Field Herping 2016

[eminart]

I haven't done any serious trips yet this year, but I've gone out to a couple of spots near my home. My daughter and I have made a few cool finds. Nothing rare, but always fun anyway.


Sceloporus undulatus
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0001_zpsenmykbqi.jpg

Some sort of wolf spider
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0004_zps76vadyma.jpg

Thamnophis sirtalis #1
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0046_zpstpn7itsd.jpg

Thamnophis sirtalis #2
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0094_zpsbon4m1dn.jpg

Thamnophis sirtalis #3
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0104_zps6vghjjco.jpg

Deer mice (snake food)
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0112_zps6fcqupar.jpg

Nerodia sipedon pleuralis (juvenile)
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0121_zpsxdsggalk.jpg

Lampropeltis getula nigra #1
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0004_zpsjn9tnlqy.jpg

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Lampropeltis getula nigra #2
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0023_zpsf88fxpz2.jpg

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We took a family walk on some Land Trust property today. We weren't herping, and all I had was my phone for a camera. But, we came across a couple of cantankerous Eastern Rat Snakes (Pantherophis alleghaniensis).

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/image_zpscxc16oim.jpeg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/image_zps3mvgusl4.jpeg

[Albert Clark]

Terrific! And the photos are great. Digging the t.s.sirtalis. Thanks for sharing.

[SnoopySnake]

Awesome pics!

[eminart]

Thanks, Albert, and Snoopy. I'm hoping to so some more serious herping soon and hopefully find some species that are a little more rare.

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Or, I guess those rat snakes are P. spiloides. I'm still fuzzy on what's what with the rat snake designations.

[mysticmoon]

Beauties they are, thanks for sharing

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My daughter and I spend a large part of last Saturday herping. We didn't have much luck, other than a few lizards and one Nerodia erythrogaster that slipped off a bank and into the water before I could get a photo.

But, here's a couple of friendly skinks. I assume they're common five-line skinks.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0014_zpszlr7yulm.jpg

[SnoopySnake]

Hahaha that's too cute. Feisty little guy

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I had an hour of free time this morning. Unfortunately, it was cloudy with occasional sprinkles. I didn't find any snakes, but the turtles were out and about.

Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0008_zpsvhhlzbvm.jpg

Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina serpentina)

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0043_zpsjfqygytg.jpg

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I haven't had a lot of luck lately. But, here's a few recent finds. Turtles are out everywhere, laying eggs, I guess.

Southern painted turtle

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0033_zpslpwelp6y.jpg

Yellow bellied water snake

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0055_zpsojmxsxen.jpg

Midland rat snake

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0112_zpsqkbdvror.jpg

Green frog

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j120/eminart/Herps/Herping/2016/DSC_0078_zpsjpbrelx8.jpg

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I put the wrong ID on that frog. It's actually a bullfrog.