A Herping Adventure

[andrew]

Over the last few weeks I have been going out to "the field" to learn about botany, but on the way, we come across and talk a little about reptiles and amphibians.
So here are some of the guys we have come across:

Some sort of black water snake(sorry don't know much about these)

I couldn't believe my luck when I actually saw this little guy, and caught it, Pseudacris crucifer(Hyla crucifer) Spring Peeper.

Rana clamitans, green frog (Not to be confused by the Bull frog) this is a gravid female.

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Bull frog Tadpoles:

A Baby Snapping Alligator

A red eared slider

A two lined salamander Eurycea bislineata, this was pretty cool (we found 5 of these in one little brook, under stones.

All the animals were quickly released after their photo expose.

 

[don]

That is a baby common snapping turtle.

 

[charles]

The snake looks like a sort of rat snake

 

[edward]

The snake is a Nerodia and by your location it is N. sipedon sipedon. Northern water snake.

Andrew the request in the TOS is to not post links. Please follow the request in the future. This is also a caudate site, and all amphibian noncaudate pictures should be in the appropriate sections elsewhere on this board. Also the occasional reptile picture will probably be allowed, there has been a increase in these pictures.....


Ed

(Message edited by Ed on October 01, 2006)

 

[kamil]

Hi Ed,

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[edward]

Hi Kamil,

I understand that which is why I asked him to follow the request and did not delete etc any of the post.


Ed

 

[alberto]

Hello Kamil
I just visited your Amphibian web page! Very nice!

 

[andrew]

Thanks and sorry for that. It is not my intent to post links, and I am a bit confused. I remember posting pics from the photo host website before without problems, and I remember posting all sorts of links before. I used to be more active around here a few years ago.
Sorry to break the rules, I simply wanted to share the pics.
Thanks for understanding!!!

 

[edward]

Hi Andrew,

No problem. Keep up the caudate pictures.

Ed