Shorty Harris
@ShortyHarris99
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I enjoy herping 🐍🦎🐢🐸🦎 and hiking around the USA, but mostly in the southwest.
Route 66, New Mexico, USA
Joined October 2016
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#WorldSnakeDay Grand Canyon Rattlesnake from a 7 mile hike down the Grandview Trail last September.
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A baby Prairie Rattlesnake, its black button segment shows it has only shed once. I've seen more babies than adults around the denning area this year.
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New Mexico Gartersnake at Bosque Del Apache NWR. The range of this snake is pretty much limited to the riparian areas along the Rio Grande, only in New Mexico.
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I saw this on the road yesterday and just had to take a photo! ⚠️😀
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Full-length view of the Prairie Rattlesnake with aberrant coloration. I found it again out in the open near the winter denning site. It's a mature adult, so the weird color variation hasn't hurt its survival.
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Wow! This Prairie Rattlesnake has really aberrant coloration! Almost no pattern at all, just 3 weak blotches mid-body, even missing the "mask" over its eyes. It was basking under a scrub oak near the winter denning area. It's a mature adult.
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Black Ratsnake moving through woodland. I found this 5 ft (1.5m) long snake in northeast Ohio while I was there visiting family recently. (I let it move peacefully through the woods rather than disturb it for a more dramatic photo)
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A baby California Kingsnake near Wickenburg, Arizona. A really iconic species of reptile.
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I named this Eastern Collared Lizard, "Big Daddy ". This is the 3rd year I've seen him; he seems to have a specific territory. The largest Collared Lizard I've ever seen, I'm guessing he's at least 7-8 years old, and is actually less colorful than other males in the area.
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Variable Skink in the Zuni Mtns of New Mexico; they seem to prefer moist wooded canyons. These are hard to photograph because they never, never, never stop moving. They are common, but hard to find because they always stay under cover. I can go 2-3 years between sitings.
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SENSITIVITY WARNING. I nearly stepped on this diamondback #rattlesnake consuming a Gila #woodpecker. Despite being hard to witness (we caught it on vid, too) 😢 - this is a fascinating look at nature: flexibility of the #snake's jaw, expansion of skin/scales... Wow.
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A Turkey Vulture was in a tree in the backyard. The inherent ugliness is enhanced because this photo catches the bird blinking its nictitating membrane on its eye.🤢😮
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Prairie Rattlesnake asleep & soaking up the sun in the Zuni Mtns. It was resting so peacefully that it never even flicked its tongue a single time.
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Eastern Collared Lizard. The weather is getting cooler & these guys like it hot, so this might be my last colorful male of the season.
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Prairie Rattlesnake flattened out on a road at night to absorb the heat from the pavement. This is the light tan, faded morph that I see in the Chihuahuan Desert of southern New Mexico.
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Glossy Snake. This cute little hatchling was crawling on a road in the middle of the tiny village of San Antonio, New Mexico. (population 65)
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Desert Kingsnake at Bosque Del Apache NWR along the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
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This big bull Elk casually strolled across the road at Bosque Del Apache NWR in New Mexico. We do have lots of Elk in the Zuni Mtns near where I live, but they normally don't stand around to be photographed.
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Western Diamondback Rattlesnake at Bosque Del Apache NWR. This big chunk was getting active right before sunset.
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2 species of lizards commonly seen around the sky island area of SE Arizona. Yarrow's Spiny Lizard found in the mountains; unlike most of the bigger Sceloporus, Yarrow's allow close approach. Clark's Spiny Lizard found in lower elevations like foothills.
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