Some of my favorite pics from field herping for horridus over the years...

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Wow, that is quite a variety!

Those all black horridus are stunning!

Well, "rattle" my chain :D. Those are some great shots :wamma:

awesome pictures thanks for sharing

the all black are def my favorite. great pics

Those black animals are amazing!!!!!!!!!

Great shots Kara!

Very nice shots. Where are these photos taken?

Great shots!

Those are awesome shots.

That Black one is just so bad a$$.

Sweet shots :rockon: Thanks for sharing them

Awesome shots of some really nice animals....

Those are some grouchy looking snakes!! lol Awesome pics.

Those are some great shots. But I gotta tell ya if something is rattling at me I'm definatly leaving the building (aka site).

Great shots Kara! I'm hoping to get out and do a lot more field herping this year :D Didn't get to do nearly enough last year. Who knows maybe we'll come across some of them! Lemme know if you want another field herping buddy :lol:

Very nice shots. Where are these photos taken?

NH/MA/CT/VT/NY. Sorry I can't get more specific than that...not revealing location is part of an agreement that allows us to visit some of these dens in the first place. But they're all New England locale animals, and some of these populations are on the brink of completely dying out. :(

Yeah of course, I just wanted to know what states they were in ;)

Cool pics but they dont look happy with their photo shoot

NH/MA/CT/VT/NY. Sorry I can't get more specific than that...not revealing location is part of an agreement that allows us to visit some of these dens in the first place. But they're all New England locale animals, and some of these populations are on the brink of completely dying out. :(

YUP! Gotta keep that stuff as quiet as possible. :cheers:

The black timbers have always been my favorite! Man those are good shots...

Stunning rattlers!!!
The A B

Man those are some sweet pics. I'd be crapping my pants takin them , but it would be something to see them in their natural environment. Cool stuff.:yourock:

You know, you'd be surprised how shy the timbers up here actually are. It's not as if they're buzzing & striking and acting defensive when we're taking these photos...with the exception of the first pic (a male meandering through tall grass), and the baby on the rock, they're all peacefully coiled yet alert, calmly inspecting us as we calmly inspect them.

We've been able to get pretty close in order to get good pictures, but of course there's a lot of common sense & reading the snake involved. It does, however, help that most of these animals are relatively calm & shy. I certainly wouldn't try it with an atrox!!! ;)

the melanistics are smokin....

the melanistics are smokin....

I second that!

sweet pics.....thanks for posting

You know, you'd be surprised how shy the timbers up here actually are. It's not as if they're buzzing & striking and acting defensive when we're taking these photos...with the exception of the first pic (a male meandering through tall grass), and the baby on the rock, they're all peacefully coiled yet alert, calmly inspecting us as we calmly inspect them.

We've been able to get pretty close in order to get good pictures, but of course there's a lot of common sense & reading the snake involved. It does, however, help that most of these animals are relatively calm & shy. I certainly wouldn't try it with an atrox!!! ;)

I posted some shots of some timbers I was able to see this year, and you couldn't be more right. Extremely calm just enjoying soaking in the sun, yet obviously keeping an eye on us while we gaze, jaw dropped. They really are amazing creatures. Those melanistic individuals are fantastic.

WOW never saw a melenistic horridus LOVE IT, I know a den in NJ and have seen 3 different color variants never a all black one though!!!!!!!!!!

The solid blacks are sweet!

great pics Some mean looking snakes for sure

Amazing pics-1,4,9 my faves! :cheers:

Wow, that is quite a variety and some great shots of them.

Those are some killer horridus. Do you keep them at all? I would have a very hard time not keeping some of the rarer finds.

Those are some killer horridus. Do you keep them at all? I would have a very hard time not keeping some of the rarer finds.

I guarantee the answer is No to that, they are extremely endangered in that area of their range for the very reason you posted and that is why anyone who knows a den area should keep it to themselves. :nono:

WOW! Amazing.:rockon:

i dont think i ever seen an all black one...what the %!#$!

Like everyone has said...AWESOME shots!!!

They look so ticked lol I love it aswell great pics