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05-20-2008, 03:38 PM
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Field Report
Spent the weekend in the swamp and we found the following herps:
Frogs & Toads
Bullfrog
Green Frog
Cricket Frog
Gray Treefrog
Fowlers Toad
Salamanders
Two-lined Salamander
Marbled Salamander
Mabee's Salamander
Lizards
Broadhead Skink
Five-lined Skink
Southeastern Five-lined skink
Ground Skink
Snakes
Eastern Wormsnake
Eastern Garter Snake
Common Ribbon Snake
Northern Watersnake
Brown Snake
Eastern Kingsnake
Rough Green Snake
Eastern Ratsnake
Northern Black Racer
Eastern Cottonmouth
Turtles
Eastern Mud Turtle
Common Snapping Turtle
Eastern Box Turtle
Red-bellied Slider
Light on the photos spent most of the time herping.
Eastern Mud Turtle (Kinosternon subrubrum subrubrum)

Eastern Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus)

Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
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05-20-2008, 03:43 PM
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Heretic Prime
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Re: Field Report
Fabulous photos!
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05-20-2008, 03:45 PM
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Re: Field Report
Good finds.
How do you catch a bat?
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05-20-2008, 03:50 PM
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I was turned into a Newt...... but I got better.
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Re: Field Report
Yup, that clinches it. Time to get back in the field.
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05-20-2008, 03:53 PM
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Re: Field Report
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by RevMojo
How do you catch a bat?
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The bat was injured and was just found flopping around on the ground.
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05-20-2008, 06:10 PM
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Re: Field Report
omg...that bat is adorable!!
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05-20-2008, 06:20 PM
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geckos? what geckos?
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Re: Field Report
DUDE!!!
I'm so jealous! those pictures are fantastic, and it looks like you sure had fun!
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05-20-2008, 07:03 PM
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Re: Field Report
Very cool and great pictures as always.
I did my first field herping on Sunday too bad it was too cool to find anything I wanted to know. I am not a big fan of field herping myself, but when I found out we were collecting numbers for a study it made feel better.
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05-20-2008, 07:14 PM
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