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, Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake.
In-situ shot of another neonate from the same area as the last one. I took a knee to photograph the King and this little one was a few rocks over from my knee cap, realized after the fact but my thumb came out unharmed
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, Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake.
Just like the ruber, this little neonate Speckled rattlesnake was hidden underneath the first layer of talus.
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I’ll be honest, I’m posting these Red-backed salamanders found in Michigan last week because I don’t want three kingsnakes (I’ll be posting a light phase soon) in a column on my profile. This is a fascinating species though! The second slide compares the “red backed” and “lead backed” phases they can be found in. The fourth slide shows a quadruple-flip (one got away as I was taking photos) and you may notice that the largest one is gravid.
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I haven’t posted much other than snakes in a while, so I’ll post a photo of today’s California toad ((Anaxyrus boreas halophilus). Ended up a quick herping session with two California kingsnakes, one California toad, 3 species of lizard, an ebony tarantula, and lots of polymorpha.
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