Lafayette, Louisiana (28 May 2009)

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.

     Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot) 1 adult
     Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) 1 adult
     Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) 2 adults
     Eumeces fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult
     Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink) TMTC adults
     Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 1 adult
     Pantherophis obsoletus (Western Ratsnake) 1 dead adult
     Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) 2 adults
     Bufo nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad) TMTC metamorphs
     Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog) 1 adult
     Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 1 adult
     Rana clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) TMTC metamorphs
     Rana sphenocephala utricularia (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC metamorphs


Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake)


Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink)



Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot)


Bufo nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad) metamorph


Eleutherodactylus cystignathoides (Rio Grande Chirping Frog)


Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad)

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