Meanwhile, back across the street Brandon found an adult Red Milk, one with very wide red blotches, and Jeff turned up an adult Black Rat that was ready to shed its skin.  Jeff and Tracey obligingly helped the snake to do so.  At the same time Chad found an adult Glass Lizard, which calmed down and posed rather nicely for us in the grass.

An old quarry was our next stop, and the Kansas fellas found a good-sized Bullsnake there before we arrived on the scene.  Tracey got another Prairie King, and someone found an Osage Copperhead that I managed to miss seeing.  Brandon found a gorgeous Speckled King, one with little pattern and a yellow spot in every scale, very close in appearance to the 'true' Speckles I used to catch in eastern Missouri.  What a beauty!

By now the sun was sliding over the horizon, and as Matt had to get back home the Kansas boys said their goodbyes and rode off into the sunset.  We appreciated their taking us around to some great spots, and were also grateful for Chad's help throughout the week.  It makes a big difference to have someone along who knows the territory and the right places to look.  It also helps to be hands-off herpers who are interested in what they can see and not what they can collect.

One more roadcut in the last of the light produced nothing more interesting than a Collared Lizard, so we turned our attentions to hunting down some dinner.  It had been another fun and productive day.

We stayed put that night, staying at the same motel as the night before and having a late Mexican supper.  Ken and Jim had uploaded a lot of digital pics to their laptops, and so we had a late-night slide show preview of the herp trip so far.  A chance to re-live the experiences of the past four days.  The next day was going to be our last day as a group of eight - Jeff, Dav and Jim were heading back home at midday.

Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata)
Western Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta belli)
Prairie Racerunner (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus viridis)
Great Plains Skink (Eumeces obsoletus)
Ground Skink (Scincella laterale)
Eastern Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris collaris)
Western Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus)
Prairie Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus arnyi)
Texas Brown Snake (Storeria dekayi texanum)
Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta)
Red Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum syspila)
Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki X splendida)
Prairie Kingsnake (Lampropeltis calligaster)
Eastern Yellowbellied Racer (Coluber constrictor flaviventris)
Western  Worm Snake (Carphophis vermis)
Blotched Water Snake (Nerodia erythrogaster transversa)
Redsided Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis)
Western Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix haydeni)
Osage Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix phaeogaster)
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)
Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)
Western Chorus Frog (Psuedacris triseriata triseriata)
Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea)
Plains Leopard Frog (Rana blairi)
American Toad (Bufo americanus)