It's a tiny bit early to be posting, but with the season winding down I don't see what it will hurt.
Lifers this year were hognose, Mississippi green watersnake (considered rare in my area) and Razor backed musk turtle (also considered rare in my area).
Warning again: it was a nice year for herps.
First find in February: Orange-striped ribbonsnake
As it warmed up there was a flood of reptiles.
Hatchling Eastern River Cooter
American Alligator
Razorbacked musk turtle
Plain-bellied watersnake (juvenile)
One very full Orange-striped ribbonsnake
These I posted earlier in the year but had to include: American Alligators and Diamond-backed watersnake.
Common musk turtle
Mississippi mud turtle
Box turtles (one eating a mushroom and one a Muscadine)
Red eared slider laying eggs
Sunning Easter River Cooter
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Massive common snapping turtle I removed from the road
Cottonmouth
Mississippi green watersnake (adult and a juvenile. I found 6 total)
Numerous broad-banded watersnakes. One was missing it's tail nearly to the vent.
Hognose
Southern black racer
Red-belled snake (another rarer find in the middle of dendrology class too!)
This adorable Lil boxie saved from being squashed and released back across the road when it was safe.
I leave you, not with all my pictures from the year(there are just too many) but with this very angry ribbon. One because I'm sure it took forever to scroll through this and 2 because I'm sad the year is over! Thanks for looking!
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