Red Rock Nevada

[DAWNoftheLEO]

Me and the girl went out today for some more herping fun.

This time we went 25 minutes west of Las Vegas. We were out for a little over an hour, lil, micro herping.


A lot of other usual things..


Bats..
Kangaroo rat.
3"+ Praying mantis
An even smaller kit fox, so darn cute..Always too fast to nab pics of.

A couple tarantulas, the legs seem a little lighter in color than the Valley of Fire kind.

And my highlight, he was fun to pick up and play with for a while ! I couldnt find my snake hook, so had my fun with a bamboo stick. He was very calm, an intresting demeanor. Over 3+ feet.

 

[ExcessiveHerps]

Of all snakes it had to be a pituophis! I've ALWAYS wanted to find one that would be the #1 genus I'd want to find right after rattlers. Nice find do, I thought you didn't catch it? BTW those guys are harmless should be a gopher snake I believe not sure how west bullsnake live. I just held a 7.5' female northern pine this week when I picked up some feeders from a local breeder.

Xavier

 

[DAWNoftheLEO]

It didnt hiss or strike like a bull?? Than again, snakes are not my field lol...

I didn't take him home :main_no:

 

[ExcessiveHerps]

It didnt hiss or strike like a bull?? Than again, snakes are not my field lol...

I didn't take him home :main_no:

I think its a great basin gopher as thats all I can find as native to NV yet they are in the same genus as bull snakes. I've always admired them and their size and would like to get a bull when I move.

Xavier

 

[DAWNoftheLEO]

Let's hope for gold this weekend!:main_thumbsup:

 

[ExcessiveHerps]

Yet we need more locations! If nothing new I'd like to hang out in VOF earlier maybe 2-3 hours before sunset and scope out that one area we stopped and noticed the stars and then drive around some more starting right at sun set.

 

[DAWNoftheLEO]

Yet we need more locations! If nothing new I'd like to hang out in VOF earlier maybe 2-3 hours before sunset and scope out that one area we stopped and noticed the stars and then drive around some more starting right at sun set.

Im gonna do some google earth research tonight.

I'm down for the VOF. It is such a different beautiful beast in the day!!! MY GIRL IS STAYING HOME, LOL

 

[ExcessiveHerps]

Sounds good man want to plan for Saturday? It would be better for me we should leave Vegas around 2-3.

Xavier