Gladys Porter Zoo is the nicest zoo most people have never heard of.

Nice. Anullata are my absolute favorite American milk. We are extremely lucky here in the states for our amazing diversity of reptiles and amphibians.

Wow, such a cool find! Tamaulipan milksnakes are the best! I also have no clue when this species' common name changed to "Tamaulipan" instead of "Mexican milk snake." But I agree. Changing their name to be more geographically specific makes sense since many other milk snake species live in Mexico.

@leechjim8023

3 ай бұрын

Tamaulipas is the state across the border from S. Texas.

Microhylids in general are so cool, sheep frogs in particular are awesome!

I lived in several Houston suburbs for twenty years. The Mediterranean geckos are everywhere and I constantly found them inside any house in which I was living. Yes,they eat a lot of insects, but where they show up in large numbers, they seem to outcompete the native green anoles and even the skink populations go down. We also had a fairly large snake population in the burbs, ranging from copperheads through rat snakes and hog nose snakes, with garter and brown snakes being common. I’ve even seen a couple of coral snakes. Someone told me - and I haven’t researched this - that the snakes wouldn’t eat the geckos; that they were toxic, which offered one hypothesis for their rapid spread. Again, I don’t know if this is true. I was also told by an electric company lineman that Houston has a growing population of brown tree snakes, a mildly venomous pacific island species. They sometimes climb into pole-top electric wiring looking for birds and nests and short out lines. Supposedly, the invasives arrive via shipping into the port of Houston.

@rafayashary6346

2 ай бұрын

I suspect the lineman was confusing our native western ratsnakes for an introduced species. The only introduced snake species with populations in the Houston area is the brahminy blindsnake, and they’re quite uncommon.

You can't beat Pantherophis. What a marvelous snake 4:13 .

You should do a video in south east texas near houston

@garnerthecube

3 ай бұрын

Yes!

Great video Noah! I loved seeing all of the different frogs. I hope all is well and Happy Easter 🐇 🐣!!! 😄💙🐬🐍🐊🫶🏼

The Brahminy Blind Snake may be most prevalent in US in the state of... Hawaii! You can hardly dig in the dirt without finding one on much of the Big island.

Envious...I seem to have either gone down 3 days too early or 3 too late, as I got nothing but cold rain and strikeouts down there.

Excellent episode Noah ! 😎👍🏻🐍

Super dope as always. Very much appreciated content. Catch you on the flip-side. Richard from Arkansas

Great stuff!

The “gimme the tin” finger wiggle at 2:46 😂

Good stuff Noah! That milk with the tangerine in the stripes was something else. And I always enjoy amphibian content. Love those frog faces

Love the fact you handle these animals with gentle hands and respect! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Brahminy blind snakes are so cool. I’ve actually found them just at city parks here in San Diego, mere feet from San Diego Bay, living under bushes, leaves, eating insects in the soil. The first time I saw one was while gardening in my friend’s backyard, also located just a few blocks from the beach, where the substrate is literally sand. They have basically no actual dirt there. Some patches of hard clay exist but it’s all sand near the beach. Must be perfect for the blind snakes. We picked it up and thought “this is a really smart, friendly earthworm!” because of how it was moving… like the snake that it is. Lol.

Man I bet those poor milksnakes - take a beating for untrained people thinking they’re corals - by far my favorite Milks

Those common house geckos have become very numerous in central Louisiana in the past 15 years. I've counted as many as 12 on the bricks just walking around my house at night. So far they're harmless, the anoles and skinks are still numerous.

I hope videos like these help keep these habitats alive

That frog you were holding up during your intro looked AMAZINGLY like Homer Simpson... Also, now it's a life ambition of mine to hear a Sheep Frog vocalize. ^_^

Cool! A freckled Geko

always love to see anoles featured on the channel :)

@fly_speck_cafe

3 ай бұрын

Dripping off the bushes at Audubon Zoo in NOLA.

That third streckeri is the best looking streckers ever.

We had those Brahminy Blind Snakes everywhere in our yard in Fort Myers, FL back in the day. Under every paving stone or board. We did think they were worms at first. I understand that they do carry a tiny bit of venom for prey.

Nice snake and frog diversity. Especially the milksnakes were phenomenal. If snakes used the same trash pile for a long time, that means that when they are removing them or doing so called habitat restoration, they are indirectly killing many snakes. Habitat restoration must take this into account.

0:30 those are everyone in the houston area

The first milksnake looks like either a scarlet king snake or a scarlet snake--the colouring is so brilliant!

That indigo seems way calmer then the Eastern.

We have those Med. house geckos everywhere here in southeast Georgia.

Ok blind snakes, been finding those in my warehouse near Austin and I have no idea why

Are Texas Indgos as chill and friendly as our local GA Eastern ones? I love the big chonky noodles.

@NKFherping

3 ай бұрын

Yup, very similar disposition.

I had to watch a cat lady ad before this started? What?!?! Do I look like a cat lady? Such a cool shot of that milk going back under the tin. 🔥

Ya wanna talk aliens, I've encountered some wild stuff over the years.

Noah - what kind of snakes were you looking for 2nd day I think that you said have never been on the channel??

@NKFherping

3 ай бұрын

Speckled Racers! I’ve seen a few but all before I started making regular videos.

These animals spend wwwaaaaaayyyyyy too much time in the road!!😢😢😢

I'm not far enough into the video but I hope you can one day explain the differences between those first 2 milks and a scarlet king bc I have no ides at this point

@NKFherping

3 ай бұрын

The biggest difference is size! The milks in this video are normal sized, and would be world record sized scarlet kingsnakes.

@akiriith

3 ай бұрын

@@NKFherping ahhh so scarlet kings are small, gotcha! I guess bc they're called "kings" I expected them to be around the size of your usual black and white kingsnakes. Dunno why since I think speckleds seem to also have a different average length? Oops! :'D

@NKFherping

3 ай бұрын

@@akiriith There are also very few places where Scarlet Kings can be found alongside Milksnakes, so usually range is a good indicator of which species you’re looking at.

In your herping in Texas, have you ever found an Alligator Lizard? They’re supposed to be native parts of Texas.

@NKFherping

3 ай бұрын

I’ve seen exactly one in West Texas!

@deb_ellen9733

3 ай бұрын

@@NKFherping the Southern or California Alligator Lizard is native to the part of California I live in. I had an adult pair a number of years ago, and my brother recently rescued a baby (last years hatchling?) that was clinging to the roots of a fallen tree on the river levee near here. I’ve had her/him for just over a month. The head was the size of the nail on my little finger and it was probably 4-5” from nose to tail, it’s now at least 8” long and has really bulked up. You should see an adult grab, chew and swallow their favorite food - big black widow spiders!

I think you're confusing the Rio Grande Chirping frog with the Greenhouse Frog (when it comes to them being invasive in Florida). Greenhouse frogs are invasive in Florida.

@Gleepo

3 ай бұрын

I had too grande chirping frogs as pets when I was little. I was around 7 but don’t worry as an aspiring herpetologist I kept them safe and happy in a natural environment. Now I own to whites tree frogs and a bearded dragon living my in south Texas.

@NKFherping

3 ай бұрын

I thought Florida has both, I assumed they made it to Florida because I’ve found them not far away in South Alabama.

@hylaherping9180

3 ай бұрын

@NKFherping Well you could be right.

Roof full of those geckos here in MS. U can see clear thru their earholes side to side.

That frog at 11:45 I’ve been abducted by aliens, my family will never believe this 😂

Hey don’t be so rude about the female of the species 😂you might offend her ❤