Long and slender. Dark body. Short limbs. Easy to hand catch. Found under wood plank.
4 April 2012 Larry Hunt and I observed a large number of Tehachapi slender salamanders active near the surface at this locality. Most notable were the large numbers of juvenile animals. Nearly every rock >5cm in diameter had a salamander under it.
Referring to the partially digested carcass at left. The snake had disgorged it moments earlier.
Cleaning the side yard under old rotted planks...left the planks there. One large one and about 4 smaller ones
Found by Marcos Carrellos, Nicholas Hess, Makkia Brockoway, and Caroline Pederson
After discussion among folks more knowledgeable than me…this did turn out to be a stebbinsi! My first…although now I’ve seen 10 more…
At a locality where both nigriventris and minor are present. Last photo is a photo of the back legs of this individual on top of a comparison of minor and nigriventris
This one has stumped me for months. Was photographed from the forest floor, about 10 meters up. Found within a mixed flock of many foliage gleaners, xenops, canopy myrmotherula, and tanagers. Bird is centered in the photographs, perched on the woody vine.
Found floating in the water, took it out to get photos and then replaced. It was alive and when the purple mouthparts were touched it extended those little hooks and went for a little chomp
South side of El Paso Creek, between Lopez flats and Arealb cabin, Tehachapi Mountains.
MVZ-272605
Milk Snake ?? Coast Mountain King Snake ?? Red black and white.
Santa Barbara county. Nojoqui Falls.
Zona con pocas áreas verdes y árboles bajos
My lifer rubber boa from when I was 10, found in a place where they can be quite elusive