What have you caught?

[MonitorLove]

Earth Snake - Not sure of an exact species, but what a beautiful specimen. Steely gray, about 8-10 inches long, no bigger than the width of a pencil. It shed, then had a live birth of two maybe three days after my dad brought it in. One of the little guys was a still born, unfortunately. The babies were three inches long, teeny tiny. Was found in the backyard while my dad was lawn mowing. I later released both mother and baby into a much safer area without lawn mowers.
I have pictures around here somewhere....

Prairie Ring-necked Snake - Five of them! Two yellow banded and three orange banded. Found while cleaning up old roofing paper on our new property. Maybe...6-8 inches long? Haven't measured them yet so can't be to sure. Wonderful little guys, very docile and secretive.
(pic from http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/herpetol/snake/snake1.htm)

Black Rat Snake - Adult, and just one. It, no joke, fell out of the ceiling during remodeling. My brother gave the drywall a yank, then with the insulation and dirt came this little guy. Incredibly docile (considering that he just fell out of a ceiling, was snatched up at the base of a head, then closely examined to ensure that he's not venomous). He coiled around my wrist and tolerated being poked at and petted, not even head shy. He's now living the good life with a heat pad, hide, fresh water, and a weekly pink. I don't want to stuff him with food right away and make him sick, hence the pink, soon he'll graduate to fuzzys
(pic from http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/herpetol/snake/snake1.htm)

Turtle - No idea what species and nothing really WOW, but a kinda cute little guy. He was sitting in the middle of a busy road when my dad (he's awesome like that) stopped the car, let me out, and allowed me to fetch the wild animal. I released him later on in a park/wild life refuge, by a nice big pond swarming with tasty bugs.


All found in Missouri


Anyone else have any interesting finds/catches?