2011 | My Field Journal | Matthew L Niemiller http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/ en Tue, 03 May 2011 13:07:49 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox Pro 1.6.8 (19145) Cherokee National Forest, Polk Co., TN (30 Apr 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cherokee-national-forest-po.html <div><p> </p> <p>On Saturday, we (myself, Dr. Sandy Echternacht, and Dr. R. Graham Reynolds) took the herpetology class at UTK to the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County, Tennessee, for a field trip. Weather was great with sunny skies, temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s, and low humidity. We first traveled to the Conasauga River area to look for turtles and salamanders in the tributaries. Next, we visited a historic locality for Coal Skinks collected by in 1980. Later in the day, we traveled to the Hiwassee River to look for hellbenders and mudpuppies then roadcruised around the Apalachia Dam area for snakes just after dark before heading back to Knoxville.</p> <p>Overall we did fairly well and saw a number of species. We documented 23 species of amphibians and reptiles, including 8 salamanders, 4 frogs, 1 lizard, 6 snakes, and 4 turtles.</p> <p> </p> <p>Conasauga River area:</p> <div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> </i></span></span>Coluber constrictor constrictor </i>(Northern Black Racer) DOR adult</div> <div> <i>Nerodia sipedon pleuralis x sipedon</i> (Northern Watersnake) 4 adults and 1 juvenile</div> <div> <i>Regina septemvittata</i> (Queensnake) 1 juvenile</div> <div> <i>Storeria dekayi wrightorum</i> (Midland Brownsnake) 1 adult gravid female</div> <div> <i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Common Five-Lined Skink) 2 adults</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Chelydra serpentina </i>(Common Snapping Turtle) 1 adult</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Pseudemys concinna</i> (River Cooter) 1 adult male</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Sternotherus minor peltifer</i> (Stripe-Necked Musk Turtle) 13 adults and juveniles</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Sternotherus odoratus</i> (Stinkpot) 2 adults </span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Lithobates catesbeianus </i>(American Bullfrog) adults calling and TMTC tadpoles </span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Desmognathus aeneus</i> (Seepage Salamander) 1 adult</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Desmognathus conanti</i> (Spotted Dusky Salamander) 15+ adults and juveniles</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Desmognathus monticola</i> (Seal Salamander) 1 adult</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Desmognathus quadramaculatus</i> (Black-Bellied Salamander) 1 larva</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Eurycea wilderae</i> (Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander) 1 adult and 5+ larvae</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span> <i>Plethodon glutinosus</i> (Northern Slimy Salamander) 2 adults</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><br /> </i></span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">Hiwassee River area:</span><br /> </i></span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></span></span></i></div> <div><i> Pantherophis guttatus</i> (Red Cornsnake) 2 DOR adults</div> <div> <i>Pantherophis spiloides</i> (Gray Ratsnake) 1 subadult</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Anaxyrus americanus americanus</i> (Eastern American Toad) 20+ adults and juveniles, calling</div> <div> <i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) calling</div> <div><i> Pseudacris crucifer </i>(Spring Peeper) calling<br /> </div> <div> <i> Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis </i>(Eastern Hellbender) 21 adults and juveniles, 3 larvae</div> <div><i> Necturus maculosus</i> (Common Mudpuppy) 6 adults</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> </i></div> </span></i></div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Photographs:</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6607.jpeg" alt="IMG_6607" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6591.jpeg" alt="IMG_6591" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6586.jpeg" alt="IMG_6586" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6585.jpeg" alt="IMG_6585" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nerodia sipedon pleuralis x sipedon</i> (Northern Watersnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6647.jpeg" alt="IMG_6647" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6649.jpeg" alt="IMG_6649" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pantherophis spiloides</i> (Gray Ratsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6603.jpeg" alt="IMG_6603" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6594.jpeg" alt="IMG_6594" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Regina septemvittata</i> (Queensnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6610.jpeg" alt="IMG_6610" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6612.jpeg" alt="IMG_6612" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Storeria dekayi wrightorum</i> (Midland Brownsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6577.jpeg" alt="IMG_6577" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6580.jpeg" alt="IMG_6580" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Pseudemys concinna</i> (River