http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/ en Wed, 05 May 2010 14:43:54 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox Pro 1.6.6 (12244) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cherokee-national-forest-mo.html <div><p>I went out to the Cherokee National Forest in Monroe County, Tennessee, to do some roadcruising during a nice warm rain on 10 November 2009 and wasn't disappointed.</p> <p /> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4088_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4088_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4090.jpeg" alt="IMG_4090" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ambystoma maculatum</i> (Spotted Salamander) gravid female</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4102_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4102_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pseudotriton ruber schenki </i>(Black-Chinned Red Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4103_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4103_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Desmognathus santeetlah</i> (Santeetlah Dusky Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4104_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4104_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4105_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4105_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4109_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4109_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Eurycea junaluska</i> (Junaluska Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4114_2.jpeg" alt="IMG_4114_2" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plethodon teyahalee</i> (Southern Appalachian Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:12:44 -0500 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cherokee-national-forest-mo.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/coast-plain-brunswick-co-nc.html <div><p>After visiting the beach, we headed inland and sampled at two creeks within the Coastal Plain of southeast North Carolina, first stopping at xxxx Creek in Brunswick County then at a boat launch on the xxxx River in xxx County. </p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3965.jpeg" alt="IMG_3965" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Enneacanthus chaetodon</i></span> (Blackbanded Sunfish)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3977.jpeg" alt="IMG_3977" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3979.jpeg" alt="IMG_3979" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Enneacathus obesus</i></span> (Banded Sunfish)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3972.jpeg" alt="IMG_3972" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Aphredoderus sayanus</i></span> (Pirate Perch)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3961.jpeg" alt="IMG_3961" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3962.jpeg" alt="IMG_3962" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3963.jpeg" alt="IMG_3963" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Acris gryllus</i></span> (Southern Cricket Frog)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3985.jpeg" alt="IMG_3985" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Sternotherus odoratus</i></span> (Stinkpot)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3991.jpeg" alt="IMG_3991" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Sternotherus odoratus</i></span> (Stinkpot) hatchling</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4008.jpeg" alt="IMG_4008" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_4004.jpeg" alt="IMG_4004" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3993.jpeg" alt="IMG_3993" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Trachemys scripta scripta</i></span> (Yellow-Bellied Slider)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <p> </p> </div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:25:52 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/coast-plain-brunswick-co-nc.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/sunset_beach_brunswick_co_n.html <div><p>The University of Tennessee Ichthyology Class took a fall field trip through North Carolina to sample as many species of fish, both freshwater and saltwater, as possible. We left Knoxville mid-afternoon on October 14 and drove through the rain and 50 degree temps.  After spending a couple of hours trying to purchase waders and perfecting &quot;The Wading Bird&quot;, we finally made it to the beach and made a few passes with the beach seine.</p> <p> </p> <div>Some photographs:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00712.jpeg" alt="DSC00712" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00713.jpeg" alt="DSC00713" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00714.jpeg" alt="DSC00714" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Sunset Beach </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00717.jpeg" alt="DSC00717" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Shorebirds </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00719.jpeg" alt="DSC00719" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Sand Dollar </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00722.jpeg" alt="DSC00722" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00726.jpeg" alt="DSC00726" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Unraveling the beach seine </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00736.jpeg" alt="DSC00736" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Seining the surf zone </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00732.jpeg" alt="DSC00732" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00733.jpeg" alt="DSC00733" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00737.jpeg" alt="DSC00737" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00741.jpeg" alt="DSC00741" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00745.jpeg" alt="DSC00745" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00747.jpeg" alt="DSC00747" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00750.jpeg" alt="DSC00750" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00751.jpeg" alt="DSC00751" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00754.jpeg" alt="DSC00754" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00757.jpeg" alt="DSC00757" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <p> </p> </div> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:15:21 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/sunset_beach_brunswick_co_n.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/frozen-head-state-park-morg.html <div><p> Just a few shots of some amphibians observed at Frozen Head State Park in Morgan County, Tennessee, during a significant rain event.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p /> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3879.jpeg" alt="IMG_3879" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3902.jpeg" alt="IMG_3902" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3893.jpeg" alt="IMG_3893" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus abditus x ochrophaeus</i></span> (Cumberland Dusky x Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3880.jpeg" alt="IMG_3880" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3886.jpeg" alt="IMG_3886" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Gyrinophilus porphyriticus</i></span> (Spring Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3887.jpeg" alt="IMG_3887" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3890.jpeg" alt="IMG_3890" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3896.jpeg" alt="IMG_3896" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3897.jpeg" alt="IMG_3897" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3911.jpeg" alt="IMG_3911" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Desmognathus monticola</i> (Seal Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3905.jpeg" alt="IMG_3905" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Desmognathus conanti</i> (Spotted Dusky Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3914.jpeg" alt="IMG_3914" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Desmognathus welteri</i> (Black Mountain Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3906.jpeg" alt="IMG_3906" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pseudacris crucifer</i> (Spring Peeper)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3920.jpeg" alt="IMG_3920" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gyrinophilus porphyriticus</i> (Spring Salamander) eating a Cumberland Dusky Salamander</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <p /> </div> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:58:43 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/frozen-head-state-park-morg.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/piney_falls_state_natural_a.html <div><p>John Bills and I went out to Piney Falls State Natural Area to look for a few salamander species endemic to the Cumberland Plateau.  Although we didn't see the numbers we were looking for, we had decent diversity.</p> <p> </p> <p>Amphibians:</p> <div>     <span><i>Desmognathus abditus</i></span> (Cumberland Dusky Salamander) 1 adult<span><i></i></span></div> <div><span><i>     Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) 2 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div><div><span><i>     Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 1 juvenile and 1 adult observed on road</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sphenocephala</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) 20+ adults and juveniles</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Reptiles:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span><i>     Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 1 adult female</div> <div>     <span><i>Sceloporus undulatus</i></span> (Eastern Fence Lizard) 1 adult female</div> <div>     <span><i>Chelydra serpentina</i></span> (Common Snapping Turtle) 1 juvenile</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Some photographs:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3824.jpeg" alt="IMG_3824" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3821.jpeg" alt="IMG_3821" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3817.jpeg" alt="IMG_3817" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus abditus</i></span> (Cumberland Dusky Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3804.jpeg" alt="IMG_3804" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3805.jpeg" alt="IMG_3805" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3810.jpeg" alt="IMG_3810" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3813.jpeg" alt="IMG_3813" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3791.jpeg" alt="IMG_3791" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3801.jpeg" alt="IMG_3801" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">A land snail</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3800.jpeg" alt="IMG_3800" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">A millipede</div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:55:58 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/piney_falls_state_natural_a.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/normandy_reservoir_coffee_c.html <div><p> </p> <p>I met up with my former advisor and lab mates at MTSU for a quick trip to the Normandy Reservoir area in Coffee County to look for salamanders. Although we didn't find are target species, we were fairly productive for just a couple hours of searching. Weather was partly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 70s.</p> <p> </p> <p>Amphibians:</p> <div>     <span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) 25+ adults and juveniles</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander) 40+ adults, juveniles, and larvae</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea longicauda longicauda</i></span> (Longtail Salamander) 4 juveniles</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea lucifuga</i></span> (Cave Salamander) 1 juvenile</div> <div>     <span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander) 3 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Pseudotriton ruber ruber</i></span> (Northern Red Salamander) 20+ larvae</div> <div><div><span><i>     Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Green Frog) 1 juvenile</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana palustris</i></span> (Pickerel Frog) 2 juveniles</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sphenocephala</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) 30+ adults, juveniles, and tadpoles</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Reptiles:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Diadophis punctatus</i></span> (Ring-necked Snake) 1 subadult</div> <div><span><i>     Eumeces fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult female</div> <div>     <span><i>Sceloporus undulatus</i></span> (Eastern Fence Lizard) 1 adult female</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Some photographs:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3777.jpeg" alt="IMG_3777" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3779.jpeg" alt="IMG_3779" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3786.jpeg" alt="IMG_3786" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander) metamorph<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3784.jpeg" alt="IMG_3784" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea lucifuga</i></span> (Cave Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3774.jpeg" alt="IMG_3774" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3766.jpeg" alt="IMG_3766" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana palustris</i></span> (Pickerel Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3758.jpeg" alt="IMG_3758" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3760.jpeg" alt="IMG_3760" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eumeces fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3751.jpeg" alt="IMG_3751" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Diadophis punctatus</i></span> (Ring-necked Snake)<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:24:33 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/normandy_reservoir_coffee_c.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/frozen_head_state_park_morg.html <div><p>A few shots of some salamanders from Frozen Head State Park in Morgan Co., Tennessee.</p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3714.jpeg" alt="IMG_3714" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3720.jpeg" alt="IMG_3720" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Plethodon glutinosus </i></span>(Slimy Salamander) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3723.jpeg" alt="IMG_3723" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3724.jpeg" alt="IMG_3724" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3725.jpeg" alt="IMG_3725" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3740.jpeg" alt="IMG_3740" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus welteri </i></span>(Black Mountain Salamander) adult and juvenile</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3733.jpeg" alt="IMG_3733" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus conanti </i></span>(Spotted Dusky Salamander) subadult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3743.jpeg" alt="IMG_3743" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea cirrigera </i></span>(Southern Two-Lined Salamander) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:16:23 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/frozen_head_state_park_morg.