WhitePaaws

@whitepaaws

Colombian Biologist. Living in Arizona. 🏳️‍🌈 Furry. He/Him. 29. I speedrun games sometimes. pfp: @/juliekarbon.bsky.social

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WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 5d

Another stunning Colorado Shovel-nosed Snake found earlier this week. Always a pleasure to see these little guys, they are so pretty! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Colorado Shovel-nosed Snake chilling on sand. This individual is light yellow with orange and black stripes along their body.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 7d

Another lifer for me! This massive Regal Horned Lizard happened to be on the road right at sunset. This was definitely one of my top lizard species to find in Arizona after failing to do so last year, and what an unexpected way to come across one. #herps 🦎

A picture of a Regal Horned Lizard on the road. This lizard is very wide and flat, mostly yellow with their characteristic "crown" of horns on the back of the head.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 9d

I was able to see a few of them last year while at work. I don’t have great pictures of them admittedly because I almost never carried my camera, but they are awesome lizards I love them :)

A picture of a Collared Lizard chilling on a rock. Lots of little white dots on their body.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 10d

My lifer Desert Kingsnake found crossing the road in a remote area of southern Arizona. One of my top species I wanted to see while out west. The pattern on this snake is absolutely gorgeous, just wow! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Desert Kingsnake on the road. This species is black with tons of yellow speckling and a black head with some speckling near their nose.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 12d

My lifer Black-necked Garter Snake found in southern New Mexico last weekend! I have no idea why this species took me so long to come across, but I'm very happy to have finally seen one! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Black-necked Garter Snake on some wet rocks. This species is mostly black on their back with a yellow/orange line down their back. Has a little "black neck" behind the head.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 15d

An insanely beautiful Long-nosed Snake I found crossing a busy road on my way back from a productive herping night. I'm a huge fan of this species, the colors are ridiculous, certainly one of the prettiest snakes out in Arizona and a species I'm always happy to see! #herps 🐍

A Long-nosed Snake posing over sand. This individual is orange and black with some yellow spots on the sides of their body and on the head. Absolutely beautiful individual.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 16d

An adult and a baby Blainville's Horned Lizard @evowo.bsky.social spotted while we were hiking a new area for both of us in SoCal! This was my first time seeing this species, so I was really stoked about it, they are awesome lizards! #herps 🦎

An adult Blainville's Horned Lizard chilling on sand. This lizard is very light brown with some red-ish hues. Small horns on the back of the head and black eyes.

A baby Blainville's Horned Lizard chilling on a rock. This baby had also some red hues and some small splotches of black.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 23d

A STUNNING Colorado Shovelnose Snake found right at sunrise today! I've been lucky enough to see a few of these during the past week, but this particular individual has soooo much orange, crazy beautiful. #herps 🐍

A picture of a Sonoran Shovelnose Snake on sand with some rocks around. This species base color is yellow with complete black bands and incomplete orange bands with an orange face.

A top down picture of the same snake, really shows the orange of this individual.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· 26d

A real pretty little Mojave Rattlesnake found while hiking just before sunrise out in the desert of SW Arizona! #herps 🐍

A Mojave Rattlesnake chilling on sand. This snake is light brown/yellow-ish, with slightly darker diamond patterns down their back.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jul 8

My lifer Banded Rock Rattlesnake found a few weeks ago in Southern Arizona! This was one of my main targets from a trip to the sky islands, and managed to find a few of them! Although this individual was the only one I was able to photograph, the others got away. #herps 🐍

A Rock Rattlesnake on a red rock. This snake is gray with black bands on their body as well as a a bit of speckling.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jul 5

Thanks for 900 Followers! Here's a Sidewinder from yesterday to celebrate! 😄 #herps 🐍

A Sidewinder partly burrowed in the sand. This guy is light gray with some slightly darker gray patterning on their back. Has small little horns above their eyes.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jul 5

Surprised it took this long but I finally got to see my first Skink in the west coast last weekend in SoCal! @evowo.bsky.social and I went to check a new spot and managed to find this beautiful Western Skink during a cloudy morning. #herps 🦎

A Western Skink. This species is dark brown with light colored stripes going from just above the eyes all the way down their back to their tail. Little legs and long tail (blurry in the picture).

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jul 3

A real pretty Tiger Rattlesnake found crossing the road late at night last week! This is only the second individual of this species I've found, and the first one I have road cruised. #herps 🐍

A picture of a Tiger Rattlesnake on the road. This snake is light brown with darker brown stripes on their back. Tiny head and big rattle.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jul 2

My most unexpected lifer from last month was this stunner of a Madrean Mountain Kingsnake I found on the road! One of the species I wanted to see the most while in Arizona, yet I had no idea how to even look for them since they are so elusive. I got super lucky this time! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Madrean Mountain Kingsnake on a paved road. This snake is red with white bands and some black as well on their back. Their face is mostly black with a yellow nose.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 26

A beautiful little Western Leaf-nosed Snake found in California while road cruising with a friend. Pretty cool to have seen both Leaf-nosed species just a few weeks apart! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Western Leafnose Snake on the road. This snake is light brown with a white belly. Some dark brown spots on their back and their characteristic enlarged rostral scale used for digging!

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 22

A few Desert Iguanas I've been able to see this week out in the desert! This is such a cool and unique species of lizard, one of the two species of the Iguana family native to the US. They seem to be fairly common once it gets really hot outside later in the day. #herps 🦎

A picture of a Desert Iguana on the sand. This species is light colored with lots of white, some brown and some yellow/orange especially near the tail.

Another Iguana on the sand, lots of stripes on the tail.

A front facing picture of another iguana, cute orange snoot.

