Greatwtehunter
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Here is something you don't see often, a night road herping post. We finally got some rain this past Saturday night and I took full advantage of it by jumping in the Jeep and hitting the road in search of herps. Boy am I glad I did!!! We drove 147 miles that night and only 14 of which were highway miles which means we drove through 133 miles of salamander bliss.
This Ambystoma maculatum was the first salamander we encountered.
Another A. maculatum. I like the reduced spotting on this one.
Even found a couple of last year's morphs.
Next up was this Lithobates clamitans- Green Frog
We found quite a few Plethodon hoffmani, despite how exteremely hard they were to see against the wet pavement.
Here we have Plethodon cylindraceus.
Pseudacris crucifer- Spring Peeper
A welcomed surprise was this Eurcyea longicauda longicauda. We found 3 that night.
Rana sylvatica- Wood Frog
The second Ambystoma species of the night was this little Ambystoma jeffersonianum morph.
I have no clue what this light spot on it is.
The one and only reptile of the night happened to be this venomous Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen- Northern Copperhead. It was late and I didn't feel like digging the snake hook out to position it for pictures.
One of the target species of this trip was Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus.
This one had a piece of its tail bitten off!
I also found the my first Hyla versicolor of the season.
Even a few Desmognathus monticola made an appearance.
Lithobates palustris- Pickerel Frog
Now the main species we were after were Pseudotriton ruber ruber. Man did we find them! We saw 11 dead ones and at least 41 live ones. Yes you read that right, forty one P. r. ruber.
This Ambystoma maculatum was the first salamander we encountered.
Another A. maculatum. I like the reduced spotting on this one.
Even found a couple of last year's morphs.
Next up was this Lithobates clamitans- Green Frog
We found quite a few Plethodon hoffmani, despite how exteremely hard they were to see against the wet pavement.
Here we have Plethodon cylindraceus.
Pseudacris crucifer- Spring Peeper
A welcomed surprise was this Eurcyea longicauda longicauda. We found 3 that night.
Rana sylvatica- Wood Frog
The second Ambystoma species of the night was this little Ambystoma jeffersonianum morph.
I have no clue what this light spot on it is.
The one and only reptile of the night happened to be this venomous Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen- Northern Copperhead. It was late and I didn't feel like digging the snake hook out to position it for pictures.
One of the target species of this trip was Gyrinophilus porphyriticus porphyriticus.
This one had a piece of its tail bitten off!
I also found the my first Hyla versicolor of the season.
Even a few Desmognathus monticola made an appearance.
Lithobates palustris- Pickerel Frog
Now the main species we were after were Pseudotriton ruber ruber. Man did we find them! We saw 11 dead ones and at least 41 live ones. Yes you read that right, forty one P. r. ruber.
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41 rubers, some gyrinos and cylindraceus... Perfect!
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