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cherokee_ntl_forest_monroe_.html <div><p>Graham Reynolds, Megan Todd-Thompson and I went roadcruising in the Cherokee National Forest along the Cherohala Skyway in Monroe Co. during some evening rains. Although we didn't do as well as our previous trip back in May, we were disappointed.</p> <p> </p> <p>Amphibians:</p> <div>     <span><i>Desmognathus monticola</i></span> (Seal Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Desmognathus quadramaculatus</i></span> (Black-Bellied Salamander) 2 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea junaluska</i></span> (Junaluska Salamander) 5 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea longicauda longicauda</i></span> (Longtail Salamander) 1 adult and 1 juvenile</div> <div>     <span><i>Pseudotriton ruber schenki</i></span> (Black-Chinned Red Salamander) 6 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana </i></span>(American Bullfrog) 4 adults and 3 juveniles</div> <div><div><span><i>     Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Green Frog) 2 adults and  3 juveniles</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sylvatica</i></span> (Wood Frog) 3 juveniles</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Reptiles:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen</i></span> (Northern Copperhead) 2 adults DOR</div> <div><span><i>     Carphophis amoenus amoenus</i></span> (Eastern Wormsnake) 1 adult AOR<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Nerodia sipedon sipedon</i></span> (Northern Watersnake) 1 subadult AOR and 1 adult DOR</div> <div><span><i>     Pantherophis guttatus </i></span>(Red Cornsnake) 1 adult DOR<br /> </div> <div><span><i>     Pantherophis spiloides</i></span> (Gray Ratsnake) 1 adult DOR<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Storeria dekayi wrightorum</i></span> (Midland Brownsnake) 1 adult AOR</div> <div>     <span><i>Thamnophis sirtalis</i></span><span><i> </i></span>(Eastern Gartersnake) 1 subadults AOR</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Some photographs:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3690.jpeg" alt="IMG_3690" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurcyea longicauda longicauda </i></span>(Longtail Salamander) juvenile<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3691.jpeg" alt="IMG_3691" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3694.jpeg" alt="IMG_3694" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3696.jpeg" alt="IMG_3696" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea junaluska </i></span>(Junaluska Salamander) adults<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3705.jpeg" alt="IMG_3705" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3703.jpeg" alt="IMG_3703" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudotriton ruber schenki </i></span>(Blue Ridge Red Salamander) adult</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3700.jpeg" alt="IMG_3700" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Storeria dekayi wrightorum</i></span> (Midland Brownsnake) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3685.jpeg" alt="IMG_3685" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Thamnophis sirtalis</i></span><span><i> </i></span>(Eastern Gartersnake) subadult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:00:40 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cherokee_ntl_forest_monroe_.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/columbia_river_gorge_area_o.html <div><p>We were able to take a day during the ASIH meeting to look for some herps in the Columbia River Gorge area east of Portland. Weather was hot and dry with highs approaching 95-100 but we did find a few amphibians.</p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00616.jpeg" alt="DSC00616" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00637.jpeg" alt="DSC00637" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rhyacotriton olympicus </i></span>(Olympic Torrent Salamander) adults<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00631.jpeg" alt="DSC00631" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00624.jpeg" alt="DSC00624" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Dicamptodon copei </i></span>(Cope's Giant Salamander) larvae<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00667.jpeg" alt="DSC00667" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00663.jpeg" alt="DSC00663" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00690.jpeg" alt="DSC00690" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Dicamptodon tenebrosus </i></span>(Pacific Giant Salamander) larvae and metamorphosed adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00621.jpeg" alt="DSC00621" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Ascaphus truei </i></span>(Tailed Frog) tadpole<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00673.jpeg" alt="DSC00673" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00682.jpeg" alt="DSC00682" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00688.jpeg" alt="DSC00688" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana aurora </i></span>(Red-Legged Frog) juveniles and an adult</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">And some scenery:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00594.jpeg" alt="DSC00594" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00600.jpeg" alt="DSC00600" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00601.jpeg" alt="DSC00601" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00598.jpeg" alt="DSC00598" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00604.jpeg" alt="DSC00604" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00610.jpeg" alt="DSC00610" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00643.jpeg" alt="DSC00643" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00641.jpeg" alt="DSC00641" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00644.jpeg" alt="DSC00644" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00656.jpeg" alt="DSC00656" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00648.jpeg" alt="DSC00648" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00684.jpeg" alt="DSC00684" /><br /> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:48:42 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/columbia_river_gorge_area_o.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/rigsby_pond_coffee_co_tn_20.html <div><p>Today I took John Bills with me to sample for Spring Cavefish (Forbesichthys agassizii) in the Barrens of middle Tennessee. We didn't have much success until finding a nice spring-fed pond near the Coffee-Warren County border. Here we caught Spring Cavefish and several other species of vertebrates.