Post by Sabre52 on May 16, 2012 22:24:57 GMT -5
Howdy folks,
Caught this one this week too. This is a Western Coachwhip and believe me, these are so freaking fast that this 65 year old had one heck of a time chasing this feller down. After a hundred yard dash with me trailing him a bit, I finally caught his last two feet just as he was going into a hole. He then wrapped himself around a root so I had to lay on my stomach with one hand holding onto him while I took my knife and dug parallel to the hole till I could cut the root . I could then safely dig him out. Fortunately, he did not choose to go into the trees as I can't climb worth spit and these guys can. This Edwards Plateau subtype is duller than most. I've caught these in many colors out west, Black in Arizona and bright red in California. Green in some other areas, This one is midsized as they grow to about seven feet or more and this one is about 4 1/2. They eat mainly lizards, birds and frogs around here. My wife took these photos as she will not hold these as they usually bite savagely and have long teeth. Again, I had to hold onto it as they are super fast but oddly, not even an attempt to bite from this one so the wife took a long series of photos before I returned him to his territory. Here are just a few.....Mel
Close up. Wonderful scales on these snakes. I really like the way they are patterned.
Caught this one this week too. This is a Western Coachwhip and believe me, these are so freaking fast that this 65 year old had one heck of a time chasing this feller down. After a hundred yard dash with me trailing him a bit, I finally caught his last two feet just as he was going into a hole. He then wrapped himself around a root so I had to lay on my stomach with one hand holding onto him while I took my knife and dug parallel to the hole till I could cut the root . I could then safely dig him out. Fortunately, he did not choose to go into the trees as I can't climb worth spit and these guys can. This Edwards Plateau subtype is duller than most. I've caught these in many colors out west, Black in Arizona and bright red in California. Green in some other areas, This one is midsized as they grow to about seven feet or more and this one is about 4 1/2. They eat mainly lizards, birds and frogs around here. My wife took these photos as she will not hold these as they usually bite savagely and have long teeth. Again, I had to hold onto it as they are super fast but oddly, not even an attempt to bite from this one so the wife took a long series of photos before I returned him to his territory. Here are just a few.....Mel
Close up. Wonderful scales on these snakes. I really like the way they are patterned.
