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I had quite the busy 24 hour period of herping last week. First on Sunday I had the chance to meet up with some fellow local GA herpers at the type locality for Plethodon petraeus. Here's my son Ian standing in front of the entrance.
Honestly this is probably the worst place to look for them, they are much more common on the slopes. We did see a few in the cave and quite a few outside. Here was a photo op with one.
And one of the subjects.
We also saw several E.lucufuga.
Also seen in the area were Desognathus, Gyrinophilus, P.glutinosus, P.serratus, Hemidactylium (w/eggs), and A.maculatum eggs. It was our first outing with other herpers here in the area, we really had a great time.
The next morning I headed to the west coast on business and managed to squeeze in a couple of hours in the Santa Cruz Mts. By the time I arrived late, got a car, got a permit, and got to to some habitat I didn't have much time so I concentrated on my favorite, Aneides. I was given a heads up on a location though, that was a life saver.
After wasting about half the time I had looking in the wrong micro-habitat I re-read my notes and literally flip one under the next rock, A.f.niger.
A little more searching turned up several hatchling black arboreals.
Of course there were plenty of B.attenuatus.
And quite a few Taricha, though mostly juvies.
The next morning I flipped a few things on the way to my meeting. Always nice to see the nominate form of Ensatina.
And one of my favorite forms of Batrachoseps, B.luciae. I should have taken a group pic, they come in a vast array of colors, truly amazing. Unfortunately I'm still learning my new camera and this pic doesn't do it justice.
I was definitely beat by Tuseday night!
Honestly this is probably the worst place to look for them, they are much more common on the slopes. We did see a few in the cave and quite a few outside. Here was a photo op with one.
And one of the subjects.
We also saw several E.lucufuga.
Also seen in the area were Desognathus, Gyrinophilus, P.glutinosus, P.serratus, Hemidactylium (w/eggs), and A.maculatum eggs. It was our first outing with other herpers here in the area, we really had a great time.
The next morning I headed to the west coast on business and managed to squeeze in a couple of hours in the Santa Cruz Mts. By the time I arrived late, got a car, got a permit, and got to to some habitat I didn't have much time so I concentrated on my favorite, Aneides. I was given a heads up on a location though, that was a life saver.
After wasting about half the time I had looking in the wrong micro-habitat I re-read my notes and literally flip one under the next rock, A.f.niger.
A little more searching turned up several hatchling black arboreals.
Of course there were plenty of B.attenuatus.
And quite a few Taricha, though mostly juvies.
The next morning I flipped a few things on the way to my meeting. Always nice to see the nominate form of Ensatina.
And one of my favorite forms of Batrachoseps, B.luciae. I should have taken a group pic, they come in a vast array of colors, truly amazing. Unfortunately I'm still learning my new camera and this pic doesn't do it justice.
I was definitely beat by Tuseday night!
