crimsonking
05-02-05, 01:22 PM
Heading to the Osceola Nat'l Forest area we saw a few dor corns and racers and a water snake or two.
The first live herp of the day was this FL box turtle on the side of the road.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151box2.JPG
Once in Osceola and on an unpaved road we encountered our target species for the day, a FL locale canebrake rattlesnake.
A first for me and my son.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151canebrake2-med.JPG
Everything else would be a bonus from here on.
In the area we also turned up this gray rat snake,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151gr4.JPG
this juvenile rough green snake,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151green1736.JPG
and a yellow rat snake found in the rafters of an abandoned shed.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151yellow1a-med.JPG
All in all a great day when you get your target species right off.
:Mark
The first live herp of the day was this FL box turtle on the side of the road.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151box2.JPG
Once in Osceola and on an unpaved road we encountered our target species for the day, a FL locale canebrake rattlesnake.
A first for me and my son.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151canebrake2-med.JPG
Everything else would be a bonus from here on.
In the area we also turned up this gray rat snake,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151gr4.JPG
this juvenile rough green snake,
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151green1736.JPG
and a yellow rat snake found in the rafters of an abandoned shed.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/151yellow1a-med.JPG
All in all a great day when you get your target species right off.
:Mark