Throughout the week, Bones and I headed over to the nearby Cypress Island Preserve in St. Martin Parish for some herping and birding. Once the sun came out after a couple of days of clouds and rain, the snakes came out in hordes, especially the watersnakes.
Overall finds:
Alligator mississippiensis (American Alligator) 1 subadult
Coluber constrictor latrunculus (Blackmask Racer) 1 adult
Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 35 adults and subadults
Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster (Yellow-Bellied Watersnake) 2 adults
Nerodia cyclopion (Mississippi Green Watersnake) 1 adult
Nerodia sp. (Unknown Watersnake) 50+ adults and subadults
Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 15 adults and subadults
Pantherophis obsoletus (Western Ratsnake) 1 adult
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Southern Copperhead) 1 adult
Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) 15+ adults
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) 5 adults
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink) TMTC adults
Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter) 10+ adults
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) 30+ adults and subadults
Chrysemys dorsalis (Southern Painted Turtle) 5 adults and subadults
Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper) 1 adult
Hyla cinerea (Green Treefrog) 1 adult calling
Rana clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) 7 adults and subadults
Rana grylio (Pig Frog) 5+ adults calling
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) basking
Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole)
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix (Southern Copperhead)
Coluber constrictor latrunculus (Blackmask Racer)
Nerodia cyclopion (Mississippi Green Watersnake)
Nerodia fasciata confluens (Broad-Banded Watersnake)
Pantherophis obsoletus (Western Ratsnake)
Thamnophis proximus orarius (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake)
Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog)
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)
Rana clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) juvenile
Scenery and other wildlife: