Mastodawn

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I have some new neighbors across the street, from the Pacific Northwest. We've chatted a few times and yesterday I gave them a whole bunch of cuttings off of my cactus here to help them landscape their yard. I was talking about all the lizards and snakes that live here and how I had to catch and relocate a rattlesnake from under the crawlspace in my house. I suggested to them that they look into rattlesnake aversion training for their dog.

I also said that if they found a rattlesnake in the yard, I'd be happy to come get it and relocate it. Jinx, I guess, because she walked over this evening and said that there was rattler in their yard. A western diamondback, like the one that was under my house. Absolutely beautiful snake with 14 rattles! It's much bigger than it looks like curled up in the photos in the bucket.

Alt text in first pic has info about distinguishing western diamondbacks from Mojave rattlesnakes.

#Rattlesnake #HerpReport #Herpetology #LifeInTheSonoranDesert #Snake

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My camera shoots fascists 1d ago

Last night after I posted the picture of the Sonoran Desert toad, it came back to the water dish for a little more toadly spa time.

What it is probably doing is "drinking", which they do by osmosis through a membrane on their lower abdomens.

#LizardReport #Herpetology #Toad #HerpReport

Carlton Carnivores 2d ago

New video out!
And...it's the first one from 2026! A proper visit to California, where the first full day in state gave up an exciting brand new lizard species, a very surprising predation event...and a species of snake I've been dying to see in the wild for years.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/22U7CNYxpOU

#herping #herpetology #snakes #lizards #reptiles #animals #birds #wildlife #california #nature #educational #biology #zoology #carltoncarnivores