Cooter)</span></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6564.jpeg" alt="IMG_6564" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6573.jpeg" alt="IMG_6573" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6576.jpeg" alt="IMG_6576" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Sternotherus minor peltifer</i> (Stripe-Necked Musk Turtle) </span></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><br /> </span></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6566.jpeg" alt="IMG_6566" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6569.jpeg" alt="IMG_6569" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Sternotherus odoratus</i> (Stinkpot)</span></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><br /> </span></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6653.jpeg" alt="IMG_6653" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6654.jpeg" alt="IMG_6654" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaxyrus americanus americanus</i> (Eastern American Toad)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6622.jpeg" alt="IMG_6622" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6628.jpeg" alt="IMG_6628" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6629.jpeg" alt="IMG_6629" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis </i>(Eastern Hellbender)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6605.jpeg" alt="IMG_6605" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6606.jpeg" alt="IMG_6606" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Desmognathus monticola</i> (Seal Salamander)</span></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><br /> </span></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6600.jpeg" alt="IMG_6600" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Eurycea wilderae</i> (Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander)</span></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><br /> </span></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6640.jpeg" alt="IMG_6640" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6641.jpeg" alt="IMG_6641" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Necturus maculosus</i> (Common Mudpuppy)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6618.jpeg" alt="IMG_6618" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Plethodon glutinosus</i> (Northern Slimy Salamander)</span></span></i><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><br /> </span></span></i></div> <p> </p> </div> Mon, 02 May 2011 09:15:53 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cherokee-national-forest-po.html West Tennessee, Shelby, Fayette, Hardeman, McNairy & Stewart Counties (24 - 25 Apr 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/west_tennessee_04242011.html <div><p> This past weekend, I went with Graham Reynolds and Stephen Nelson to west Tennessee in search of reptiles to photograph for the upcoming "Reptiles of Tennessee" book. We drove out early Saturday morning out to Memphis and search the Shelby Farms area in Shelby County for most of the afternoon before driving along the Wolf River and searching in and around the Ghost River SNA and Wolf River WMA in Fayette County during the late evening and night. That night we camped at Big Hill Pond State Park in McNairy County. The weather was great with partly to mostly cloudy skies, temps in the mid 80s during the day with an overnight low around 70 F.</p> <p>Sunday morning, we herped in and around Big Hill Pond State Park and also south of Chickasaw State Park located in southwestern Chester and northeastern Hardeman counties. That evening, we decided to make the drive to the Land Between the Lakes area in Stewart County when rain moved into the area. After roadcrusing at LBL, we camped at Piney Campground on Kentucky Lake.</p> <p>Overall we documented 42 species of amphibians and reptiles, including 6 salamanders, 13 frogs, 6 lizards, 12 snakes, and 5 turtles.</p> <p> </p> <p>Drive to west Tennessee:<br /> </p> <div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><br /> </i></span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> </i></span></span>Coluber constrictor priapus </i>(Southern Black Racer) 2 DOR adults</div> <div> <i>Lampropeltis getula holbrooki </i>(Speckled Kingsnake) 1 DOR adult</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Chelydra serpentina </i>(Common Snapping Turtle) 4 DOR adults </span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Terrapene carolina carolina </i>(Eastern Box Turtle) 6 DOR adults and juveniles</span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><br /> </i></span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;">Shelby Farms Park & Lucius E. Burch State Natural Area (Shelby Co., TN):</span><br /> </i></span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></span></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Acris gryllus</i></span> (Southern Cricket Frog) 10+ adults</span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> <div> <i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) 10+ adults and juveniles</div> <div><i> Gastrophryne carolinensis </i>(Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div> <i>Lithobates sphenocephalus</i> (Southern Leopard Frog) 4 adults</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink) 1 adult</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Scincella lateralis</i> (Little Ground Skink) 5 adults</span></i></span></i></div> <div><i> Coluber constrictor priapus</i> (Southern Black Racer) 1 adult</div> <div><i> Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i> (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 juvenile<br /> </div> <div> <i>Thamnophis sauritus</i> (Eastern Ribbonsnake) 1 adult</div> <div><i> Pseudemys concinna</i> (River Cooter) 1 hatchling</div> <div><span><i> Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) 1 hatchling and 5 adults</div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6453.jpeg" alt="IMG_6453" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6454.jpeg" alt="IMG_6454" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pseudemys concinna</i> (River Cooter) hatchling<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6463.jpeg" alt="IMG_6463" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) (L) and <i>Pseudemys concinna</i> (River Cooter) (R) hatchling<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6465.jpeg" alt="IMG_6465" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6469.jpeg" alt="IMG_6469" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i> (Speckled Kingsnake) juvenile<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6472.jpeg" alt="IMG_6472" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) adult</div> <div><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Ghost River State Natural Area and Wolf River Wildlife Management Area (Fayette Co., TN):</div> <div><br /> </div> <div> <i>Plethodon mississippi </i>(Mississippi Slimy Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div> <i>Siren intermedia nettingi </i>(Western Lesser Siren) 5+ adults</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Acris gryllus</i></span> (Southern Cricket Frog) TMTC adults and calling</span></i><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) TMTC adults and juveniles and calling</div> <div> <i>Hyla avivoca</i> (Bird-Voiced Treefrog) TMTC adults and calling</div> <div> <i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC adults and calling</div> <div> <i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i> (American Bullfrog) 5+ adults and calling</div> <div> <i> Lithobates c. clamitans</i> (Bronze Frog) 20+ adults and calling</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Lithobates sphenocephalus</i> (Southern Leopard Frog) 10+ adults</div> <div> <i>Pseudacris feriarum</i> (Upland Chorus Frog) calling</div> <div><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink) 3 adults</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Scincella lateralis</i> (Little Ground Skink) 5+ adults</span></i></span></i></div> </div> </span></i> </div> <div><span><i> Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6477.jpeg" alt="IMG_6477" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hyla avivoca</i> (Bird-Voiced Treefrog) adult male calling</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6481.jpeg" alt="IMG_6481" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lithobates c. clamitans</i> (Bronze Frog) subadult</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6484.jpeg" alt="IMG_6484" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6485.jpeg" alt="IMG_6485" /><br /> </div> </span></i></div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plethodon mississippi </i>(Mississippi Slimy Salamander) adult<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div>Big Hill Pond State Park and surrounding area (McNairy and Hardeman Counties, TN):</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><i> Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i> (Central Newt) 3 efts<br /> </div> <div> <i>Plethodon mississippi </i>(Mississippi Slimy Salamander) 1 adult and 1 juvenile<br /> </div> <div><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Acris gryllus</i></span> (Southern Cricket Frog) TMTC adults and calling</span></i><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) TMTC adults and juveniles and calling</div> <div> <i>Hyla avivoca</i> (Bird-Voiced Treefrog) calling</div> <div> <i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) calling</div> <div> <i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i> (American Bullfrog) 5+ adults calling</div> <div> <i> Lithobates c. clamitans</i> (Bronze Frog) 5+ adults and calling</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Lithobates sphenocephalus</i> (Southern Leopard Frog) 3 adults</div> <div><span><i> Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) 10+ adults<br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Aspidoscelis s. sexlineata</i> (Eastern Six-lined Racerunner) 20+ adults and juveniles</span></i><br /> </div> <div><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink) 5+ adults</div> <div> <i>Plestiodon laticeps</i> (Broad-Headed Skink) 2 adults and 1 juvenile</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Sceloporus undulatus</i> (Eastern Fence Lizard) 10+ adults and juveniles</span></i></span></i><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Scincella lateralis</i> (Little Ground Skink) 10+ adults</span></i></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix <span style="font-style: normal;">(Southern Copperhead) 1 DOR adult</span></i></span></i></div> </div> </span></i></div> <div><span><i> Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 DOR adult</div> <div><i> Carphophis amoenus helanae</i> (Midwestern Wormsnake) 2 adults<br /> </div> <div><i> Coluber constrictor priapus</i> (Southern Black Racer) 2 adults, 1 juvenile, 2 DOR adults, and 1 hit by a train<br /> </div> <div><i> Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster</i> (Yellow-Bellied Watersnake) 3 adults<br /> </div> <div> <i>Pantherophis guttatus </i>(Red Cornsnake) 1 DOR adult</div> <div> <i>Storeria o. occipitomaculata</i> (Northern Red-Bellied Snake) 2 