Why Texas rules ...

[Mel&Keith]

Well beside our high of 82 today this is also pretty cool -

what Keith found on the front porch tonight (don't mind the wasps' nests, lol):

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

That is very cool!:main_yes:

 

[robin]

aww we love our heprs too over here.
texas rats,blind snakes, garters, alligator lizards, spiny lizards, frogs, toads, whip snakes, rattlers
we have found all of those things within eh maybe 100 or so meters of the house but mostly in our yard. it's just lovely here

 

[PrototypeGeckos]

Ahhh, now see, thats not fair, over here in freakin Ga. I am lucky to see a skink, WOOOOOOOO, lucky me, lol. I want to see some reptiles!!

 

[Scott&Nikki]

Here in Chicago, I'm lucky too see my leo. That's the extent of the lizards by me.

 

[Mel&Keith]

We always have lots of little Mediterranean geckos around but we hardly ever see tree frogs, just toads. So it was a special treat to see both in the same spot!

 

[KelliH]

That's really cool, we don't see tree frogs around our house much, just lots of toads.

 

[PaulSage]

Mel & Keith - we have very similar (perhaps the same?) tree frogs way up here in Wisconsin. Ours are still hibernating though

...and yes, Texas does seem to rule. :main_thumbsup:

 

[Jeanne]

Thats Cool! We have box turtles and toads (GALORE) up here.

My roommate saw an albino skunk last night, and we saw a dead Fisher Cat this past weekend

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Texas may rule, but there aren't any Sierra Mountains:

... or giant redwoods:

... or ski resorts:

... or dramatic coastlines:

..or wine country:

... or Yosemite National Park:

..or the Golden Gate Bridge!!!

 

[KelliH]

Speaking of Texas and herps...
Here is my first field collected greybanded kingsnake, caught on HWY 277 at Loma Alta

Here is a Baird's Rat Snake caught on the same highway

Trans Pecos Rat Snake caught in X-mas Mountains area of West Texas.

and a West Tx Scolopendra sp. with her babies!

It's almost that time of year again!

TEXAS RULES!!!
:cowboy:

 

[Jeanne]

WOW Marcia!

 

[Jeanne]

and a West Tx Scolopendra sp. with her babies!

OMG! That's CREEPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nwheat]

Great pictures, everyone!

Jeanne - I would love to find box turtles!!

I don't seem to have much in the way of pictures of the cool things I've found around our house. My favorite was a kingsnake. A very large gopher snake startled me in our overgrown veggie garden a few years ago - Love to see those in my yard!! Right now is treefrog breeding season. Haven't seen any, but you sure can hear them!

 

[Jeanne]

Jeanne - I would love to find box turtles!!

Here's the box turtle we found/relocated last year:

I forgot about this guy, we also found a huge Snapping Turtle last year:

 

[PaulSage]

Dang! I was trying to remember the last time that I even saw a garter snake here in WI, and I'm pretty sure it was 9-10 years ago this one time at church camp.

(Marcia & Kelli - Those pictures are NOT helping me with my moving decision. Couldn't you post some pictures of traffic jams, landslides or smog? lol)

 

[robin]

landslides and smog is in california bleh

 

[robin]

Speaking of Texas and herps...
a West Tx Scolopendra sp. with her babies!

It's almost that time of year again!

TEXAS RULES!!!
:cowboy:

kelli i just puked a little in my mouth

 

[robin]

Texas may rule, but there aren't any Sierra Mountains:

... or giant redwoods:

... or ski resorts:

... or dramatic coastlines:

..or wine country:

... or Yosemite National Park:

..or the Golden Gate Bridge!!!

you are right no redwoods here

no siera nevadas but we have the beginings to the rocky mountains here.
snow skiing is just within a day
the have wonderful beaches with great fishing and you can drive your car on the beach and drink beer
we got wine country up north :yes:
ppffttt yosemite, just a buncha trees
and the golden gate bridge, its a bridge, see it once and the novelty was worn off
we have huge caves and caverns
every type of terrain you can think of. texas has it all and no earthquakes and if ya fart you do not have to worry about offending someone.

 

[KelliH]

West Texas is paradise (to me anyway!).