Found these whist spotlighting

[elapid68]

Went spotlighting a couple of nights ago and here's a couple of critters we found.

1. Western Toad Bufo boreas
2. Glossy Snake Arizona elegans
3. Neonate Western Diamond Rattler Crotalus atrox
4. Western Diamond Rattler Crotalus atrox
5. Some big ass spider

 

[bredli84]

good stuff, still in daytona?

 

[pugsly]

Na...

Thats just in Suburban Melbourne!

 

[elapid68]

Back home now (came back a couple of days early).
We found them in southern Arizona on the last night we were there.

 

[bredli84]

got pics of the expo?
that glossy snake is pretty cool

 

[jamesr]

thats alsome!!
and ive never seen a glossy snake before

 

[elapid68]

Yeah the Glossy is a beautiful little snake. Vibrates its tail like a rattler (of course there's no rattle so it's silent) which is quite a strange sensation if you're not used to it.

Got quite a few shots of the Expo but they're on the laptop which belongs to one of the other guys I went with so I'll have to get them at a latter date.

 

[planks]

are the glossys venomous ??

 

[planks]

5. Some big ass spider

your rite it is big what type is it anyway

 

[marcus09]

cool pics

 

[elapid68]

The Glossy is a non venomous colubrid.
As for the spider, no idea what it is, just some bag ass spider with a huge nasty set of fangs.

 

[elapid68]

Just a couple of non herp shots :

1. Sunrise at the Grand Canyon
2. Rainstorm near Tucson
3 & 4. Sunset near Tucson

 

[pugsly]

Awesome mate, must have been a great trip

 

[elapid68]

Apart from the multitude of flights, we hired a car and drove about 2,600 klms so we got to see some of the small towns and stuff away from the tourist type places. Once you get out of the big cities and onto the back roads, the country is quite pretty. Actually felt strange when I came home and tried to drive. I got quite used to driving on the wrong side of the road.

 

[elapid68]

Went spotlighting a couple of nights ago and here's a couple of critters we found.

1. Western Toad Bufo boreas
2. Glossy Snake Arizona elegans
3. Neonate Western Diamondbacked Rattler Crotalus atrox
4. Western Diamondbacked Rattler Crotalus atrox
5. Some big ass spider

Damn I need to get some sleep, 1. should read Sonoran Desert Toad Bufo alvarius & 2. should read Gopher snake Pituophis catenifer

 

[dazza74]

they are great pics you must have had a great time in the USOFA

 

[reptilegirl_jordan]

the spider from a guess is a bird eating spider,iv keep a few bird eaters and that one looks like them...i could b wrong

 

[mr_muesli]

Great pics Elapid68, the grand canyon sunrise and WOW, that's one big spider lol, hairy too,
Was the US a nice holiday, away from the perfectness of Australia??lol

 

[Bung-Eye]

some great shots there mate. That glossy snake is awesome, and so is the spider.

 

[moosenoose]

Fantastic pics. Looks like you had fun