new mexico field collecting
 

hey all i am new at this but would love to go out and find a smooth green snake, kings or what ever else i can go and see around here and was wondering if you can give me any advise. yes i do know to watch out for rattlers, i have lived here my whole life. thank you for your time and help.

The only smooth green snake I have ever seen have been from up north in Pa.,when I used to live there and collect. Not sure if you guys have them out there?? This time of year early mornings look for stuff baskin, up until it starts to get hot. After a good rain is good it will get stuff moving and an hour or so before dark until 10-11p.m. you should be able to find stuff roadcruising. Lizards during the day can be a pain in the butt. If you start just before daylight go out and find places where you can go flippin trash or rocks,just becareful where you put your fingers when flippin.Good luck and have fun and always be safe in the field.

well i looked up snakes in New Mexico and found this http://home.comcast.net/~herpsofnm/S...ts/snakes.html it has the opheodrys vervalis- smooth green snake i would love to have one. i would also love to find a gray banded king, ring-neck, New Mexico blind snake and a hog-nose which is also on this site. thank you and i will be carefull

Just be careful. I don't go field collecting, but I know there are some beauties out there. If you catch something please show pics!

went out once
 

went out one time but had no luck. i don't even have a pic of a rattler to post but heard of a good spot, just waiting for my son to be born then i will go and check it out.