Zonata

LouB747 · 02-16-16, 03:05 PM

Nice looking Z I found relatively recently.

Albert Clark · 02-16-16, 07:36 PM

Very nice indeed. Are you in California? Where did you find him?

LouB747 · 02-16-16, 08:54 PM

Yeah, California. Found him in San Diego county around 5500 feet.

macandchz · 02-17-16, 12:35 PM

very pretty! i wonder how they escape prey with those colors.

Bandit · 02-17-16, 12:39 PM

Awesome find!

sam · 02-17-16, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by macandchz

very pretty! i wonder how they escape prey with those colors.

Just a guess but I think they use the colours to bluff their prey into thinking they're poisonous?

Albert Clark · 02-17-16, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LouB747

Yeah, California. Found him in San Diego county around 5500 feet.

Cool! How's the weather up there? I lived in NoCal for a while. Keeping a Arizona mountain King now. They look very similar, nice subspecies. Mine is a young female who just came off a feeding strike. That guy you caught , are you keeping him? Lol.

macandchz · 02-17-16, 01:51 PM

sam, what is poisonous that looks like that? some kind of rattle snake?

Bandit · 02-17-16, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by macandchz

sam, what is poisonous that looks like that? some kind of rattle snake?

Coral snakes. Not sure if they have them out that way though.

Edit: Just looked it up and it doesn't look like Corals live out there. Either way, that's the only venomous snake in the U.S. that looks really similar to those.

LouB747 · 02-17-16, 04:02 PM

Weathers been warm lately. No, not keeping him. I'm mostly into field herping and not so much collecting. I believe this subspecies is illegal to keep anyways.

Bandit · 02-17-16, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LouB747

Weathers been warm lately. No, not keeping him. I'm mostly into field herping and not so much collecting. I believe this subspecies is illegal to keep anyways.

You should make a thread for all of your finds. Would love to keep up with them.

LouB747 · 02-17-16, 07:00 PM

I don't photo many of my finds. Most of them I video now. Maybe I'll start a 2016 thread.

My youtube channel is growing.....slowly! I have 75 or so herp videos. Some a few minutes, some 40 minutes!

Anyways, if you're bored, you can check it out at

www.youtube.com/loub747

Bandit · 02-17-16, 07:28 PM

Wow, those are some really incredible finds! Just after watching a few I'm jealous haha

LouB747 · 02-17-16, 09:03 PM

Thanks. I really enjoy herping on the occasional Singapore trip I get. There are a few snakes in the Tokyo area, but I've seen most of them. As far as California, there are still a few species I haven't seen. Hopefully this year will be a good one. It's raining here now, so that's good.

Bandit · 02-17-16, 09:42 PM

Yeah I have a few things on my list this year...namely a pygmy rattlesnake and mud snake. I think I have a shot at finding both, but only time will tell.