Sonoran Coral

jeffwilams · 07-25-2007, 12:38 AM

I took my wife for a quick road cruise north of town for the usual suspects....atrox, mohave, glossy and cal kings. I wasn't expecting this at all:

We also found a night snake (no pictures) and an atrox:

And a new friend

:

Not bad for two hours.

MikeB · 07-25-2007, 12:42 AM

@%^###^& you stink!! Just kidding, I am just jelous thats all. The Coral is my #1 target species for this season. congrats on the find.

jeffwilams · 07-25-2007, 12:46 AM

It WAS mine too, Mike

No, I wasn't even expecting it in the spot I was at. We just got lucky.

MRC · 07-25-2007, 12:49 AM

They never do appear where you expect. I have only found them while looking for something else and when conditions didn't seem right for them.

osyum7 · 07-25-2007, 01:52 AM

Beautiful coral! Congratulations Jeff

Brandon · 07-25-2007, 03:23 AM

very nice man, glad to hear you finally got it!

viborero · 07-25-2007, 08:02 AM

Where'd you find that Coral - on a slab of concrete?

MAKOOKAM · 07-25-2007, 08:11 AM

NICE! i was just talking to brandon about you looking for one last night (i bumped into him)... i of course, got COMPLETELY skunked.

Monklet · 07-25-2007, 09:04 AM

Congrats Jeff!!!

awanabug · 07-25-2007, 09:31 AM

Jeff:

Great finds! Hopefully tonight will be as good (or better? if possible).

I will call later this afternoon if I can find your number. right now, I am borrowing a computer in the office of the guy I am cross training with this week before we head to today's contractor. I might be able to grab it again for a few minutes this afternoon when we get back.

reptilist · 07-25-2007, 10:07 AM

Ah, Coral Snake....My favorite tricolor!

C. willardi · 07-25-2007, 01:40 PM

Congrats!!

DantheMan · 07-25-2007, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeB

@%^###^& you stink!! Just kidding, I am just jelous thats all. The Coral is my #1 target species for this season. congrats on the find.

Exactly what he said!!! I know that I am new and that I have to pay my dues but ahhhhhhh!!!!!! Congratulations Jeff...

earthshine · 07-25-2007, 04:28 PM

Good job Jeff!!

jeffwilams · 07-26-2007, 03:01 AM

Thanks guys, I've been looking for this snake since I first got here in Arizona. Needless to say I was stoked!!!

Rich G. · 07-26-2007, 08:55 AM

Corals have a strange Karma. I was born in Az. and literally started herpin' when I could walk. Found my first willardi at age 12 (while looking for pyros of course), found about 20-30 more willards before I found my first pyro at 16, but it took me 45 years to find a coral! And believe me, I looked! Then you have people who just move here (I won't mention any names but one of them has an Irish last name and is rumored to have a shamrock stamped on his arse) who find like seven of them in two years. (I guess I should mention that "MR. Shamrock" was present when my first was found, so we must have been riding on his karma)I'm Irish too, but the stamp must have broken as I passed on the conveyor line,

Uncloudy · 07-26-2007, 01:39 PM

Nice coral!!!!!!!!!

Could you post some pics of the CalKings?

reptilist · 07-26-2007, 01:41 PM

That would be Doctor Shamrock?

jeffwilams · 07-27-2007, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uncloudy

Nice coral!!!!!!!!!

Could you post some pics of the CalKings?

I was looking for CalKings. As soon as I found the coral I turned around.

JJFeldner · 07-27-2007, 09:26 AM

"but it took me 45 years to find a coral!"

Well, I've been herping AZ for 50 years off and on including a year at Fort Huachuca and, except for captives, have actually found less than a dozen Corals. But, one time, many years ago, I went into Dr. Chuck Lowe's lab at UofA and there, on a table, were +/-25 Corals (live), each in it's own, individual gallon jar. Dr. Lowe said that all the snakes had been picked up on the campus at night when watering was taking place. It was quite a sight.

Taipan · 07-27-2007, 06:08 PM

I found a Coral just south of Reata Pass Restaurant many years ago. In fact, it was probably 25 years ago. Dale Lindner used to find them fairly often on or near Charleston Road in Sierra Vista in that same time frame. He gave me one that was 22 or 23 inches long, as I recall. This had to be "pushing" a record length.

Jeff...how long was the Coral that you found?

jeffwilams · 07-28-2007, 04:12 AM

It's a little guy- about 14"

07-25-2007, 12:42 AM	#2
MikeB Herp Guy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Coolidge, AZ Posts: 642	@%^###^& you stink!! Just kidding, I am just jelous thats all. The Coral is my #1 target species for this season. congrats on the find. __________________ Mike barker "There is no sanctuary" --Logan 5

07-25-2007, 12:49 AM	#4
MRC AHA Board Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: C.G. Arizona Age: 38 Posts: 905	They never do appear where you expect. I have only found them while looking for something else and when conditions didn't seem right for them. __________________ -Insert Collection Here (Like the cool people)

07-25-2007, 01:52 AM	#5
osyum7 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 534	Beautiful coral! Congratulations Jeff __________________ I love the RAIN !!!

07-25-2007, 03:23 AM	#6
Brandon Tutti Frutti Summer Love Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Tucson Age: 24 Posts: 136	very nice man, glad to hear you finally got it! __________________ He who obeys all laws.

07-25-2007, 08:02 AM	#7
viborero AHA Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glendale, AZ Age: 35 Posts: 1,282	Where'd you find that Coral - on a slab of concrete? __________________ Diego Ortiz

07-25-2007, 12:38 AM	#1
jeffwilams AHA Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Age: 28 Posts: 557	Sonoran Coral I took my wife for a quick road cruise north of town for the usual suspects....atrox, mohave, glossy and cal kings. I wasn't expecting this at all: We also found a night snake (no pictures) and an atrox: And a new friend : Not bad for two hours.

07-25-2007, 12:46 AM	#3
jeffwilams AHA Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Age: 28 Posts: 557	It WAS mine too, Mike No, I wasn't even expecting it in the spot I was at. We just got lucky.

07-25-2007, 08:11 AM	#8
MAKOOKAM SNAKE MONKEY Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilbert AZ Age: 41 Posts: 1,013	NICE! i was just talking to brandon about you looking for one last night (i bumped into him)... i of course, got COMPLETELY skunked.

07-25-2007, 09:04 AM	#9
Monklet Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ventura, California Age: 54 Posts: 461	Congrats Jeff!!!

07-25-2007, 09:31 AM	#10
awanabug Misplaced desert rat Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dayton, OH Age: 64 Posts: 454	Jeff: Great finds! Hopefully tonight will be as good (or better? if possible). I will call later this afternoon if I can find your number. right now, I am borrowing a computer in the office of the guy I am cross training with this week before we head to today's contractor. I might be able to grab it again for a few minutes this afternoon when we get back. __________________ Persistence & Determination outweigh Talent & Genius awanabug

07-25-2007, 10:07 AM	#11
reptilist /naturalist Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Clifton,AZ. Age: 53 Posts: 1,114	Ah, Coral Snake....My favorite tricolor! __________________ "He who made kittens, put snakes in the grass..." Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)

07-25-2007, 01:40 PM	#12
C. willardi AHA member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Glendale,AZ Age: 22 Posts: 275	Congrats!! __________________ -Aaron Mills

07-25-2007, 04:28 PM	#14
earthshine Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Age: 46 Posts: 143	Good job Jeff!!

07-26-2007, 03:01 AM	#15
jeffwilams AHA Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Age: 28 Posts: 557	Thanks guys, I've been looking for this snake since I first got here in Arizona. Needless to say I was stoked!!!

07-26-2007, 08:55 AM	#16
Rich G. Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Flagstaff, Az. Posts: 719	You did good!.... Corals have a strange Karma. I was born in Az. and literally started herpin' when I could walk. Found my first willardi at age 12 (while looking for pyros of course), found about 20-30 more willards before I found my first pyro at 16, but it took me 45 years to find a coral! And believe me, I looked! Then you have people who just move here (I won't mention any names but one of them has an Irish last name and is rumored to have a shamrock stamped on his arse) who find like seven of them in two years. (I guess I should mention that "MR. Shamrock" was present when my first was found, so we must have been riding on his karma)I'm Irish too, but the stamp must have broken as I passed on the conveyor line,

07-26-2007, 01:39 PM	#17
Uncloudy Yuma AHA Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Yuma, Arizona in Foothills Age: 37 Posts: 568	Nice coral!!!!!!!!! Could you post some pics of the CalKings? __________________ "No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew." -Albert Einstein

07-26-2007, 01:41 PM	#18
reptilist /naturalist Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Clifton,AZ. Age: 53 Posts: 1,114	That would be Doctor Shamrock? __________________ "He who made kittens, put snakes in the grass..." Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull)

07-27-2007, 09:26 AM	#20
JJFeldner Registered User Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Tempe, AZ Age: 71 Posts: 2,862	Rich wrote:>>> "but it took me 45 years to find a coral!" Well, I've been herping AZ for 50 years off and on including a year at Fort Huachuca and, except for captives, have actually found less than a dozen Corals. But, one time, many years ago, I went into Dr. Chuck Lowe's lab at UofA and there, on a table, were +/-25 Corals (live), each in it's own, individual gallon jar. Dr. Lowe said that all the snakes had been picked up on the campus at night when watering was taking place. It was quite a sight. __________________ Sergeant-at-Arms

07-27-2007, 06:08 PM	#21
Taipan Gary Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Chandler, AZ Age: 74 Posts: 21	I found a Coral just south of Reata Pass Restaurant many years ago. In fact, it was probably 25 years ago. Dale Lindner used to find them fairly often on or near Charleston Road in Sierra Vista in that same time frame. He gave me one that was 22 or 23 inches long, as I recall. This had to be "pushing" a record length. Jeff...how long was the Coral that you found?

07-28-2007, 04:12 AM	#22
jeffwilams AHA Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Age: 28 Posts: 557	It's a little guy- about 14"

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