Field-herping Pics *more*

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Thank you to everyone for the kind words regarding my photography. Here are some more photographs to enjoy!
Cheers,
RMB

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2985northern_copperhead.jpg
Northern Copperhead (Alton, Illinois)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295smooth_green_snake.jpg
Smooth Green Snake (Sparta, Wisconsin)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295broad-headed_skink.jpg
Broad-headed Skink (male in breeding condition) (Alton, Illinois)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2985gray_treefrog.jpg
Gray Treefrog (Sparta, Wisconsin)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295black_rat_snake_2.jpg
Black Rat Snake (Ozark, Missouri)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295water_snake.jpg
Northern Water Snake (Pennsylvania)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295spotted_turtle.jpg
Spotted Turtle (Slade, Kentucky)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295red-spotted_newt.jpg
Red-spotted Newt (Slade, Kentucky)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2985blue-spotted_salamander.jpg
Blue-spotted Salamander (Dresser, Wisconsin)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/2985black_widow.jpg
Black Widow (Virginia)

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1295funny_skink_1.jpg
Five-lined Skink (gravid female - notice anything else?) (Urbana, Ohio)

[Colonel SB]

Aww that little spotted turtle is so cute I wan one.

[CDN-Cresties]

That blue spotted salamander is awesome!!! Excellent pics.

-Steve-

[HeatherRose]

Great pictures :D I love the salamander and the newt!

Thanks for sharing them with us :)

[red bootz]

Great Pics! I'm with the Colonel, love the spotted turtle.

[alex_33]

Awesome pics! That copperhead really blends in well, it took me a few minutes to find his head lol.

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alex_33,

That animals' cryptic pattern allowed it to blend in so well with it's surroundings that my day may have proved a lot more painful when I happened upon it :) In fact, this was the first venomous animal I encountered during the field study (we were studying five-lined skinks). So, when I saw a skink on a rock outcropping 3-4m away, I wasted no time in scaling the terrain on all fours (picture rock climbing). I pulled my self up on top of a ledge and noticed this beautiful beast less than 4 inches away from my ungloved hand (and face). I called the two other members of my team and it took them more than a few seconds to see the animal with me pointing right at it. Luckily, I was spared an envenomation and learned a valuable lesson without actually having to be taught it - we wore gloves and used mini garden rakes to manipulate the detritus after that.

Cheers,
RMB

[snakemann87]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN man nice pics. What camera if you dont mind!

[ohh_kristina]

these pictures are lovely! I really like the copperhead, he's beautiful! You are lucky to have come across these wonderful herps. Thanks for sharing!

[Yve]

the pics are all beautiful but I especially like the spider...thats a great shot.

[ReptiZone]

no one said any thing about the forked taild skink well i will. there it was said. and I fell better.

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Yeah, I thought it was worth commenting on :) Weird eh? We found a few more fork-tailed skinks after that one (a couple in Virginia and one in Pennsylvania).
Cheers,
R

snakemann87 - I use the Canon A70, I can't say enough good things about this camera!