adults</div> <div> <i>Thamnophis s. sirtalis</i> (Eastern Gartersnake) 1 DOR adult</div> <div> <i>Sternotherus odoratus</i> (Stinkpot) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6490.jpeg" alt="IMG_6490" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6488.jpeg" alt="IMG_6488" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6494.jpeg" alt="IMG_6494" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster</i> (Yellow-Bellied Watersnake) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6500.jpeg" alt="IMG_6500" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6496.jpeg" alt="IMG_6496" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6501.jpeg" alt="IMG_6501" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Storeria o. occipitomaculata</i> (Northern Red-Bellied Snake) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6524.jpeg" alt="IMG_6524" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6525.jpeg" alt="IMG_6525" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix <span style="font-style: normal;">(Southern Copperhead) patterning</span></i></span></i></div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6526.jpeg" alt="IMG_6526" /><br /> </span></i></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6531.jpeg" alt="IMG_6531" /><br /> </span></i></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6534.jpeg" alt="IMG_6534" /><br /> </span></i></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Coluber constrictor priapus</i> (Southern Black Racer) juvenile<br /> </span></i></span></i></div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6514.jpeg" alt="IMG_6514" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Aspidoscelis s. sexlineata</i> (Eastern Six-lined Racerunner) juvenile</span></i></div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6517.jpeg" alt="IMG_6517" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6520.jpeg" alt="IMG_6520" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) adult</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6522.jpeg" alt="IMG_6522" /><br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plestiodon laticeps</i> (Broad-Headed Skink) juvenile</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </span></i></div> </div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6510.jpeg" alt="IMG_6510" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6511.jpeg" alt="IMG_6511" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sternotherus odoratus</i> (Stinkpot) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6503.jpeg" alt="IMG_6503" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i> (Central Newt) eft<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6508.jpeg" alt="IMG_6508" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plethodon mississippi </i>(Mississippi Slimy Salamander) juvenile<br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <div><div><div>Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (Stewart Co., TN): </div> <div><i><br /> </i></div> <div><i><div style="font-style: normal;"><i> Desmognathus conanti </i>(Spotted Dusky Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div style="font-style: normal;"><i> Eurycea l. longicauda </i>(Longtail Salamander) TMTC adults and juveniles</div> <div style="font-style: normal;"><i> Pseudotriton r. ruber </i>(Northern Red Salamander) 4 adults and 2 juveniles</div> <div style="font-style: normal;"> <i>Acris crepitans</i> (Northern Cricket Frog) TMTC adults</div> <div style="font-style: normal;"> <i>Anaxyrus americanus</i> (American Toad) TMTC adults and juveniles</div> <div style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) TMTC adults and juveniles and calling</div> </span></i></div> </i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> Hyla chrysoscelis</i> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) TMTC adults and calling</div> <div> <i>Hyla cinerea</i> (Green Treefrog) 5+ adults</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i> (American Bullfrog) 10+ adults and juveniles</div> <div> <i> Lithobates c. clamitans</i> (Bronze Frog) 20+ adults and juveniles</div> </span></i></div> </span></i></span></i></div> <div><i> Pseudacris crucifer </i>(Spring Peeper) TMTC adults and calling</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> Pseudacris feriarum</i> (Upland Chorus Frog) calling</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen <span style="font-style: normal;">(Northern Copperhead) 1 DOR adult</span></i></span></i></div> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>Diadophis punctatus stictogenys<span style="font-style: normal;"> (Mississippi Ring-Necked Snake) 1 adult</span></i></span></i></div> </span></i></div> <div><i> Lampropeltis getula nigra </i>(Black Kingsnake) 1 DOR adult<br /> </div> <div> <i>Storeria dekayi wrightorum</i> (Midland Brownsnake) 1 adult</div> <div><i> Thamnophis s. sirtalis</i> (Eastern Gartersnake) 1 adult and 1 DOR adult<br /> </div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> </span></i></div> <div><i> </i></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6537.jpeg" alt="IMG_6537" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Thamnophis s. sirtalis</i> (Eastern Gartersnake) injesting a DOR <i>Anaxyrus fowleri </i>(Fowler's Toad) on the road</div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6546.jpeg" alt="IMG_6546" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6543.jpeg" alt="IMG_6543" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6545.jpeg" alt="IMG_6545" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Storeria dekayi wrightorum</i> (Midland