</p> <p> </p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Fishes:</p> <p><span><i>Forbesichthys agassizii </i></span>(Spring Cavefish) 57 adults</p> <div><span><i>Gambusia affinis</i></span> (Western Mosquitofish) TMTC adults</div> <div><span><i>Pimephales notatus</i></span> (Bluntnose Minnow) 5 adults</div> <p> </p> <p>Amphibians:</p> <span><i>Eurycea longicauda longicauda </i></span>(Longtail Salamander) 2 larvae<div><span><i>Pseudotriton ruber ruber</i></span> (Northern Red Salamander) 5 larvae<br /> <div><span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) TMTC tadpoles</div> <div><span><i>Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Northern Green Frog) TMTC tadpoles<div><span></span><div><br /> </div> <div><div><div>Reptiles:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span><i>Sternotherus odoratus </i>(Stinkpot) 2 hatchlings</span></div> <div><span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) 1 hatchling</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p>Some photographs: </p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3559_copy.jpeg" alt="IMG_3559 copy" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3555.jpeg" alt="IMG_3555" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Forbesichthys agassizii </i></span>(Spring Cavefish) adult </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3543.jpeg" alt="IMG_3543" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea longicauda longicauda</i></span> (Longtail Salamander) larva</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3570.jpeg" alt="IMG_3570" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3572.jpeg" alt="IMG_3572" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudotriton ruber ruber</i></span> (Northern Red Salamander) larva</div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:36:05 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/rigsby_pond_coffee_co_tn_20.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/gum_swamp_and_abrams_creek_.html <div><p> </p> <p>I went up to Cades Cove with Megan Todd-Thompson and Dylan Dittrich-Reed to help them sample salamanders and tadpoles for ranavirus for Megan Todd-Thompson's thesis and Dylan's study with <span><i>Desmognathus</i></span>. Metamorph Wood Frogs were leaving Gum Swamp but a few tadpoles still remained. Later we went over to Abrams Creek to look for Shovel-Nosed Salamanders and turned up a few.</p> <p>Amphibians:</p> <span><i>Ambystoma opacum </i></span>(Marbled Salamander) TMTC larvae<div><span><i>Desmognathus marmoratus</i></span> (Shovel-Nosed Salamander) 5 adults and 1 larva<br /> <div><span><i>Desmognathus quadramaculatus</i></span> (Black-Bellied Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander) 1 adult<span><i></i></span><div><span></span><span><i>Bufo americanus x fowleri</i></span> (Hybrid between American Toad and Fowler's Toad) 1 adult<br /> <div><span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) heard calling males<span><i></i></span></div> <div><span><i>Pseudacris crucifer</i></span> (Spring Peeper) tadpoles</div> <div><span><i>Rana sylvatica</i></span> (Wood Frog) TMTC tadpoles and metamorphs<br /> </div> <div><div><div><br /> </div> <div>Reptiles:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span><i>Trachemys scripta troostii</i></span> (Cumberland Slider) 1 adult on road</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3449.jpeg" alt="IMG_3449" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana sylvatica</i></span> (Wood Frog) metamorph<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3462.jpeg" alt="IMG_3462" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana sylvatica</i></span> (Wood Frog) late stage tadpole<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3457.jpeg" alt="IMG_3457" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudacris crucifer</i></span> (Spring Peeper) tadpole<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3467.jpeg" alt="IMG_3467" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Bufo americanus x fowleri</i></span> (Hybrid between American Toad and Fowler's Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3454.jpeg" alt="IMG_3454" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Ambystoma opacum</i></span> (Marbled Salamander) larva<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3469.jpeg" alt="IMG_3469" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3470.jpeg" alt="IMG_3470" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3475.jpeg" alt="IMG_3475" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3478.jpeg" alt="IMG_3478" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus marmoratus</i></span> (Shovel-Nosed Salamander)</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:31:24 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/gum_swamp_and_abrams_creek_.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/hwy_51_from_hammond_to_new_.html <div><p><p>In the late morning, Bones and I drove down to Chalmette from Lafayette, LA to do some fishing with his dad Jimmy and brother Troy.  On the way down, we drove down Highway 51 to look for some snakes.  Even during the day, their was evidence of lots of critters with numerous critters.</p> <div><span><i>     <span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Alligator mississippiensis</i></span> (American Alligator) 1 subadult DOR</span></i></span></span></i></span></div> <div><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>     Coluber constrictor latrunculus</i></span> (Blackmask Racer) 2 adults DOR</span></i></span></div> <div><span><i>     Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i></span> (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 adult DOR<br /> </div> <div><span><i>     <span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster</i> (Yellow-Bellied Watersnake) 1 adult DOR</span></i></span></div> <div>     <span><i>Nerodia sp.</i></span> (Unknown Watersnake) 1 adult DOR</div> <div><span><i>     Pantherophis spiloides</i></span> (Grey Ratsnake) 3 adults and juveniles DOR</div> <div><span><i>     Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 4 adults DOR<br /> </div> <div><div>     </div> <div>Later in day, Bones, Melita, and I went fishing and I caught my first redfish ever, albeit a small one. </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/pastedgraphic.png" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Me with a Redfish aka Red Drum (<span><i>Sciaenops ocellatus</i></span>)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/pastedgraphic-2.png" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/pastedgraphic-3.png" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">An Atlantic Stingray</div> </div> </div> </p> </div> Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:26:14 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/hwy_51_from_hammond_to_new_.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/kisatchie_national_forest_n.html <div><p> </p> <p>After Graham left to go back to New Orleans, Bones and I headed up to the Kisatchie Ranger District of the Kisatchie National Forest in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana to camp overnight and look for herps. Weather was nice with temps in the low to mid 80s with sunny skies and overnight lows around the low 60s.  We had a fairly successful trip.</p> <div><span><i>     Apalone spinifera </i>(Spiny Softshell) 2 adults</span></div> <div><span><i>     Sternotherus carinatus </i>(Razor-Backed Musk Turtle) 2 adults</span></div> <div>     <span><i>Terrapene carolina trunguis</i></span> (Three-Toed Box Turtle) 1 DOR adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Eumeces fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Eumeces laticeps</i></span> (Broadhead Skink) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Sceloporus consobrinus</i></span> (Prairie Lizard) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div><span><i>     Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 adult, 1 juvenile and 1 DOR<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Coluber constrictor athicus</i></span> (Buttermilk Racer) 1 DOR adult</div> <div><span><i>     <span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Nerodia erythrogaster transversa</i> (Blotched Watersnake) 1 adult</span></i></span></div> <div><span><i>     Nerodia rhombifer</i></span> (Diamondback Watersnake) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Opheodrys aestivus</i></span> (Rough Greensnake) 1 DOR adult</div> <div><div>     <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <i>Bufo fowleri </i>(Fowler's Toad) TMTC adults and tadpoles</div> <div><div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) 10+ adults calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) 10+ adults calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 10+ adults calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC adults and metamorphs</div> <div>     <span><i>Ambystoma opacum</i></span> (Marbled Salamander) 1 metamorph</div> <div>     <span><i>Ambystoma talpoideum</i></span> (Mole Salamander) 10+ larvae</div> <div>     <span><i>Amphiuma tridactylum</i></span> (Three-Toed Amphiuma) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea quadridigitata</i></span> (Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander) 3 adults</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3441.jpeg" alt="IMG_3441" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3442.jpeg" alt="IMG_3442" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3443.jpeg" alt="IMG_3443" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sternotherus carinatus </i>(Razor-Backed Musk Turtle)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3390.jpeg" alt="IMG_3390" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3403.jpeg" alt="IMG_3403" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3424.jpeg" alt="IMG_3424" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nerodia erythrogaster transversa</i> (Blotched Watersnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3447.jpeg" alt="IMG_3447" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Coluber constrictor athicus</i></span> (Buttermilk Racer)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3407.jpeg" alt="IMG_3407" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3409.jpeg" alt="IMG_3409" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo fowleri </i>(Fowler's Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3426.jpeg" alt="IMG_3426" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo fowleri </i>(Fowler's Toad) tadpoles<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3414.jpeg" alt="IMG_3414" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3429.jpeg" alt="IMG_3429" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3412.jpeg" alt="IMG_3412" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3418.jpeg" alt="IMG_3418" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Ambystoma opacum</i></span> (Marbled Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3434.jpeg" alt="IMG_3434" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Amphiuma tridactylum</i></span> (Three-Toed Amphiuma)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3398.jpeg" alt="IMG_3398" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea quadridigitata</i></span> (Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander)<br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:42:49 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/kisatchie_national_forest_n.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/lafayette_louisiana_28_may_.html <div><p> </p> <p>In the morning, Bones, Graham and I went over to a woodlot behind where Bones used to live in Lafayette, LA to look for snakes and and frogs. We turned up a few interesting finds.</p> <div><span><i>     Sternotherus odoratus </i>(Stinkpot) 1 adult</span></div> <div><span><i>     Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 2 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Eumeces fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div><span><i>     <span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Nerodia fasciata confluens</i></span> (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 1 adult</span></i></span></div> <div><span><i>     Pantherophis obsoletus</i></span> (Western Ratsnake) 1 dead adult</div> <div> <div>     <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) 2 adults</div> <div>     <i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) TMTC metamorphs</div> <div>     <span><i>Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides</i></span> (Rio Grande Chirping Frog) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) TMTC metamorphs</div> <div><span><i>     Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC metamorphs<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3358.jpeg" alt="IMG_3358" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Nerodia fasciata confluens</i></span> (Broad-Banded Watersnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3373.jpeg" alt="IMG_3373" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3368.jpeg" alt="IMG_3368" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3370.jpeg" alt="IMG_3370" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sternotherus odoratus </i>(Stinkpot)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3361.jpeg" alt="IMG_3361" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) metamorph<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3364.jpeg" alt="IMG_3364" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides</i></span> (Rio Grande Chirping Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3355.jpeg" alt="IMG_3355" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad)<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:18:54 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/lafayette_louisiana_28_may_.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/mary_brown_preserve_in_tuni.html <div><p> </p> <p>In the morning, Bones, Graham and I drove over to the Mary Brown Preserve in the Tunica Hills  of the Florida Parishes. Weather was warm with temps in the upper 80s with party cloudy skies. We didn't see many live snakes but saw a few interesting DORs.</p> <p> </p> <div>     <span><i>Chelydra serpentina</i></span> (Common Snapping Turtle) 1 DOR adult</div> <div><span><i>     Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) 20+ adults and subadults</div> <div>     <span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 10+ adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Eumeces fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div><span><i>     Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 subadult<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Farancia abacura reinwardtii </i></span>(Western Mudsnake) 1 DOR adult</div> <div><span><i>     Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i></span> (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div><div><span><i>     Nerodia rhombifer</i></span> (Diamondback Watersnake) 1 DOR adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) TMTC adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Acris crepitans</i></span> (Northern Cricket Frog) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Acris gryllus</i></span> (Southern Cricket Frog) TMTC calling</div> <div><i>     Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) 1 dead adult<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) One adult calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) TMTC calling and metamorphs</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC metamorphs</div> <div>     <span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) 2 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea guttolineata</i></span> (Three-Lined Salamander) 1 juvenile</div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3349.jpeg" alt="IMG_3349" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea guttolineata</i></span> (Three-Lined Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3350.jpeg" alt="IMG_3350" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3352.jpeg" alt="IMG_3352" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander)<br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:02:52 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/mary_brown_preserve_in_tuni.