BW Smith and I met up this weekend to do some herping. Fresh off the success I had the weekend before, we were ready to get out and see what we could find. We primarily hunted some of the roads in North Florida, and also an area in South Georgia which is the "Area 51" of herping. A good number of herpers know about it, but it no one has ever publically confirmed or denied it's existance or the exact whereabouts on the internet, due to obvious reasons of being a spectacular spot and not wanting to attract unwanted attention. The total venomous species is as followed.. (10) Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus m. barbouri), (4) Canebrake Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus atricaudatus), ( 8 ) Florida
Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon p. conanti) and a few non venomous. Enjoy the photos.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) neonate, Columbia County, Florida.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) neonate, Baker County, Florida.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) neonate, Baker County, Florida.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) adult, Baker County, Florida.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) adult, Baker County, Florida.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) adult, Columbia County, Florida.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) Clinch County, Georgia.
Dusky Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus m. barbouri) anerytheristic adult, Echols County, Georgia. Anerytheristic Sistrurus are found in certain areas in the Florida panhandle, as well as some isolated populations in S. Georgia.
Canebrake Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus atricaudatus) adult, Echols County, Georgia.
Canebrake Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus atricaudatus) adult, Baker County, Florida.
Florida
Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon p. conanti) Columbia County, Florida.
BW with the
Cottonmouth before release..
On this trip, our personal best was fourteen snakes in four hours. Until next time..
