One of my New Year's resolutions was to get out in the field more this year and do some herping. I got the itch to make some finds today so I called my friend Curtis and we headed out to a few of his spots out in Hart & then to Meade County....We aimed to find some Corn Snakes, Copperheads and perhaps a Timber Rattlesnake if we got lucky....unfortunately we did not find any of our target species but we did find a good variety of herps nontheless.....a good day in my opinion!
It didn't take long to find this Black King (in shed)...
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We found several Ringnecks throughout Hart Cty....
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This freshly-shed juvenile Racer was found early in the AM...
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A shy Box Turtle...
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Fowler's Toad...
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We came upon this large Racer basking.....he was pretty warmed up by now and he jetted off before we could catch him and get better pics...
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At one point I looked down and these 2 lovebirds were on my hook lol...
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This large Garter was found under a tarp...
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We then headed to Meade county....got skunked in terms of snakes, but we did find this large adult Painted Turtle crossing the road...
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This Bullfrog was found under a tarp also...
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This mole was one of several rodents we saw under tin...
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The only Salamander we saw was this Marbled...
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The last find of the day was this Box Turtle crossing the road...
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