Category Archives: Animal
Sun Valley Parkway…. The passing of an era.
I just received word that the land along Sun Valley Parkway, west of the White Tank Mountains in central Arizona is now scheduled for development. The area is a vast expanse of open desert land in central Arizona west of … Continue reading
Reptile Display at Cub Scout meeting
I went and did a little reptile display and education for a group of Cub Scouts on thursday. I brought several varieties of corn snakes, a few baby rosy boas, and a gray banded kingsnake. I showed them some rattlesnake … Continue reading
Herps from WA State
This Great Basin Gopher Snake was found road cruising along the Spokane River. This Wandering Garter Snake was very aggressive. Found the exact same snake in the same spot 2 days later. This Western Skink was found under a pile … Continue reading
Lots of Cornsnakes Hatching…
July has been extremely busy. The cornsnakes have been hatching since the 20th. We are up to our ears in cornsnakes. We have creamsicles, snow corns, albino corns, anerythristic corns, and more on the way. We had a chance to … Continue reading
Monsoon Cruise…
Last night some storms came in and me and my wife went out to see what we could turn up. There was a bit too much rain for my liking, and apparently for the snakes too… We did turn up … Continue reading
Current egg count
I checked the snake room this afternoon and found 7 more eggs, this time from a pretty California Kingsnake. The eggs all look good, nice and white. The female looks to be in good condition too, which is a definite … Continue reading
Longnose Snake, Southern Arizona
Here is a picture of a longnose snake from Southern Arizona. We saw two during our last trip. Not quite the coral snakes we were hoping to see, but very colorful nonetheless:
We went down to Southern Arizona
We went herping in Southern Arizona in late May. While we did not see anything unusual or exciting, we did get to take a few photos, including this Western Diamondback: