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TexZona snake trip
Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:16 am
Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:16 am
8 days…5,500 miles, 62 snakes, 20 species/subspecies
Arizona
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Madrean Mountain kingsnake
Sonoran coral snake
Desert kingsnake
Regal ring-necked snake
Tiger rattlesnake (drop for drop the most venomous snake in the Western hemisphere)
Banded rock rattlesnake
Northern black-tailed rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Sonoran gopher snake
Hooded night snake
Arizona
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Madrean Mountain kingsnake
Sonoran coral snake
Desert kingsnake
Regal ring-necked snake
Tiger rattlesnake (drop for drop the most venomous snake in the Western hemisphere)
Banded rock rattlesnake
Northern black-tailed rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake
Western diamondback rattlesnake
Sonoran gopher snake
Hooded night snake
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Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:16 am to TigrrrDad
Texas
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Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake
Kansas glossy snake
Variable ground snake
Long-nosed snake
Great Plains rat snake
Chihuahuan night snake
Desert kingsnake
Prairie rattlesnake
Mottled rock rattlesnake
Ornate black-tailed rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake
Western diamondback rattlesnake
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Chihuahuan hook-nosed snake
Kansas glossy snake
Variable ground snake
Long-nosed snake
Great Plains rat snake
Chihuahuan night snake
Desert kingsnake
Prairie rattlesnake
Mottled rock rattlesnake
Ornate black-tailed rattlesnake
Mojave rattlesnake
Western diamondback rattlesnake
This post was edited on 9/4/25 at 11:41 am
Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:17 am to TigrrrDad
Great pics thanks for sharing 
Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:18 am to TigrrrDad
You aint right.
Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:37 am to TigrrrDad
Posted on 9/4/25 at 11:46 am to TigrrrDad
Most venomous snake in this part of the world.
"I have a great idea!! Let's pick it up!!!"
"I have a great idea!! Let's pick it up!!!"
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:12 pm to TigrrrDad
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Madrean Mountain kingsnake
beautiful snake
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:16 pm to diat150
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beautiful snake
My favorite ever.
Funny story - We were road cruising up a mountain, and my buddy spotted a skunk, so we stopped and hopped out to video it. Before we get back in the truck, he says he has to pee. So I’m like, “I guess I’ll walk this area while we’re stopped.” I walk not 20 feet and the first place I look, I spot the Mountain king in a drainage culvert. Unreal.
This post was edited on 9/4/25 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:19 pm to TigrrrDad
Keep the threads coming
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:20 pm to TigrrrDad
thats crazy
this guy is also very unique. Regal ring-necked snake
this guy is also very unique. Regal ring-necked snake
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:20 pm to TigrrrDad
Great pictures but your still nuts.
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:23 pm to bbvdd
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Most venomous snake in this part of the world. "I have a great idea!! Let's pick it up!!!"
I went into the trip saying I wouldn’t pick up a Tiger rattlesnake. Then when we saw our first one, and it was so much more gorgeous than I was expecting, I was like “how could you NOT pick it up???”
While their venom is the most toxic, they aren’t nearly the most dangerous. Ghey have tiny heads and small fangs, and they don’t deliver a large dose of venom. The Mojaves can have different venom types - the ones in Arizona are much worse than the ones in Texas. And the “bad” Mojave venom is very close to the Tiger’s in toxicity. Both have a lower (more potent) LD50 than an Eastern coral snake. And the Mojaves would deliver more venom than a Tiger, so they’re a bit more dangerous.I held a Mojave in Texas but didn’t attempt it in Arizona.
I was able to handle 7 of the 8 rattlesnake species we encountered - the Prairie was mofo. He launched at me and his whole body teleported a couple feet from where he started. Got it on video.
This post was edited on 9/4/25 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:35 pm to TigrrrDad
Good stuff, thanks for sharing. Y'all see any other critters besides snakes and skunks?
I finally found a pygmy last weekend. Had been trying to find one for quite a long while, and came across this chill little dude on Eglin public land south of Milton/north of Navarre.
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I finally found a pygmy last weekend. Had been trying to find one for quite a long while, and came across this chill little dude on Eglin public land south of Milton/north of Navarre.
> Posted on 9/4/25 at 12:50 pm to TigrrrDad
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Variable ground snake
I find it funny that the only snake you posted a picture of in a tree... is a "ground" snake.
Awesome pictures. Beautiful snakes. Looks like you had a great trip.
Posted on 9/4/25 at 1:22 pm to MikeyWM97
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find it funny that the only snake you posted a picture of in a tree... is a "ground" snake.
I was wondering if someone would catch that irony.
I cheated - I posed it in the tree because it’s the only way I could get it to stay still.
Posted on 9/4/25 at 1:24 pm to TigrrrDad
regarding trip logistics; do y'all just sleep all day and hit the road at night covering miles looking for snakes?
Posted on 9/4/25 at 1:26 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Y'all see any other critters besides snakes and skunks?
Not as much this trip - at least 3 different types of skunks, but otherwise just a dead coatimundi, a raccoons, a badger and an elk calf whose mom bailed so he just kept running back and forth along a fence.
Last trip was the real mammal bonanza - I got to hold a baby ringtail, porcupine, javelina, and vulture. And also had the close up mountain lion encounter.
Posted on 9/4/25 at 1:33 pm to TigrrrDad
I know you can't always go by eye/pupil shape and head shape, but those night snakes look venomous.
Posted on 9/4/25 at 1:34 pm to TigrrrDad
I never realized how similar the Mojave and western diamondbacks looked. Is it hard to differentiate them quickly at nite?
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