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First outing of the year in Central Texas

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I had an hour to kill on Sunday and went out behind my place to flip a few rocks. It turned out to be a fairly productive day. I found the following:

4 ea. Scincella lateralis
2 ea. Tantilla gracilis, 4" and 6" yearling/sub-adult
1 ea. Thamnophis sirtalis annectens, 20" adult in blue

I hope this was a sign of things to come this season, especially in West Texas!
 

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I returned to the same area I found the T. s. annectens and found this really nice Thamnophis cyrtopsis ocellatus (Eastern Blacknecked Garter)
 

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Wow I'm really jealous of the Texas Garter ? How often do you find them ? What county are you in if you dont mine me asking ? Very cool pictures.
 
I'm in Austin (Travis Co)

That is the second annectens I've found this year. A photo of the other one:
 

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Very nice annectens pics!!!!! Those guys are pretty rare up here in North Texas...I haven't seen one for 5 years!!! Do you sell any?
 
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