15 herping highlights (pic heavy)

[Asherah]

It's taken me forever to get around to it, but I thought I'd share a few (ok more than a few) pictures from 2015. It was a fun and productive year!


1st find of the year, overly photogenic snapping turtle


Cottonmouth, same day


same day as well. Not a reptile but we also found several of the on the roads. Beached due to flooding


Rough earth snake. This one was pretty exciting because they aren't commonly in my area.


1st gator of the year. I observed mating behavior for the first time this day


Copperhead - only one of the year


Diamond backed watersnake


Herpers heaven


1st boxie


Box turtles were numerous this year


Mushroom!


Cottonmouth #2


Velociraptor! Wait...


Timber rattler shed (was not actually found in the tree)


Another box turtle


Favorite hike


Cottonmouth, this guy was actually found Nov 22. I was pretty surprised he was still out.

We found a lot more than I have pictures of, but these were some of the favorites. Hope you all enjoyed.

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[JoshSloane]

This is awesome! I couldn't imagine living in such a herp rich environment. We only come across the random bull or rattlesnake in CO.

[Asherah]

This was a really good year! I don't have pictures but we found (eyeballing it) a 7ish foot, massive rat snake at the beginning of the year that crawled right over my foot without a care in the world.
Lots of Ribbon snakes, various water snakes and alligators galore. The mosquitoes are horrible, but diversity wise, I love where I live!

[Reinz]

Great finds and pics!

[Slim]

Awesome stuff! I love field herping here in north central Florida. We usually find some interesting stuff every time we head out

[Asherah]

Thanks,
I'm in south Arkansas the "Natural State." There is always something neat to be found!

[Ax01]

nice! looks like a hike is always a herping expedition in your neck of the woods. thanks for sharing all the photos.

i've seen rattlers and only once, a Gila Monster when i lived in AZ in 2004. had geckos and small lizards show up in the apartment. i'll try to find/post pix. never herped when i lived in Cali. seen Garters and lake turtles only here in WA.

[Asherah]

nice! looks like a hike is always a herping expedition in your neck of the woods. thanks for sharing all the photos.

i've seen rattlers and only once, a Gila Monster when i lived in AZ in 2004. had geckos and small lizards show up in the apartment. i'll try to find/post pix. never herped when i lived in Cali. seen Garters and lake turtles only here in WA.

A Gila would be so neat! How awesome!

It is. There is usually something out every time I go, except in winter of course. I just look for deer then. I've got a particular buck that I have been tracking for 2 years now. I'll be going on a deer survey Monday night with the heartland network. Hoping to see him then since I haven't had a good confirmed sighting of him in about a month now. Possible sighting two weeks ago, but it was so dark I couldn't be sure.