Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Discuss fieldherping here

Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Postby gatsu7 on May 30th, 2010, 8:08 am

I haven't been online in a couple of days, and this is why. It was a really fun trip, and we found some kind of rare critters.

Eastern Collared Lizards: We found many of these, as usual.

Image
Image
Image
Image
Image


Woodhouse's Toad: 2 of these greeted us at our campsite, and stayed with us the entire time. Many more were found on the roads.

Image
Image
Image

Pill Bugs: I have never seen so many in 1 place. There were probably thousands of them in this 1 log.

Image

Horned Lizard: I found this dude just sitting on the path leading back from Water Cave. I haven't seen one of these since I was a small child.

Image
Image
Image

Slender Glass Lizards:
We found tons of these. Unfortunately, most were hit by cars, but we did find 3 live ones. They are really cool.

Image
Image
Image
Image

Texas Long-nosed Snake: This made the trip for me. It was the hardest snake I've ever had to let go. Absolutely beautiful.

Image
Image
Image


Garter Snake: Can someone identify the species? We let this guy go in the park, with Tandy's permission.

Image

Ground Beetles: We found a ton of these trucking it across the road and decided to catch one for a better look. They are huge.

Image

Oklahoma Brown Tarantulas: We caught 2, and they live with Tandy now. If we had stopped to collect all that we saw on the roads, we would have run out of deli cups. They all seemed to be female too.

Image
Image
Image
Image

Cave Crickets: These covered the walls inside Ice Stalagtite Cave.

Image
Image

Giant Redheaded Centipedes: We found 2 of these, but only managed to get pics of the one in the Ice Stalagtite Cave entrance. Both of them were easily over 8" long.

Image
Image
Image
Image
Michael Wilson
Image
Image
Snakes:
0.1 P. regius
1.1 E. guttata
0.1 L. calligaster
1.0 P. c. sayi
0.1 B. dumerili
0.1 L. g. holbrooki
1.0 C. c. flaviventris
Amphibians:
0.1 A. mavortium
0.0.1 B. a. charlessmithi
Lizards:
0.2 E. macularius
Bugs:
0.2.5 Tarantulas
3.0 P. imperator
Mammals:
0.3 Dogs
User avatar
gatsu7
Adult
 
Posts: 761
Joined: May 8th, 2009, 7:00 pm
Location: Edmond, OK

Re: Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Postby coopman23 on May 30th, 2010, 4:51 pm

Michael that looks like it was an awesome trip! I really like the horned lizard and the glass lizards! That long-nosed snake is a beauty as well, Idk how you were able to resist bringing it home! :lol: I hope to find one this year also.
Benj Loser Pronounced Low-Sir.... Don't worry I get it all the time!
Image
User avatar
coopman23
Juvie
 
Posts: 157
Joined: February 3rd, 2010, 12:25 pm
Location: Norman

Re: Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Postby gatsu7 on May 30th, 2010, 5:11 pm

coopman23 wrote:Michael that looks like it was an awesome trip! I really like the horned lizard and the glass lizards! That long-nosed snake is a beauty as well, Idk how you were able to resist bringing it home! :lol: I hope to find one this year also.


They are a "special concern" species in Oklahoma, and are illegal to collect. Otherwise, I would have had to fight Catherine for it :lol: .
Michael Wilson
Image
Image
Snakes:
0.1 P. regius
1.1 E. guttata
0.1 L. calligaster
1.0 P. c. sayi
0.1 B. dumerili
0.1 L. g. holbrooki
1.0 C. c. flaviventris
Amphibians:
0.1 A. mavortium
0.0.1 B. a. charlessmithi
Lizards:
0.2 E. macularius
Bugs:
0.2.5 Tarantulas
3.0 P. imperator
Mammals:
0.3 Dogs
User avatar
gatsu7
Adult
 
Posts: 761
Joined: May 8th, 2009, 7:00 pm
Location: Edmond, OK

Re: Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Postby Cat on May 30th, 2010, 5:21 pm

gatsu7 wrote:
coopman23 wrote:Michael that looks like it was an awesome trip! I really like the horned lizard and the glass lizards! That long-nosed snake is a beauty as well, Idk how you were able to resist bringing it home! :lol: I hope to find one this year also.


They are a "special concern" species in Oklahoma, and are illegal to collect. Otherwise, I would have had to fight Catherine for it :lol: .


Yep, I warned Michael that if it turned out it was legal to keep it I was gonna murder him in his sleep.
Cat
Egg
 
Posts: 2
Joined: June 19th, 2009, 7:39 pm

Re: Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Postby snakefreak on May 31st, 2010, 6:07 pm

That really does look like a great herp trip! I would love to find a long nosed snake! Does anybody know if Packsaddle is a good place for snakes?
Cameron Hodges

0.1 Gonyosoma oxycephalum
1.0 Orthriophis taeniura friesi
1.0 Pituophis catenifer affinis
0.0.1Varanus timorensis
3.1 Pandinus imperator
0.1 Grammostola rosea
1.0 Physignathus cocincinus
User avatar
snakefreak
Hatchling
 
Posts: 100
Joined: February 9th, 2010, 12:10 am
Location: Oklahoma

Re: Alabaster Caverns 5/28 and 5/29/2010

Postby gatsu7 on May 31st, 2010, 7:29 pm

snakefreak wrote:That really does look like a great herp trip! I would love to find a long nosed snake! Does anybody know if Packsaddle is a good place for snakes?


I guess we will find out next Saturday :D .
Michael Wilson
Image
Image
Snakes:
0.1 P. regius
1.1 E. guttata
0.1 L. calligaster
1.0 P. c. sayi
0.1 B. dumerili
0.1 L. g. holbrooki
1.0 C. c. flaviventris
Amphibians:
0.1 A. mavortium
0.0.1 B. a. charlessmithi
Lizards:
0.2 E. macularius
Bugs:
0.2.5 Tarantulas
3.0 P. imperator
Mammals:
0.3 Dogs
User avatar
gatsu7
Adult
 
Posts: 761
Joined: May 8th, 2009, 7:00 pm
Location: Edmond, OK


Return to General Fieldherping

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

cron