at Conboy Lake NWR in Glenwood, WA
A funny thing happens in the northern portions of the range of side-blotched lizards...they aggregate in anticipation of winter. I haven't posted many of these pics, but I have years of data on certain hibernacula where I've been counting the numbers of lizards active on any given day. Here I count at least 18 lizards.
It was 8°C (46°F) for a high on this date. That's about the minimum lower thermal limit for Uta activity. In this case, there was no activity for the two weeks prior to this, so this may have been the first chance to warm up for most of the 10 Side-blotched Lizards visible in this photo.
Full credit for this record goes to biologist Lowell Diller (now deceased), who found this specimen and provided me with the photo-voucher
The snake was found in a wild banana patch, in the centre of a large stream (>10m width). It regurgitated an arboreal Snail-eating Pareas sp. indicating this is a snake eating species.
encountered behind sago plants block in MP-21
All the snails besides the left most snail which looks green around the aperture. I think the green looking one is Fluminicola turbiniformis.
Here's a video link:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DAADNfmsy0k
Growing next to Lower Vulcan Lake, Kalmiopsis Wliderness. Scanned from a 35 mm slide.
Endemic to SW Oregon; namesake of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness area. Scanned from 35 mm prints I took in May 1995 (day of month approximate, as I can not find my notes from this trip).
Scanned from 35 mm prints.
Jalca de Coipin, the type locality for this very rare endemic of high elevations in the the Andes Mountains of north-central Peru.
Both flower morphs growing next to each other—light flowers with long pistils and darker flowers with short pistils. Reproduction only happens between plants with opposite flower morphs.
Mt. Billingslea to the right rear in the 3rd pic.
Juvenile
Several individuals seen on Man Head Cay. This one is in breeding colors.
Found under rock on dry, open, rocky hillside. juvenile. Ventrum black.
Only a guess. I have no idea.
An axanthic morph I came across just outside of Lost Lake! Probably the most exciting find of the season coming across this hatchling. Had to be no more than 8 inches in length.
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)
Ran under a sage before I caught it. First one I've ever seen. Second one I know of in this general area.
Spotted by Jeff Arensen (jeff1046)
Photos Owner: Than Naing
Record of Native Species Conservation & Identification Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nscimy/permalink/933666368474773/?mibextid=W9rl1R
Found under rock. 51 F. General location: South of Klamath River, within 1km of Scott River Rd, & north of Scott Bar.
Seen while we were exiting the Todd Lake parking lot
First 8 photos taken on the summit of Diamond Hill, the last one was taken near the base on the south side. The summit oaks are visible in this photo.
Photographer Deb Bradley - client of Royle Safaris on tour
Very aggressive! This snake snapped at me and flared its cowl when I took a step toward it.
Lampropeltis herrerae
Interesting population at the top of Pumice Stone Mountain, at 6,900 ft. Flowers mostly white with some pink, leaves oval with brown margins. @jdmore @jdjohnson @tmessick
Kingsnake swallowing a rattlesnake, observation for the kingsnake
Appeared only as a tentacle at first, but seemingly appeared out of nowhere from a hole in the sand. It wasn’t doing very well, and got swept down the pool, where it got tangled up with a northern kelp crab, which attempted to eat it. The octo inked, and got away, where it briefly hung onto the opposite side of the pool, before being swept away by a large wave. Extremely cool encounter, but this guy was clearly not doing well at all, unfortunately. Never thought in a million years that I’d see one here. Not sure on species, but it appeared to be different from the one I saw earlier this year in Yachats
Adult female. COSEWIC-designated Coast Mountain population.
In a cave undescribed species
Two individuals in what I presume was a failed predation event. Adult and juvenile locked together by the jaw. Lower jaw was locked together by the teeth. I unhooked them, gave water, and after a short time the adult was gone while the juvenile stuck around in a nearby bush.
I presume the adult tried predating upon the juvie, and the juvie got luck, grabbed onto the adults jaw, and hung on till they were exhausted.
DOR on Hwy 50 west of Austin.