Herping methods?

[pet_snake_78]

Well most snakes aren't just running around in the open, they are hiding in shelters where the prowl for mice and/or thermoregulate beneath cover objects. You need to move the snake out from under the shelter though, set it back down, then allow it to crawl back under the object. There's no harm in touching most snakes and they typically are stunned for a few moments after the cover object is removed. I gently move the venomous ones with a stick, just stay out of striking range and you'll be fine. Lizards... some hide under rocks and such, too, otherwise are out basking at the right times of day and very easy to see. In some areas, driving around on roads in the late evening to night is productive, in other areas it's kind of a waste of gas without much being seen. Finally, the pit vipers can often be seen when the gravid females are hiding in rock crevices before giving birth. For amphibians, the frogs and toads can be located by their calls in the breeding season, the mole salamander family tend to congregate at ponds and cross roads during specific times of the year.