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[strikerratt]

Mediterranean house gecko Eastern Garter Snakes one Garter snake was one that i found last time it was not happy to see me again she was biteing the you know what out of me this time lol all 3 Garter Snakes Southern Ringneck Snake Pine Woods Snake snake habitat lol hey it works so far 3 Garter snakes 1 Pine Woods Snake 1 Southern Ringneck Snake on my way home i stop at Payne's Prairie Southern Black Racer alligators Florida Watersnake this little guy was killed by a car as he was crossing the road male yellow rat snake that's all for now enjoy

[Tom]

Thanks for posting the pictures I enjoyed looking at all of them.

Take care
Tom

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[nitram]

very nice pictures. thank you for sharing.

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[Rachel SS]

Wow, where in Florida are you? Great pics!

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[John_White]

Enjoyed your photos!

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[Sakara]

very nice! And wha?? no gator wrangling pics?!?! lol

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[VexalUntil]

Congrats on seeing the bison on the prairie! I didn't get a chance to see them there while I was in G'ville. But my aunt has some on her farm in Williston so that kinda counts...

the pic with the gator was that Alachua Sink or somewhere else?

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[Rachel SS]

Ohhh it is the prairie! I thought it looked familiar...

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[Sakara]

do you ever see the wild horses out there? I think I saw them twice while I was down there... it was pretty cool

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[VexalUntil]

I saw the horses a couple of times, and also more gators than you can shake a stick at!

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[strikerratt]

Originally Posted by Rachel SS

Wow, where in Florida are you? Great pics!

gainesville

Originally Posted by Sakara

very nice! And wha?? no gator wrangling pics?!?! lol

i did once on a gator farm it's not as fun as people think lol

Originally Posted by VexalUntil

Congrats on seeing the bison on the prairie! I didn't get a chance to see them there while I was in G'ville. But my aunt has some on her farm in Williston so that kinda counts...
the pic with the gator was that Alachua Sink or somewhere else?

VexalUntil is right all gator pics are from Alachua Sink and the bison pics are off 441 i see them all the time and one Turtle pic is from Alachua Sink and two from the Springs the last of the pics are from my friends land that she lets me go Field herping on lol

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[VexalUntil]

Wow the sink is still reaallly low...

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[Sakara]

I wish I woulda known all u guys when I lived in G-ville

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[Rachel SS]

maybe I can drag mongoose with me out to the prairie this weekend.... I've gone out a handful of times and haven't seen any gators :/ but I go to the north end

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[VexalUntil]

Go to La Chua trail (Boulware Springs), that's where the sink is and you'll see a ton of them!

Directions

This is how most people get there, I go down 13th St to Williston Rd and make a left (towards Waldo). Then make a right at 4th St (there's a Kangaroo gas station there) and then a left on 15th. You can either park at Boulware Springs/G'ville-Hawthorn trail head or continue straight to the La Chua trailhead. When the road curves sharply to the left keep going straight and you'll go through a gate (on weekends the gate is closed, but I've not had any problems just parking on the grass there) and eventually come to a parking lot.

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[ShaolinKid]

oh wow so many diff animals! haha, nice shots dude. Btw. never knew the name of the southern ringneck snake, but maybe not so southern cause i've found a few of them (only like a handful though compared to the hundreds of thousands of garters, lol) wayyy up her in Staten Island in NYC. i remember the first time i saw it i was real little and thought it was poisonous or something.

awesome finds! lovin the alligator pics. haha

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[Rachel SS]

Originally Posted by VexalUntil

Go to La Chua trail (Boulware Springs), that's where the sink is and you'll see a ton of them!
Directions
This is how most people get there, I go down 13th St to Williston Rd and make a left (towards Waldo). Then make a right at 4th St (there's a Kangaroo gas station there) and then a left on 15th. You can either park at Boulware Springs/G'ville-Hawthorn trail head or continue straight to the La Chua trailhead. When the road curves sharply to the left keep going straight and you'll go through a gate (on weekends the gate is closed, but I've not had any problems just parking on the grass there) and eventually come to a parking lot.

That's where I usually go, it's $8 a car to get into the south entrance by the lake off 441 and I don't usually ever keep cash

La Chua was closed for a while (I'm 99% sure it's open now), they were building a wooden walkway from where the older "new" walkway was to under the old train tracks overpass. I tried to walk out there and it was blocked off, so I went out to the pier that's randomly off 441 and it was dry and there were no gators :/

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[VexalUntil]

Yea I never wanted to pay to visit the park when I could for free. I also go to Bolen's Bluff and usually see the horses there and after heavy rains a TON of cottons!

ShaolinKid - The ringnecked snake has a huge distribution: Florida to southeastern Canada and west to Texas and Iowa.

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[ShaolinKid]

Originally Posted by VexalUntil

ShaolinKid - The ringnecked snake has a huge distribution: Florida to southeastern Canada and west to Texas and Iowa.

Yep, i did a little research right after readin this post and found out how widespread they are.

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[TammyJamaica]

Lovely wildlife and pictures, thanks for sharing.

I may visit Florida later this month or next month but it will be South Florida. I will be sure to annoy y'all with some lame pictures as usual. But my daughter lives right near the water...so...hopefully!

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