3-11-2006
Riverside County California with Dad
In February, one month previous to this trip, I made the same trip with a friend from Arizona and we found 11 red diamond rattlesnakes in sunny warm weather. March however was the unexpected southern CA blizzard which made for a 2 snake trip.
San Bernardino Mountains. This is why the trip was rather unsuccessful in the reptile department
Pyrecantha berries in the snow.
Snake # 1 of the trip. A baby red diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus ruber)
And a western black headed snake (Tantilla planiceps)
My dad, Peter, helping look for snakes in 50 degree, windy, rainy weather.
A small and colorful centipede
A slender salamander (Batrachoseps major)
Fortunately the trip was primarily a half way point visit because the herping was rather cold and miserable.