I was weeding and mowing today, and my productivity was cut very short when I decided to slide this heavy plastic bin aside on one of our flower beds.. I ran inside to get my camera, and proceeded to snoop around the entire yard.

First, there were three rough earth snakes (Virginia striatula) together under the bin. A fourth had been accidentally decapitated by my mother a few days before, so finding these guys made my day. For their own safety, I relocated them to the woods.









And some common little pumpkins.







Two five-lined skinks, this gorgeous one looking especially gravid!







Also a rarely seen little bugger, an eastern narrowmouth toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis).



I also found four tic-tac sized eggs that may be skink eggs. And like a kid in a mystery candy store, I'm incubating them. Enjoy!