Brownsnake) adult</div> <div><br /> </div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6547.jpeg" alt="IMG_6547" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Diadophis punctatus stictogenys<span style="font-style: normal;"> (Mississippi Ring-Necked Snake) ventral patterning</span></i></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></span></i></div> </span></i></div> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6549.jpeg" alt="IMG_6549" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pseudacris crucifer </i>(Spring Peeper) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6553.jpeg" alt="IMG_6553" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Hyla cinerea</i> (Green Treefrog) adult</div> <div><br /> </div> </span></i></span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6558.jpeg" alt="IMG_6558" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><div style="font-style: normal;"><i>Pseudotriton r. ruber </i>(Northern Red Salamander) adult</div> </i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></i></div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:44:06 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/west_tennessee_04242011.html Cedars of Lebanon State Forest, Wilson Co., Tennessee (09 Apr 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cedars-of-lebanon-state-for.html <div><p> The herpetology class at UTK went out to search for amphibians and reptiles associated with the cedar glades of middle Tennessee in hopes of finding some the rarer species of snakes and lizards found in the state. We first visited a few sites in Cedars of Lebanon State Forest then search briefly at Vesta Cedar Glade State Natural Area. Although overall numbers of individuals was down compared to trips in the past, we weren't disappointed by diversity. The weather was great with temperatures in the mid 80s and partly cloudy skies. On the way back to Knoxville, we also stopped at Ozone Falls State Natural Area to look for a few species of salamanders.</p> <p> </p> <p>Cedar Glade finds: </p> <div><div><i><span><i> Ambystoma barbouri</i></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">(Streamside Salamander) 20+ larvae</span><br /> </i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>Ambystoma maculatum<span style="font-style: normal;"> (Spotted Salamanders) a few egg masses</span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Notophthalmus v. viridescens</i> (Eastern Newt) 3 adults and several larvae<br /> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span>Plethodon dorsalis<span style="font-style: normal;"> (Northern Zigzag Salamander) 2 adults and 1 juvenile</span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Acris crepitans</i></span> (Northern Cricket Frog) 3 adults<br /> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div> <i>Anaxyrus</i> <i>a. americanus </i>(Eastern American Toad) 4 adults and juveniles, adults calling</div> <div> <i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad) 30+ adults</div> <div><span><i> Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) adults calling<br /> </div> <div> <i>Lithobates sphenocephalus</i> (Southern Leopard Frog) 1 adult</div> <div> <i>Pseudacris feriarum</i> (Upland Chorus Frog) adults calling</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Aspidoscelis s. sexlineata</i> (Eastern Six-lined Racerunner) 1 juvenile<br /> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i> Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink) 5+ adults and juveniles</div> <div><i> Plestiodon inexpectatus</i> (Southeastern Five-lined Skink) 2 adults</div> </span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> <span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Sceloporus undulatus</i> (Eastern Fence Lizard) TMTC adults and juveniles</span></i></span></i></div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Scincella lateralis</i> (Little Ground Skink) 3 adults<br /> </span></i></span></i></div> <div> <i>Carphophis amoenus</i> (Eastern Wormsnake) 3 adults and 1 juvenile</div> <div><i> Coluber c. constrictor</i> (Northern Black Racer) 2 adults, 2 juveniles, 1 DOR adult, 1 DOR juvenile<br /> </div> <div><i> Diadophis punctatus edwardsi</i> (Northern Ringneck Snake) 6 adults<br /> </div> <div><i> Lampropeltis getula nigra</i> (Black Kingsnake) 2 juveniles, 1 DOR adult<br /> </div> <div><i> Lampropeltis t. triangulum</i> (Eastern Milksnake) 2 adults</div> <div><span><i> Tantilla coronata</i></span> (Southeastern Crowned Snake) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Virginia v. valeriae</i></span> (Eastern Smooth Earthsnake) 3 adults</div> <div><br /> </div> <div><div><div>Ozone Falls State Natural Area: </div> <div><i><br /> </i></div> <div><i> Pseudacris crucifer </i>(Spring Peeper) several adults calling</div> <div><i> Aneides aeneus </i>(Green Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div><i> Desmognathus abditus</i> (Cumberland Dusky Salamander) 2 adults and 1 juvenile</div> <div><i> Desmognathus conanti </i>(Spotted Dusky Salamander) 2 adults</div> <div><i> Eurycea wilderae </i>(Blue Ridge Two-Lined Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div><i> Gyrinophilus p. porphyriticus </i>(Northern Spring Salamander) 1 adult</div> <div><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i> Notophthalmus v. viridescens</i> (Eastern Newt) 1 eft</span></i></span><br /> </i></div> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6369.jpeg" alt="IMG_6369" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6371.jpeg" alt="IMG_6371" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Carphophis