This don't have a damn thing to do with 'shrooms...but some of y'all seem to be knowledge about critters, as well as 'shrooms, so I figure here is my best chance of getting the right answer.
I caught something.....uh let me rephrase that...I caught a critter last night that I've never seen before. Seems like I may have seen a picture of this a long time ago and it was called a "ribbon-something-or-other". Anywho, this thing was about 8-10" long, was cream-to-light tan in color with dark brown stripes (ribbons) running the length of the body. Head appeared lizard like and it was missing a good chunk of tail (as is common with some lizards) but the thing had no legs. It was cool as hell! Any suggestions?
Critter question
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Outdoorsfool
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Critter question
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Re: Critter question
Western Slender Glass Lizard:
Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
Average total length is 26 inches. This is Missouri's longest species of lizard. They are often called a "glass snake" because they are long, slender and legless. However, they are true lizards, with eyelids and an ear opening on either side of the head; snakes have neither of these characteristics.
Nearly two-thirds of the lizard is tail, and a large part of it can break off if grabbed by a predator. Glass lizards are tan or brown with black stripes. They are grassland and savanna reptiles and found statewide.
Does this fit the bill ODF ?
Ophisaurus attenuatus attenuatus
Average total length is 26 inches. This is Missouri's longest species of lizard. They are often called a "glass snake" because they are long, slender and legless. However, they are true lizards, with eyelids and an ear opening on either side of the head; snakes have neither of these characteristics.
Nearly two-thirds of the lizard is tail, and a large part of it can break off if grabbed by a predator. Glass lizards are tan or brown with black stripes. They are grassland and savanna reptiles and found statewide.
Does this fit the bill ODF ?
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Rafe Hollister
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Re: Critter question
That would be my guess, too, ODF.
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Re: Critter question
That be the critter I caught. First one I've ever seen. Too bad my boy wasn't around to see it...I checked it out for a bit and then let it go on it's merry way.
I guess I have to take back my comment about finding the right answer down here, huh?
You all are some smart mo-fo's, regardless of what PoisonSnake says about you!!
I guess I have to take back my comment about finding the right answer down here, huh?
You all are some smart mo-fo's, regardless of what PoisonSnake says about you!!Politicians are like shoemakers who make pretty shoeboxes but forget to make the shoes.
Re: Critter question
I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature’s ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. – Fred Bear
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GoGop
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Re: Critter question
I caught one of those years ago, down in Bourbon, Mo. but the old n....... uhhhhhhhhhh, old YMCA Camp near Blue Springs Creek. 
.. he likes to shoot a man in the throat just to see his head wobble before he hits the ground