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Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer ssp. sayi)Observer
thollingDescription
app. 3 1/2' long hit by car on FM 812 adjacent to undeveloped land and ranchettes but still alive. Released in a pasture nearby on private property where it slithered off. Presumed survived.
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Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)Observer
thollingDescription
road kill near ephemeral pond; sandy soils; belly solid beige with no dark markings
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Western Ratsnake (Pantherophis obsoletus)Observer
thollingDescription
4' Texas rat snake dead on road right on edge of community of Red Rock
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Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta ssp. elegans)Observer
thollingDescription
picked up crossing CR 399 several hundred feet from the nearest water
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Plain-bellied Watersnake (Nerodia erythrogaster)Observer
thollingDescription
road kill on Red Rock Ranch Road adjacent to small ephemeral pond in post oak thicket in sandy soils
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Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum)Observer
thollingDescription
fresh road kill on Sand Hills Road just east of Red Rock adjacent to tame pasture near riparian woodlands and stock tank.
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Broad-banded Copperhead (Agkistrodon laticinctus)Observer
thollingDescription
fresh road kill on Red Rock Ranch Road adjacent to vacant post oak thicket on deep sandy soils.
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Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans)Observer
thollingDescription
fresh road kill on Sand Hills Road between post oak woodlot and improved coastal pasture. Deep sand soils.
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Mediterranean House Gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)Observer
thollingDescription
found underneath composite siding on old house
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Rough Greensnake (Opheodrys aestivus)Observer
thollingDescription
I was using a chain saw to remove a 16" diameter post oak stump killed in the 2011 drought. This rough green snake was inside the stump in pithy wood riddled with beetle tunnels.
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Life (Life)Observer
thollingDescription
I was using a chain saw to remove a 16" diameter post oak stump killed in the 2011 drought. This rough green snake was inside the stump in pithy wood riddled with beetle tunnels.
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Rough Earthsnake (Virginia striatula)Observer
thollingDescription
Several specimens spotted under wood plank. The individual photographed was found under a small concrete slab near a septic system.
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Texas Glossy Snake (Arizona elegans ssp. arenicola)Observer
thollingDescription
DOR; fresh roadkill, app. 30" in length, unusually dark pattern, unimproved asphalt road
