Spring break field herp trip to Croatan National Forest

[jdmls88]

No better way to spend a spring break. Field herping with one of my buddies. The first two days it was raining and low 40s which was a blower, but the last day it was mid 70's and the snakes showed up

A couple places we checked out




just some of the finds we got pics of
plethodon chlorobryonis - slimy salamander


probably saw over 50 green anoles Anolis carolinesis carolinesis




red bellied snake


two yellow rat snakes a baby and a juvenile Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus



an eastern box turtle


and I believe this is a cricket frog

[CTReptileRescue]

Ausome spring break...Great finds. I love that spring is coming!!!!! Here come the herping trips....
Your last pic of yourself reminded me of my other half when we first started out...
I miss the trips, snow is my enemy!
Glad you had a great time, Love the pics...
Rusty

[jdmls88]

yea it was a blast!

[CTReptileRescue]

I bet, We just love "swamping" , and down there I can imagine you can find swamps almost anywhere, did you guys happen to find any Snappers? I know you guys found the box, which up here in CT is still a treat to find. I was just wondering if you came across anything that you didn't photograph.
Rusty

[jdmls88]

the only other turtles we found we noticed about 100yds out in the last swamp. Other than that we saw nothing in the water except frogs. Like I said it was mid 40's and raining most of the trip, im surprised we found what we did. we did come across a black racer on our way back to the car to drive home. It startled me because all I heard was rattling until I saw it dart under these leaves. It was shaking its tail in the leaf litter. But it escaped down a deep hole under the leaves before I could take a picture.

[CTReptileRescue]

Makes sense, I'm sorry I didn't remember the temps you posted earlier, But I'm glad you had a great time!
Rusty