Reptile watchin'

Water snakes and I don’t get along very well. Lol they can be pretty defensive

Big thanks for sharing, so cool. God bless.

And here I thought herping season was over!

Came across this mellow fellow on my birding walk today. Normally I see black racers and black rat snakes at this site, so I thought I was looking at a transitional rat snake at first given the pattern. Then I saw the keeled scales in the photos and realized it was a Northern water snake. Seems as though I'm a Nerodia magnet, because this snake was a fair way off from the water!

Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon)

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Cool.

I've found them a good distance from water too...I guess they can do what they want but it still makes me scratch my head. :)

Whatever plan that one has it looks to have done well this season before the long fast.

In honor of a black rat snake making the news, here's a throwback photo of one I came across last season!

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Herp season is starting up in my neck of the woods. Baby turtles are starting to emerge, and I'm planning on checking in on my Nerodia hotspot soon.

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Herp season is starting back up! Checked out one of my spots from last season and saw a few familiar faces.

Norther water snake (Nerodia sipedon)

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This fellow was particularly friendly. They let me sit pretty close to them and we just chilled and watched each other for a while. Eventually they crawled off into the foliage to poke around. Lots of curious tongue flicking, calm exploration, and a good yawn!

Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

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Northern red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris)

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Northern green frog (Lithobates clamitans melanota)

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Really cool encounters, especially the curious water snake. :D

That's so cool, wish we had loads of reptile wildlife about

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That's so cool, wish we had loads of reptile wildlife about

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When we visit our lad in Florida we always go lookin’ for interesting stuff .. he’s near lodges / lakes and woods .. - last time I was stung by a flaming’ scorpion and it wrecked for about half an hour .

Obvious things like snakes, armadillos and lizards plus alligators and turtles but they occasionally hear the bears , coyote and panthers

Even the birds and fish are colourful and more interesting than our British ones !!




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Originally Posted by Zincubus

When we visit our lad in Florida we always go lookin’ for interesting stuff .. he’s near lodges / lakes and woods .. - last time I was stung by a flaming’ scorpion and it wrecked for about half an hour .

Obvious things like snakes, armadillos and lizards plus alligators and turtles but they occasionally hear the bears , coyote and panthers

Even the birds and fish are colourful and more interesting than our British ones !!




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Sounds awsome [emoji7][emoji7]

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