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cypress_island_preserve_in_.html <div><p> </p> <p>Today Bones and I went out to St. Martin Lake in St. Martin Parish to look for snakes and turtles. Weather wasn't the greatest in the morning with scattered t-storms that dumped a considerable amount of rain. However, in the early afternoon the skies cleared a bit and the reptiles came out. </p> <p>Bone's House in Lafayette, LA:</p> <p> </p> <div>     <span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) DOR adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus</i></span> (Mediterranean Gecko)</div> <div>     <i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) 1 adult</div> <p> </p> <p>St. Martin Lake:</p> <div> <div>     <span><i>Alligator mississippiensis</i></span> (American Alligator) 7 subadults and adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Coluber constrictor latrunculus</i></span> (Blackmask Racer) 5 adults and 1 DOR</div> <div>     <span><i>Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i></span> (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 adult</div> <div><span><i>     Nerodia fasciata confluens</i></span> (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 3 adults</div> <div><i>     Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 3 adults</div> <div><span><i>     Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 4 adults<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Eumeces fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Pseudemys concinna</i></span> (River Cooter) 5+ adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) TMTC adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i></span> (Central Newt) 5+ larvae</div> <div>     <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) 3 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) 10+ adults calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) 10+ adults calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 5+ adults calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana grylio</i></span> (Pig Frog) 5+ adults calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC adults and metamorphs</div> <div>     </div> <div>That evening, Graham Reynolds came down and we all went out to the Atchafalaya Basin to look for herps. Anurans were out in full force. Unfortunately, the snakes were not. </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><div>     <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Pseudacris crucifer</i></span> (Spring Peeper) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Pseudacris fouquettei</i></span> (Cajun Chorus Frog) 1 adult and 1 metamorph</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC adults and metamorphs</div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Lastly, we made a quick search again at Cypress Island Preserve before heading home for the night and picked up a few finds.</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><div><span><i>     Alligator mississippiensis</i></span> (American Alligator) 15+ subadults and adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 DOR adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Pantherophis obsoletus</i></span> (Western Ratsnake) 1 juvenile</div> <div><i>     Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 1 adult</div> <div><span><i>     Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) 3 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana grylio</i></span> (Pig Frog) TMTC calling</div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Cypress Island Preserve:</div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00540.jpeg" alt="DSC00540" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00534.jpeg" alt="DSC00534" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Alligator mississippiensis</i></span> (American Alligator)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00524.jpeg" alt="DSC00524" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00537.jpeg" alt="DSC00537" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00565.jpeg" alt="DSC00565" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00566.jpeg" alt="DSC00566" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Coluber constrictor latrunculus</i></span> (Blackmask Racer)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00554.jpeg" alt="DSC00554" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00580.jpeg" alt="DSC00580" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00585.jpeg" alt="DSC00585" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i></span> (Speckled Kingsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00570.jpeg" alt="DSC00570" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00576.jpeg" alt="DSC00576" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00550.jpeg" alt="DSC00550" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/dsc00573.jpeg" alt="DSC00573" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">Atchafalaya Basin:<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3321.jpeg" alt="IMG_3321" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3322.jpeg" alt="IMG_3322" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3327.jpeg" alt="IMG_3327" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3326.jpeg" alt="IMG_3326" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3330.jpeg" alt="IMG_3330" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3329.jpeg" alt="IMG_3329" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hyla squirella</i> (Squirrel Treefrog)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3341.jpeg" alt="IMG_3341" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudacris crucifer</i></span> (Spring Peeper)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3342.jpeg" alt="IMG_3342" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3344.jpeg" alt="IMG_3344" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudacris fouquettei</i></span> (Cajun Chorus Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3339.jpeg" alt="IMG_3339" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3334.jpeg" alt="IMG_3334" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana sphenocephala utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: left;">Cypress Island Preserve:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3346.jpeg" alt="IMG_3346" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pantherophis obsoletus</i></span> (Western Ratsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:50:11 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cypress_island_preserve_in_.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/vermillion_parish_louisiana.html <div><p> </p> <p>I drove down to Louisiana to visit my old college roommate Bones Glorioso and his wife Melita for a few days.  However, herps are also on the agenda. Last night, after eating some great cajun food, Bones and I went out for a quick drive to the west of his home (in Youngsville, LA) to look for some critters.  For about an 1.5 hour trip, we did pretty well with several species found and several mosquito bites.