A Desert Iguana who didn't let me get too close to them. They are chilling under the shade of a creosote.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 20

A few Sidewinders found in the past couple of days out in extreme Southwestern Arizona! I love this species so much, it's so cool to see them partly burrowed in the sand! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Sidewinder partly burrowed in the sand. The snake's mostly light gray/white and has a bit of patterning on their back. Also little horns above their eyes.

Another slightly bigger Sidewinder burrowed in the sand.

This Sidewinder is hiding under a bush. I first spotted this guy on the move at when it was fairly hot.

Another Sidewinder partly burrowed in the sand.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 17

A few Western Diamondback Rattlesnakes found on the road this weekend as well! Despite how common they can be in Arizona, I'll never get tired of photographing them, they are awesome snakes! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake on the road. This snake is light brown with their characteristic diamond pattern on their back. Slightly lighter towards the tail.

A Western Diamondback Rattlesnake on some gravel. This is a fairly front facing picture but you can see the rattle (blurry) on the right, pretty big rattle.

Another Western Diamondback Rattlesnake on the road, a bit smaller than the other two.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 16

My first snake lifer in Arizona this year! A gorgeous Saddled Leaf-nosed Snake I found crossing the road during a pretty warm night out in the desert! This is such a cool species, their little nose allows them to burrow in search of reptile eggs, their main source of food! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Saddled Leaf-nose Snake on the road (you can see the white line at the top of the picture). This snake is brown, mostly light brown with some darker brown stripes.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 15

A couple of Banded Sand Snakes I found while road cruising this weekend! I'm a pretty big fan of the whole Sonora genus, but Sand Snakes take the cake for me, they are incredible snakes! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Banded Sand Snake on the road. This snake is orange with black stripes! Very small species.

Another Banded Sand Snake on the road. Orange with black stripes.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 9

A stunner of a Desert Patch-nosed Snake found today in extreme southwestern Arizona! This was one of my last snakes for the year last year, and it's now my first non-venomous snake in Arizona since coming back! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Desert Patch-nosed Snake chilling on sand. This snake is light brown with two lateral black stripes that go from behind to eyes to the tail. Had a shield-like nose that helps them dig!

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 4

A young Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake @evowo.bsky.social and I came across during the weekend while hiking new areas in SoCal. Very light colored little guy with lots of speckling, super pretty! #herps 🐍

A Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake taking shelter from the sun under a rock (snake wasn't flipped). This snake is mostly white with some gray/light brown speckling on their body. You can also see the single bud on the rattle! very young snake!

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· Jun 1

A beautiful Red-diamond Rattlesnake @evowo.bsky.social and I found a couple of nights ago in SoCal! Really happy to see this species again, they are just stunning! #herps 🐍

A Red-diamond Rattlesnake chilling on sand. This species is red/light brown-ish in color with the characteristic diamond patterns on their back.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 28

First snakes in Arizona! 3 Sidewinders from last night, my favorite Rattlesnake!! I moved a couple of days ago and I just couldn't wait to get out there and do some herping, I really love it over here. #herps 🐍

A picture of a Sidewinder coiled over the sand. This snake is light gray with some darker gray pattern on their back. Also characteristic for having the little "horns" on top of their eyes.

Another Sidewinder also coiled on the sand, slightly lighter colored individual.

This Sidewinder is on the road. Much bigger individual. Was moved safely across the road after the picture.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 22

Lifer Lined Snake found in Missouri! This was one of my biggest targets while I was out there! I've heard people find these snakes by chance in their backyards throughout their range, but seem somewhat tough to target depending on the area. Super happy to check this one off my list. #herps 🐍

A picture of a Lined Snake coiled on somewhat moist soil. This species is brown with a while line throughout their back and white-ish belly.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 19

A beautiful Milksnake I found in a busy road last night! I don't cruise Milks too often, so this was super exciting, especially because it was in a new county for me! Moved safely across the road after some pictures. #herps 🐍

A Milksnake on a paved road. This snake is mostly red-ish brown with lighter colored patterning, very pretty!

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 17

A few Three-toed Box Turtles from a very productive trip to Missouri recently! This was also a lifer for me and I was beyond stoked to find several, as well as so many different looking individuals! #herps 🐢

A picture of a Three-toed Box Turtle posing on some red gravel. This individual has a mostly black face with yellow spots. Their shell has lost some patterning and looked mostly light brown, very cool!

Another Three-toed Box Turtle. Very different looking individual with a fairly smooth shell and white spots under the eye.

Another Three-toed Box Turtle with a mostly brown shell and some yellow/orange spots on their face. This turtle was found on a paved trail.

Another Three-toed Box Turtle chilling on leaf litter. This one has more yellow patterning on their shell and some orange on their head!

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 15

A beautiful Prairie Kingsnake from the weekend in Kentucky. This is only my 2nd ever individual of this species, and the first in 3 years. They are super difficult to come by around the area, so needless to say, I was beyond excited to see one! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Prairie Kingsnake posing on grass. This individual was going into shed so the patterns aren't super visible but generally it's a dark brown snake with darker brown patterning on their body.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 11

A few snakes from a productive early morning last week! 1) Southeastern Crowned Snake 2) Black Kingsnake 3) Smooth Earthsnake #herps 🐍

A picture of a Southeastern Crowned Snake on a rock. This snake is brown with a black head and a small black band on their neck, very small snake.

A Black Kingsnake on a rock, this snake is black with some yellow on their underside, very pretty!

A Smooth Earthsnake on a rock, this snake is fully light brown and very small.

WhitePaaws@whitepaaws· May 6

A huuuuge and healthy Ratsnake I found on a suburban road yesterday morning! Moved safely across the road after some pictures! #herps 🐍