Today, Bones and I took our yearly snake hike at the Cypress Island Preserve (Lake Martin) in Lake Martin Parish. Although we've done fairly well diversity-wise the past two years, we did exceptionally well this year with a couple of nice surprises.
The catch:
Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) 1 adult and 5 juveniles
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth) 1 juvenile
Coluber constrictor latrunculus (Blackmask Racer) 5 adults and subadults
Farancia abacura reinwardtii (Western Mudsnake) 1 subadult
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 adult and 1 juvenile
Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 24 adults and subadults
Nerodia sp. (Unknown Watersnake) 2 adults
Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 12 and subadults
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Southern Copperhead) 1 adult and 1 juvenile
Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) TMTC adults and juveniles
Plestiodon fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) TMTC adults
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink) TMTC adults
Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter) 1 adult
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) 1 adult
Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 2 subadults
Hyla chrysoscelis (Cope's Gray Treefrog) calling
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog) 1 adult and calling
Incilius nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad) 1 adult
Lithobates clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) 12 adults and subadults and calling
Lithobates grylio (Pig Frog) 5+ adults calling
Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius (Southern Leopard Frog) 5 adults
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper) TMTC tadpoles
Ambystoma texanum (Small-Mouthed Salamander) 10+ larvae
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis (Central Newt) 1 eft
Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator)
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Southern Copperhead)
Juvenile Southern Copperhead basking
Coluber constrictor latrunculus (Blackmask Racer)
Farancia abacura reinwardtii (Western Mudsnake)
Lampropeltis getula holbrooki (Speckled Kingsnake)
Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake)
Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad)
Incilius nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad)
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog)
Lithobates clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) juvenile
Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius (Southern Leopard Frog)
Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis (Central Newt) eft