onetwentysix
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I haven't been around here much lately, but I've still been getting out, and thought people might appreciate some of the animals I've seen.
Earlier this year, I got to go with some friends on an overnight herping trip, and found these animals:
Slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosis complex
Baby slimy, really cute little guys!
I always love finding box turtles.
I believe the top three would be a northern red salamander, Pseudotriton r. ruber, but then we also found the bottom animal, which my best guess is that it's a southern red salamander, Pseudotriton r. vioscai. Could be intergrades, but the site was right at the border between the two subspecies.
Broadhead skink
Cottonmouth! We found five, it was a blast!
Time to play, "Spot the venomous snake that could kill you!" Most of the group had gone past, actively searching for snakes, but I still spotted this cottonmouth in the brambles. You might be able to JUST make out a scale pattern roughly in the middle (but probably can't). It wasn't much easier in person!
Snake after removal from brambles. She was HUGE, biggest cottonmouth I'd ever seen (which admittedly, wasn't many; I doubled my life-count on that trip).
Cottonmouth we found while checking our minnow traps (they were all empty). Scared the **** out of my friend; he's terrified of snakes but still comes with us. He was in the water about two feet away from the snake before he spotted him.
Ringneck snake
Eastern fence lizard
Underside of a male fence lizard, they have really neat coloration.
Pair of South-eastern five lined skinks
Mites on one of the skinks
Tiny turtle!
Larger turtle!
Ribbon snake
Little ground skink, one of my favorite lizards.
On another group trip with a guest herpetologist we found this really pretty Eurycea. I was thinking it was wilderae, since we were just on the border of their range and it was so much more attractive than other cirrigera I've found.
We also found this green salamander, which was great because he'd always wanted to see some but never had.
Another trip, and my friend found this nice G. porphyriticus.
Eurycea eggs, I believe?
And then these would be Desmogs?
And then I found this guy. It's always great to find hellbenders, and it made wading in 40 degree water on a 50 degree day totally worth it.
Anyhow, thanks for looking!
Earlier this year, I got to go with some friends on an overnight herping trip, and found these animals:
Slimy salamander, Plethodon glutinosis complex
Baby slimy, really cute little guys!
I always love finding box turtles.
I believe the top three would be a northern red salamander, Pseudotriton r. ruber, but then we also found the bottom animal, which my best guess is that it's a southern red salamander, Pseudotriton r. vioscai. Could be intergrades, but the site was right at the border between the two subspecies.
Broadhead skink
Cottonmouth! We found five, it was a blast!
Time to play, "Spot the venomous snake that could kill you!" Most of the group had gone past, actively searching for snakes, but I still spotted this cottonmouth in the brambles. You might be able to JUST make out a scale pattern roughly in the middle (but probably can't). It wasn't much easier in person!
Snake after removal from brambles. She was HUGE, biggest cottonmouth I'd ever seen (which admittedly, wasn't many; I doubled my life-count on that trip).
Cottonmouth we found while checking our minnow traps (they were all empty). Scared the **** out of my friend; he's terrified of snakes but still comes with us. He was in the water about two feet away from the snake before he spotted him.
Ringneck snake
Eastern fence lizard
Underside of a male fence lizard, they have really neat coloration.
Pair of South-eastern five lined skinks
Mites on one of the skinks
Tiny turtle!
Larger turtle!
Ribbon snake
Little ground skink, one of my favorite lizards.
On another group trip with a guest herpetologist we found this really pretty Eurycea. I was thinking it was wilderae, since we were just on the border of their range and it was so much more attractive than other cirrigera I've found.
We also found this green salamander, which was great because he'd always wanted to see some but never had.
Another trip, and my friend found this nice G. porphyriticus.
Eurycea eggs, I believe?
And then these would be Desmogs?
And then I found this guy. It's always great to find hellbenders, and it made wading in 40 degree water on a 50 degree day totally worth it.
Anyhow, thanks for looking!