</p> <p>The results:</p> <div> <div><i>     Nerodia erythrogaster transversa</i> (Blotched Watersnake) 2 adults<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Nerodia fasciata confluens</i></span> (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 1 adult</div> <div><i>     Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 2 adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Acris crepitans</i></span> (Northern Cricket Frog) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) 5 adults and TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) 10+ adults calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) TMTC calling</div> <div><i>     Hyla squirella</i> (Squirrel Treefrog) 10+ adults and TMTC calling<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 10+ adults calling</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3290.jpeg" alt="IMG_3290" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3293.jpeg" alt="IMG_3293" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hyla squirella</i> (Squirrel Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3296.jpeg" alt="IMG_3296" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3297.jpeg" alt="IMG_3297" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3300.jpeg" alt="IMG_3300" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3303.jpeg" alt="IMG_3303" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nerodia erythrogaster transversa</i> (Blotched Watersnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3312.jpeg" alt="IMG_3312" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3313.jpeg" alt="IMG_3313" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake)</span><br /> </i></span></div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Tue, 26 May 2009 09:38:31 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/vermillion_parish_louisiana.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cades_cove_gsmnp_blount_co__2.html <div><p> </p> <p>I went up to Cades Cove with Ben Fitzpatrick to help him sample salamanders and tadpoles for ranavirus for Megan Todd-Thompson's thesis. Sadly, ranavirus has shown its ugly head as tens to hundreds of ambystomatid larvae and tadpoles were dead or dying.  However, adult newts (at least for the time being) appear unafffected.</p> <p>Amphibians:</p> <span><i>Ambystoma opacum</i></span> (Marbled Salamander) 10+ large larvae<br /> <span><i>Ambystoma maculatum</i></span> (Spotted Salamander) TMTC larvae<span><i></i></span><br /> <span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) 1 adult<span><i></i></span><br /> <span><i>Eurycea l. longicauda </i>(Long-Tailed Salamander) 12 adults and subadults</span><br /> <span><i>Notophthalmus v. viridescens</i></span> (Red-Spotted Newt) 15+ adults<i></i><br /> <span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander) 4 adults and subadults<div><span><i>Pseudotriton ruber schenki </i></span>(Black-Chinned Red Salamander) 1 adult<br /> <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) heard calling males<br /> <i>Pseudacris c. crucifer </i>(Northern Spring Peeper) 1 adult and TMTC tadpoles<br /> <span><i>Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Green Frog) 3 adults and heard calling males<span><i><br /> </i></span><div><br /> </div> <div>Reptiles:</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><span><i>Pantherophis spiloides</i></span> (Gray Ratsnake) 1 adult</div> <div><br /> <p> </p> <p> </p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3277.jpeg" alt="IMG_3277" style="outline:none;" /> <br /> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><span><i>Desmognathus conanti</i></span></span> (Spotted Dusky Salamander)</span></i></span></div> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3283.jpeg" alt="IMG_3283" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <i><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Eurycea l. longicauda </i>(Long-Tailed Salamander)</span><br /> </div> </i></div> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3289.jpeg" alt="IMG_3289" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i></span> (Northern Slimy Salamander)<br /> </div> </span></div> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3274.jpeg" alt="IMG_3274" style="outline:none;" /> <img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3276.jpeg" alt="IMG_3276" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudotriton ruber schenki </i></span>(Black-Chinned Red Salamander)<br /> </div> </span></div> <div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3264.jpeg" alt="IMG_3264" style="outline:none;" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3265.jpeg" alt="IMG_3265" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pantherophis spiloides</i></span> (Gray Ratsnake)<br /> </div> </span> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> </div> <div><br /> </div> <p> </p> </div> </div> Tue, 26 May 2009 09:38:03 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cades_cove_gsmnp_blount_co__2.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cedars_of_lebanon_state_for.html <div><p> </p> <p>Graham Reynolds and I went over to Wilson County at Cedars of Lebanon State Forest to meet up with Brian Miller and his Vertebrate Zoology class to look for herps. We had a good day despite getting &quot;slightly&quot; lost in the forest while looking for Pseudotriton montanus streams.  Weather was in the low 80s with partly cloudy skies. Afterward, Graham and I went over to Vesta State Natural Area and found a few things as well.</p> <p><br /> </p> <p>Totals on the day:</p>      <span><i>Terrapene c. carolina</i></span> (Eastern Box Turtle) 1 adult and 1 dead hatchling<div><div><i>     Aspidoscelis s. sexlineata</i> (Six-lined Racerunner) 10+ adults and juveniles    <i></i></div> <div><i>     Eumeces fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink) 5+ adults and juveniles</div> <div><i>     Eumeces inexpectatus</i> (Southeastern Five-lined Skink) 2 adults<br /> </div> <div><i>     Sceloporus undulatus</i> (Eastern Fence Lizard) 5+ adults and juveniles<br /> </div> <div>     <i>Scincella lateralis</i> (Little Ground Skink) 1 adult</div> <div>     <i>Carphophis amoenus</i> (Eastern Wormsnake) 6 adults</div> <div><i>     Coluber c. constrictor</i> (Northern Black Racer) 6 adults<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Crotalus horridus</i></span> (Timber Rattlesnake) 1 adult</div> <div><i>     Diadophis punctatus edwardsi</i> (Northern Ringneck Snake) 1 juvenile<br /> </div> <div>     <i>Lampropeltis getula nigra</i> (Black Kingsnake) 5 adults and juveniles</div> <div><i>     Lampropeltis t. triangulum</i> (Eastern Milksnake) 1 adult and 1 DOR<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Tantilla coronata</i></span> (Southeastern Crowned Snake) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Virginia v. valeriae</i></span> (Eastern Smooth Earthsnake) 1 adult</div> <div>     <i>Bufo a. americanus </i>(Eastern American Toad) 1 adult</div> <div>     <i>Bufo fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) 30+ adults</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC eggs</div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea lucifuga</i></span> (Cave Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div><i>     Notophthalmus v. viridescens</i> (Eastern Newt) 2 adults<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3207.jpeg" alt="IMG_3207" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Carphophis amoenus</i> (Eastern Wormsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3250.jpeg" alt="IMG_3250" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Coluber c. constrictor</i> (Northern Black Racer)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3236.jpeg" alt="IMG_3236" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Crotalus horridus</i></span> (Timber Rattlesnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3221.jpeg" alt="IMG_3221" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3204.jpeg" alt="IMG_3204" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3214.jpeg" alt="IMG_3214" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampropeltis