Time for some Braggin'

[MathieuO]

This year I've seen 31 on 38 species found in QC! My best year so far!

Here is my Québec list...

Mudpuppy
Eastern newt
Blue-spotted salamander
Yellow-spotted salamander
Northern dusky salamander
Mountain dusky salamander
Redback salamander
Four-toed salamander
Spring salamander
Northern two-lined salamander

American toad
Northern spring peeper
Gray treefrog
Western chorus frog
Bullfrog
Green frog
Mink frog
Wood frog
Leopard frog

Snapping turtle
Wood turtle
Blanding's turtle
Common map turtle
Painted turtle

Northern water snake
Brown snake
Redbelly snake
Garter snake
Northern ribbon snake
Smooth green snake
Eastern Milk snake

Mathieu Ouellette

[coolhl7]

Florida
crowned snake
southern pine
southern hognose
eastern hognose
corn
grey rat
scarlet snake
scarlet kingsnake
white chinned black racer
coachwhip
pigmy rattler
eastern diamondback
mud snake
brown watersnake
cottonmouth
red bellied watersnake
banded watersnake
florida garter
florida ribbon
rough green snake
coral snake
it pays to live in Florida, the Hurricane State!

[coolhl7]

Another reason for you Canadians to hate Americans, especially Floridians(LOL):
I just walked out in my backyard (8pm dark/humid/78degrees F) and found a 24 inch corn crawling around...Put him in one of my cages and within 2 hrs he ate 2 F/T pinks...now I have to decide ...let him go and have the neighbors kill him or run him over...let him go in a remote area....or fatten him up for a while...any suggestions?

[JD@reptiles]

its probably the rarest snake in canada. about 200 left...

Originally posted by CamHanna
So I guess blue racers are a dime a dozon then eh? And I'm the ONLY one who didn't find one. Of course I did pretty much stick to Perth County all summer.

[CamHanna]

My pitiful little attempt at homour...

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Originally posted by CamHanna
My pitiful little attempt at homour...

I understood when I first read it. No worries... I knew you were joking. Too bad there isn't a "tongue-in-cheek" emoticon...
Ryan

[CamHanna]

Is this the foxii that everyone found?
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Photo by Jonathan Crowe from http://www.ontarioherpers.org/pelee/...html?photo=15.

Originally posted by coolhl7
now I have to decide ...let him go and have the neighbors kill him or run him over...let him go in a remote area....or fatten him up for a while...any suggestions?

I would let it go. There are plent of captive bred corns around so really no need to one from the wild. You might save a couple bucks but with a wild caught snake you are almost gaurenteed nematodes and other parisites, plus you take business away from your local breeder. From an environmental perspective it makes no difference whether your neighbor runs it over or you keep him as a pet; in both cases a snake is removed from the wild.

my IMGs don't work...

[coolhl7]

I plan to let it go...the question is, do I let it go in my backyard which means a very good likelihood it will end up killed by a neighbor ("just killed me a copperhead") or run over (have you ever seen braking skid marks in front of a D.O.R.snake?), or let it go in a more remote area...If I let it go in a remote area I am probably saving that snake but greatly reducing the low chance already that corns will have a chance to survive at all in my area...its a tough call....probably from an objective non-emotional perspective its best to let him go in the backyard and let nature take care of the rest......all things considered, it aint easy being a snake among humans.

[JD@reptiles]

no we caught a few on that trip.... and the racer that got away that i found we never found agian....

[Manitoban Herps]

We lets see, not much of a variety this year but saw tons!

0.0.2 Smooth Green Snakes
Ten's of thousands of red sided grater snakes