In the morning, Bones and I went over to a woodlot behind where Bones used to live in Lafayette to look for snakes and and frogs. We turned up a few interesting finds. A couple days later we set some minnow traps in hopes of catching a siren or amphiuma. Instead, a 5 lb snapping turtle managed to get into one of the traps and was a major pain in the ass when we tried to free it.
Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-Eared Slider) 20+ adults and subadults
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle) 1 subadult
Anolis carolinensis (Green Anole) 2 adults
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) 1 adult
Scincella lateralis (Ground Skink) 5+ adults
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth) 1 subadult
Acris blanchardi (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) 5+adults
Bufo nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad) 2 adults
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 1 adult
Rana clamitans clamitans (Bronze Frog) 2 adults
Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma (Western Cottonmouth)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-Lined Skink) adult
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle) subadult and leech attached
Bufo nebulifer (Gulf Coast Toad)
Gastrophryne carolinensis (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad)