Last Poconos Trip

[edward]

Just got back from a rained out trip where we were attempting to confirm a hellbender sighting (and to look for copperheads). Didn't see as many caudates this time did find 8 species of snakes though... The stream where the hellbenders are located was more suited to white water rafting than looking for hellbenders due to a couple of very recent showers.
The next two pictures were taken shortly after camp was set up on a large seepage site that I had surveyed before.

Here is a pretty vivid redback

Some of the snakes that were seen.

a ringneck partially consumed by a shrew

a young northern watersnake

Here is a slug laying eggs in preperation to confuse another caudate enthusiast.

 

[TJ]

Great shots, Ed! You're making me even more anxious to get out of Tokyo to see some animals in the wild like that. Well, I did get the chance to observe a new-born gecko right smack in the middle of town this evening, so I'll count myself lucky

Anyway, welcome back! What are the species of the sals in the first two pics?

(Message edited by TJ on August 01, 2004)

 

[edward]

Hi Tim,
Those are both Desmognathus ochrophaeus, there were several hundred visible on the seepage site when Justin Yeager and myself went out and looked it over (and one Gyrinophilus patrolling the bottom looking for strays).
I have some other pictures to upload later.

Ed

 

[jennifer]

That is a species that we need photos for on Caudata Culture. May I use them, Ed?

 

[edward]

Here are some more pics from that trip
This was an unusual looking black fungi (there was also a similar orange one but the pictures of that one didn't come out).

A bullfrog

A blurry picture of a N. ringneck snake

A spring peeper (check out the cross)

Justin posing with some herps he didn't catch

 

[edward]

Hi Jenni,
Yes you can use them. Here is the other mountain dusky pic I took.

 

[russ]

Great pics.

RUSS