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.
Apalone spinifera (Spiny Softshell) 2 adults
Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-Backed Musk Turtle) 2 adults
Terrapene carolina trunguis (Three-Toed Box Turtle) 1 DOR adult
Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) 1 adult
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult
Eumeces laticeps (Broadhead Skink) 1 adult
Sceloporus consobrinus (Prairie Lizard) 1 adult
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink) TMTC adults
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth) 1 adult, 1 juvenile and 1 DOR
Coluber constrictor athicus (Buttermilk Racer) 1 DOR adult
Nerodia erythrogaster transversa (Blotched Watersnake) 1 adult
Nerodia rhombifer (Diamondback Watersnake) 1 adult
Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Greensnake) 1 DOR adult
Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed
Bufo fowleri (Fowler's Toad) TMTC adults and tadpoles
Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's Gray Treefrog) 10+ adults calling
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog) 10+ adults calling and observed
Rana catesbeiana (American Bullfrog) 10+ adults calling and observed
Rana clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) TMTC calling and observed
Rana sphenocephala utricularia (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC adults and metamorphs
Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander) 1 metamorph
Ambystoma talpoideum (Mole Salamander) 10+ larvae
Amphiuma tridactylum (Three-Toed Amphiuma) 1 adult
Eurycea quadridigitata (Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander) 3 adults
Sternotherus carinatus (Razor-Backed Musk Turtle)
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth)
Nerodia erythrogaster transversa (Blotched Watersnake)
Coluber constrictor athicus (Buttermilk Racer)
Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog)
Bufo fowleri (Fowler's Toad)
Bufo fowleri (Fowler's Toad) tadpoles
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Rana catesbeiana (American Bullfrog)
Rana clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog)
Ambystoma opacum (Marbled Salamander)
Amphiuma tridactylum (Three-Toed Amphiuma)
Eurycea quadridigitata (Coastal Plain Dwarf Salamander)