The Reptile Room

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When in the reptile area, there is always someone watching...this guy might actually be leaving house soon, a bit sad since he's proven to have a great personality and looks nothing like Nimona.
Hybrid by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
But there are plenty of animals that will stil lbe around obviously...like Carmen
Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Local bulls have been really active recently
Yard bull by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Pool noodle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Box turtles were too up until very recently
Yard turtle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the hogs are always active
Yard hog by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Neighborhood hog by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Patio toads also back in full force
Bucket guard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Pot toads by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Boxed corn
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Ever-curious bullsnake...
Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And some native locals; moved this guy away from someone's porch in the neighborhood
C. viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
C. viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
C. viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
C. viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
They actually put him in a bucket before I got there...and apparently there was a napkin involved at some point that the rattlesnake took his frustration out on. I now have a fang to teach with.
Fang by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Another big mama hoggie showed up too
Hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And, not a reptile, but...
Lichen moth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Lichen moth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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The psychedelic grasshoppers have been plentiful this year...unfortunately that has also meant a lot of holes in my otherwise pristine seedling Sarracenia hoods...
Grasshopper by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Last year's baby hog
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Baby hognose by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also just because, latest YouTube vid featuring reptiles:

 

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Tsela by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Shiny
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the hybrid is starting to display a lot more of her black pine heritage
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Callie surveying the basement
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
The garter that was supposed to be male...and is very obviously not because she was ovulating this summer
Cymara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Cymara by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Young prairie rattler needing relocation
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
The little grump at its new location
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And, possibly last snake of the year, yellow-bellied racer that was hiding under the Sarracenia pool tarps
Coluber constrictor flaviventris by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Coluber constrictor flaviventris by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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One Callie pic this month
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Namer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Exercising the long dog
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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March is wake-up season for all the temperate snakes...
Dreamer by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Gubler by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
As I've moved cages, this guy now stares at me all day long while I'm going in and out of the big greenhouse or repotting things outside it
Rebel by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Jacob by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Faulty mac 'n cheese box...
Lux by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Only contains one noodle
Lux by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

To no surprise, first yard snake of the year: hognose
Heterodon nasicus by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the pot squatters are already back
Anaxyrus woodhousii by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard says BLBLBLBLBLBL
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Reynard by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Toad parkour
Woodhouse's Toad by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Box Turtle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Road hog by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Got to witness a unique event in the front yard recently: hognose actively predating on a toad
Yard hog feed sequence by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Yard hog feed sequence by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Yard hog feed sequence by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
When he was done, didn't do the best of jobs hiding away
Yard hog feed sequence by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also the box turtles have finally begun showing up again (had another just today, younger and far more patterned than this older girl)
Box turtle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And a really weird occurrence: chorus frog mid-summer, who just kind of materialized next to me while I was repotting
Pseudacris maculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Pseudacris maculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Pseudacris maculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Pseudacris maculata by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Hybrid girl is starting to become a big dark girl
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Still a sweetheart like her mother though
Nimona by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Another local turtle that I took a moment to film
Box turtle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

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Callie periscoping off my hand
Callie by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And Irwin continuing to frustrate me over his yearly food strike (usually lasts until November so hopefully ends shortly)
Irwin by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also took a few pics of animals with the mascot while I prep their cages for winter
Embron and Spitfire by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Embron and Carmen by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Not reptile, but the giant hawkmoths showed up again; this is what tomato hornworms become
5-spotted Hawkmoth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
5-spotted Hawkmoth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
5-spotted Hawkmoth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
5-spotted Hawkmoth by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also, very last couple of wild snakes seen this year were prairie rattlesnakes relocated from a neighbor's yard
Crotalus virdis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr