Wayne's 2013 herping & nature thread.

[RyanReptile]

Those are some great shots! What species of newt are in your photos? There very neat looking.

[Hurrok]

Makes me miss being out away from the city and away from so many people. That's why I try an go camping as often as I can to get back in touch with nature!

Beautiful pics as usual and thanks for sharing, I look forward to seeing more

[Herpophiliac972]

Those are some awesome pictures! That seems like one awesome place to live. I'm from Pennsylvania and I have a lot of habitats like that around here. There is so much live in those kinds of environments that there is almost never a dull moment (except, of course, when winter has to come and rain on our parade). Very interesting shots that you had. I am just starting herping, so I do not have much experience, but you just about the same idea I had about taking pictures of them. I really like the third one on the first post, and I love the first one in your third post of pictures. Keep up with the good work and good luck!

[infernalis]

[sweatshirt]

Awesome pics xD All I ever see around here are black racers and occasional rattlesnakes. But I'm sure if I looked harder I'd find tons more. (: I live on the Nature Coast of FL, after all. xD

[Lickeypie]

Wow, those are some beautiful photos

[brandonh]

as always amazing pics i love the colors of the last garter snake beautiful snake and great close up

[mistersprinkles]

Originally Posted by infernalis

The region I live in has a very small population.

Infrastructure costs money, with a smaller population to draw taxes from, the numbers have to be higher to achieve the same goal.

I am surrounded by almost a million acres of state forest, the state is exempt from paying tax, so the burden falls on the residents.

You're lucky to have that much natural space right next to you. I have to drive a significant distance to get to (much less) space like that.