getula nigra</i> (Black Kingsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3201.jpeg" alt="IMG_3201" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3202.jpeg" alt="IMG_3202" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampropeltis t. triangulum</i> (Eastern Milksnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3211.jpeg" alt="IMG_3211" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Tantilla coronata</i></span> (Southeastern Crowned Snake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3242.jpeg" alt="IMG_3242" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Virginia v. valeriae</i></span> (Eastern Smooth Earthsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3219.jpeg" alt="IMG_3219" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3220.jpeg" alt="IMG_3220" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Eumeces fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3197.jpeg" alt="IMG_3197" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3241.jpeg" alt="IMG_3241" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bufo fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3225.jpeg" alt="IMG_3225" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) eggs<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3258.jpeg" alt="IMG_3258" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Eurycea lucifuga</span> (Cave Salamander)</span><br /> </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Thu, 21 May 2009 19:29:06 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/cedars_of_lebanon_state_for.html http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/campbell_and_scott_cos_tn_1.html <div><p>With showers and thunderstorms moving into the area around dusk, Graham and I headed north to northern Campbell and extreme northeast Scott Counties in search of amphibians.  We really hoped to find Black Mountain Dusky Salamanders and other plethodontids that just range into Tennessee near the KY-TN state line but no success.  However, we did have several surprises on the road including a Green Salamander and a Four-Toed Salamander!</p> <p> </p> <p>Campbell County, TN:</p> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>     Ambystoma opacum </i>(Marbled Salamander) 7 metamorphs</span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>     Aneides aeneus </i>(Green Salamander) 1 adult</span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>     Desmognathus conanti</i> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) 1 adult</span></i></div> <div>     <span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus</i></span> (Northern Spring Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div>     <span><i>Hemidactylium scutatum</i></span> (Four-Toed Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div><span><i>     Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens</i></span> (Red-Spotted Newt) 5 efts<br /> </div> <div><div><span><i>     Pseudotriton ruber ruber </i></span>(Northern Red Salamander) 2 adults and 1 juvenile</div> <div><div><span><i>     Bufo americanus americanus</i></span> (Eastern American Toad) 20+ observed and calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC observed and calling</div> </div> <div><span><i>     Pseudacris brachyphona</i></span> (Mountain Chorus Frog) TMTC calling and observed<br /> </div> <div>     <span><i>Pseudacris crucifer crucifer</i></span> (Northern Spring Peeper) TMTC calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana catesbeiana</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 1 adult calling</div> <div><div><span><i>     Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Green Frog) 5 adults and juveniles</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana palustris</i></span> (Pickerel Frog) 7 adults and juveniles</div> </div> <div><div><span><i>     Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen</i></span> (Northern Copperhead) 2 adults DOR</div> <div>     <span><i>Thamnophis sirtalis</i></span><span><i> </i></span>(Eastern Gartersnake) 1 subadult</div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <div>Scott Co., TN:</div> <div><span><i><br /> </i></span></div> <div><span><i>     Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens</i></span> (Red-Spotted Newt) 1 eft<br /> </div> <div><div><div><span><i>     Bufo americanus americanus</i></span> (Eastern American Toad) 3 observed and a few calling</div> <div>     <span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC calling</div> </div> <div><span><i>     Pseudacris brachyphona</i></span> (Mountain Chorus Frog) TMTC calling</div> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>     <span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Pseudacris crucifer crucifer</i></span> (Northern Spring Peeper) TMTC calling</span></i></span></i></div> <div><div><span><i>     Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Green Frog) 1 juvenile</div> <div>     <span><i>Rana palustris</i></span> (Pickerel Frog) 2 juveniles</div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><div> <div><br /> </div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3168.jpeg" alt="IMG_3168" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ambystoma opacum </i>(Marbled Salamander) metamorph<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3180.jpeg" alt="IMG_3180" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Aneides aeneus </i>(Green Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3165.jpeg" alt="IMG_3165" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Desmognathus conanti</i> (Spotted Dusky Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3169.jpeg" alt="IMG_3169" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Eurycea cirrigera</i></span> (Southern Two-Lined Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3185.jpeg" alt="IMG_3185" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3186.jpeg" alt="IMG_3186" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3187.jpeg" alt="IMG_3187" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hemidactylium scutatum</i></span> (Four-Toed Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3172.jpeg" alt="IMG_3172" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens</i></span> (Red-Spotted Newt)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3161.jpeg" alt="IMG_3161" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3163.jpeg" alt="IMG_3163" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudotriton ruber ruber </i></span>(Northern Red Salamander)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3158.jpeg" alt="IMG_3158" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Bufo americanus americanus</i></span> (Eastern American Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3154.jpeg" alt="IMG_3154" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3152.jpeg" alt="IMG_3152" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Pseudacris brachyphona</i></span> (Mountain Chorus Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3156.jpeg" alt="IMG_3156" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana clamitans melanota</i></span> (Green Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3148.jpeg" alt="IMG_3148" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Rana palustris</i></span> (Pickerel Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_3159.jpeg" alt="IMG_3159" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span>Thamnophis sirtalis</span><span> </span>(Eastern Gartersnake)</span><br /> </i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 17 May 2009 12:42:08 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2009/campbell_and_scott_cos_tn_1.html