Prettiest rosy I have ever seen. Found near my brothers house as a juvenile on Eldridge. Looked extreme hypo to albino when discovered. Picture taken at three years of age.
San Diego alligator lizard (Elgaria multicarinata ssp. webbii) is on the lam. This snake species has been hunting lizards preying on flies visiting my Stapelia gigantea blossoms.
Prey item of a red tailed hawk. Partially eaten then shared with the two juveniles.
Associated with observation
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82583401
Found this snake in the pool. 1:36 PM
At first it was at the edge of the pool, and when my mom and I walked to the backyard, we saw the snake slither into the pool and get onto the chlorine cap. When the cap neared the edge, the snake slithered away.
Digital scan from my color slide. Ordway Preserve (= Ordway-Swisher Biological Station), near Smith Lake, Putnam Co., Florida. 9 Mar 1985.
Amelanistic specimen. Reported in: Stuart, J.N. and C.K. Dodd, Jr. 1985. Life History Notes: Cemophora coccinea copei. Coloration. Herpetological Review 16:78.
Western Coachwhip that showed up close to my water drip estimate snake close to 4 feet in length
Viewed from the basement window. Deerald seems to have decided this was a great place to snooze overnight. It couldn't see me, so I managed to get a few great shots of just how much I need to wash these windows.
Albino - female -
a locally celebrity for more than 10 years
Piebald White-tailed Deer
This looks to be an example of a hypomelanistic version of a red-bellied newt. I have not been able to see any documented observations like this!
Close up of rattlesnake in tree. Photos taken using iPhone SE attached to a spotting scope. Distant photo showing location of snake in tree.
Took pics and six minute video of Rosy burrowing and using snout to excavate rock and soil approximately ten inches deep. I saw the same Rosy five consecutive mornings at this location.
On a morning walk behind the animal control shelter, I spotted a writhing black ball and a wing in a tree. Holding up my binoculars, I couldn’t believe my eyes. About 30 feet up in the air, a Ratsnake was dangling from a limb and struggling to swallow a Northern Mockingbird. I ran back to my office for my camera. Returning in about 5 minutes, it was still going at it. I watched for about 20 minutes until they fell into the undergrowth and I couldn’t see it anymore. I was able to capture some video as well and posted it on my nature photo blog. http://williamwisephoto.com/photographyblog/ratsnake-devours-mockingbird
Rosy Boa on Isla Espiritu Santo. This species is not listed for the island in Grismer
Albino plethodon species, possibly Western Red-backed (Plethodon vehiculum) a common species in this area.
~50mm SVL
~45mm Tail Length
16 Costal Grooves (from what I can tell)
Small guy we named him Tod.We were having fireworks and he was hopping along and he found us!He stayed the whole time!
Geovanny pointed this action out... lots of loud crunching going on here
Had spotted a white bundle of fur in a tree and after a time spent studying determined it was a Raccoon with either Albinism or Leucism. It shifted a few times over a couple of hours and finally when I had nearly given up, it briefly opened it's eyes. Which confirmed this as an Albino, as Leucism does not impact eye pigment.
@sambiology @mchlfx @wildcarrot I went looking for @jblinde Siren's but got distracted obviously. Has anyone mentioned seeing this animal at LLELA?
in the absence of a trunk or stone to lean on, a capybara may be an option;
I have observed these two individuals do this twice;
see also
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/nelson_wisnik/21258-the-friendly-capybara
The unbelievable amelanistic individual was found by Eli Bieri. Just about the coolest thing I have ever had the pleasure of seeing. No surprise that this has become my most favorited observation
Finally, something that gets me excited about Bullfrogs again...
I stopped for a Spring Peeper, and then noticed a yellow object with a red reflection, a ways down the road. I assumed it was some trash, and then realized as I got closer that reflection was an eye shine.
Western fence lizard basking on a tree trunk. The lizard was covered in fungal spores, which gave it a yellow coloration.
"Diamondless" aberrant individual, seen moving through property, and vanished into an armadillo burrow.
Appears to be some sort of "patternless" Pacific gopher snake
Habitat Preserved but disked continuously.
This entry is for the upper middle kingsnake (light brown and Yellow) All three were found within 30 yrds of each other.
The other two kings in the photo have their own observation (entries)
Beautiful leucistic Cal King found while road cruising in the Mojave! This lavender morph is common in the pet trade but rare to find out in the wild. It was very far from human habitation so it is definitely not an escaped captive bred snake.
Dead inside stomach of bullfrog. Exact coordinates are in my post for a bullfrog with the same picture. Couldn't figure out how to copy it over to this one and the arroyo toad post with same picture
Came upon this fight between a gopher snake and a California King Snake at the Santa Ysabel Nature Center. The King snake had the gopher snake in a squeeze and finally got the head of the gopher snake in its mouth. It must have felt confident enough to let the constriction off and as soon as it did the gopher snake constricted on the King snake. The King snake released the gopher snakes head and the gopher snake took off and escaped. The King snake was the larger of the two.
Posted under California King Snake also
snake seen in previously posted Red-tailed Hawk nest. Adult hawk is to the right in this photo, snake is center-left
Cannibalization of one snake eating another of a similar size of the same species. It appeared to be having difficulties finishing the meal but I wasn't able to observe long enough to see the outcome.
This king snake is putting the squeeze on a gopher snake!
King got gophers head in its mouth. The gopher snake ended up getting free.
Now gopher seems to have the squeeze on. Gopher got away.
I didn't find this myself but the guy who did let me take a pic, pretty cool partial striped sidewinder.
Being eaten by a water monitor (Varanus salvator macromaculatus). The lizard started trying to eat it about 30 mins before dark - it was about 33 C during the day so probably would have killed the lizard to try earlier. It had to stretch and bend its whole body to push the snake into its stomach. Movement occurred in 1 or 2 minute bursts with a rest in between. Took the monitor about 30 minutes to swallow the snake.
Snake was dead before the monitor started. How it died is unknown.
Poorly focused photo of an adult that has captured and killed a hatchling.
YOY Found being eaten by a YOY Kingsnake. The Racer appeared to be longer than the Kingsnake.
Note: This record is for the Striped Racer, and the kingsnake has it's own observation.