakehaven/Arizona%20Herps/NAFHA%202010%20Spring/CoachwhipEddieHarc42410a1b_TC.jpg
Brently
04-01-12, 03:35 PM
I would say the coachwhip based on the similarity in the structure of the head.
GarterPython
04-01-12, 04:15 PM
I think probably the Glossy Snake!
alessia55
04-01-12, 04:20 PM
The more I look at it, the more I think it's a coachwhip.
reptile65
04-01-12, 04:57 PM
I'm gonna go with coachwhip.
RandyRhoads
04-01-12, 07:44 PM
Coachwhip. Thanks Alessia. I was going through snakes of arizona and didn't see that one. I was leaning towards glossy or sonoran night snake.
shaunyboy
04-01-12, 07:58 PM
LOL Shaun very descriptive. That's how it went, at least in my mind:yes: Only I repeated that process several times over the past year or two.

The little guy was fine, that was just poo on him.:eek:

No one knows what he is?

thats cool it was only poo randy

i swear,the picture i had in my head,i had you doing an indiana jones through the desert,up mountains and over cliffs :laugh::laugh::laugh:

it totally made my day mate,picturing you so determined,you'd walk to the end of the earth,to find a wild snake.....

only for mother nature to deliver one straight to your door.....

mother nature,is one powerfull lady...!!

cheers shaun:D
Kingsnakechris
04-10-12, 11:38 AM
That def. Looks like A coachwhip. I used to catch them all the time when I was younger. I live out by the white tank mountains and I love field herping out there. There really hard to get a decent picture of because of how fast they are, some of them have a really nasty Temper as well. Awesome find! Thanks for posting the pics!
theapexgerman
04-10-12, 11:40 AM
Coachwhip is an really fast snake I couldn't catch one there just to fast
RandyRhoads
04-10-12, 11:40 AM
That def. Looks like A coachwhip. I used to catch them all the time when I was younger. I live out by the white tank mountains and I love field herping out there. There really hard to get a decent picture of because of how fast they are, some of them have a really nasty Temper as well. Awesome find! Thanks for posting the pics!

He was very, very angry! Even when he wasn't trapped he was aggresively striking at me.
Kingsnakechris
04-10-12, 11:41 AM
Also look at the eyes on the pic of the coachwhip, looks identical to the one you found.
Kingsnakechris
04-10-12, 11:42 AM
He was very, very angry! Even when he wasn't trapped he was aggresively striking at me.

Yeah. I've only found one that didn't attempt to take my finger off, that was about 9 years ago.
Will0W783
04-10-12, 12:09 PM
That's a coachwhip you found there, Randy. Coachwhips are really cool little snakes- very fast and very smart.
Kingsnakechris
04-10-12, 12:28 PM
That's a coachwhip you found there, Randy. Coachwhips are really cool little snakes- very fast and very smart.
and VERY tempermental....
millertime89
04-10-12, 01:14 PM
I'm gonna go with coachwhip as well, notice how the pattern fades and disappears the further down the snake you get? Plus head structure and eye color is spot on.