my field herping pics

figure I would start a picture thread of my field herping adventures.

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A little worm snake I found. Actually, its the third one I found but didn't have a camera at the time of the others.

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A couple of juvenile Desmognathus fuscus or commonly known as dusky salamanders.

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just a little baby frog I happen to come across.

I found a 5 lined skink, a juvenile black rat, and a couple of other but didn't have a camera or my phone at the time.

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A little male slider friend I found in my driveway while leaving yesterday morning. I dropped him off at the creek that leads to a pond on the back of my property. I will take a picture of the creek and scenery when I go back down there in a couple of days.

where do you live?

We live in south Carolina but I'm only 1 mile from the north Carolina boarder. We are close to Charlotte, NC.

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Here is a eastern box turtle I found. It had a cracked beak and some blood around its mouth with another turtle claw lodged in its shell. I think it was fighting.

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I found this beetle on the 4th of July while I was at a cookout with my cousin. My hand size is an xl, so that should show that its a decent size beetle lol. It was around 3" long. I don't know what kind it was. so any insight from an insect guru would be appreciated.

Very cool man.
Thats one thing i miss about NC.
When i was stationed in Lejuene i seen tons of lizards, snakes, spiders and bugs. Venomous and all