amoenus</i> (Eastern Wormsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6353.jpeg" alt="IMG_6353" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6389.jpeg" alt="IMG_6389" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6391.jpeg" alt="IMG_6391" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6394.jpeg" alt="IMG_6394" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Coluber c. constrictor</i> (Northern Black Racer)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6325.jpeg" alt="IMG_6325" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6329.jpeg" alt="IMG_6329" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6323.jpeg" alt="IMG_6323" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampropeltis getula nigra</i> (Black Kingsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6384.jpeg" alt="IMG_6384" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6396.jpeg" alt="IMG_6396" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6383.jpeg" alt="IMG_6383" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampropeltis t. triangulum</i> (Eastern Milksnake) </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6401.jpeg" alt="IMG_6401" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6413.jpeg" alt="IMG_6413" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6406.jpeg" alt="IMG_6406" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6399.jpeg" alt="IMG_6399" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Tantilla coronata</i></span> (Southeastern Crowned Snake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6355.jpeg" alt="IMG_6355" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6360.jpeg" alt="IMG_6360" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6359.jpeg" alt="IMG_6359" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Virginia v. valeriae</i></span> (Eastern Smooth Earthsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6363.jpeg" alt="IMG_6363" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6364.jpeg" alt="IMG_6364" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Scincella lateralis</i> (Little Ground Skink)</span></i></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6345.jpeg" alt="IMG_6345" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Aspidoscelis s. sexlineata</i> (Eastern Six-lined Racerunner)</span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6341.jpeg" alt="IMG_6341" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-lined Skink)</div> </span></i> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6379.jpeg" alt="IMG_6379" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6380.jpeg" alt="IMG_6380" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6377.jpeg" alt="IMG_6377" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Plestiodon inexpectatus</i> (Southeastern Five-lined Skink)</div> </span></i> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6315.jpeg" alt="IMG_6315" /><br /> </i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6317.jpeg" alt="IMG_6317" /><br /> </i><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6316.jpeg" alt="IMG_6316" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6340.jpeg" alt="IMG_6340" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6347.jpeg" alt="IMG_6347" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Sceloporus undulatus</i> (Eastern Fence Lizard)</span></i></span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6332.jpeg" alt="IMG_6332" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6335.jpeg" alt="IMG_6335" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Acris crepitans</i></span> (Northern Cricket Frog) </span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6331.jpeg" alt="IMG_6331" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6327.jpeg" alt="IMG_6327" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Anaxyrus fowleri</i> (Fowler's Toad)</div> </span></i> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /> </i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6348.jpeg" alt="IMG_6348" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><div><i>Lithobates sphenocephalus</i> (Southern Leopard Frog)</div> </span></i></div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:44:06 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cedars-of-lebanon-state-for.html Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana (14 - 15 March 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cypress-island-preserve-st-.html <div><p> </p> <p>During the nights of 14 and 15 March, I went out with Bones and his coworker Jeremi of the USGS National Wetlands Research Center to sample for amphibians and other herpetofauna at various localities throughout the Atchafalaya Basin. The Atchafalaya Basin is an amazing area with a lot of wildlife.</p> <p>Species: </p> <div> <div><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i> Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 adult<br /> </span></i></span></div> <div><span><i><span style="font-style: normal;"> <i>Diadophis punctatus stictogenys </i>(Mississippi Ring-Necked Snake) 1 adult</span><br /> </i></span></div> <div><span><i> </i></span><i>Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster</i> (Yellow-Bellied Watersnake) 1 adult</div> <div> <i>Opheodrys aestivus aestivus</i> (Northern Rough Greensnake) 1 subadult</div> <div><i> Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 1 adult<br /> </div> <div><span><i> Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) TMTC adults</div> <div> <i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-Lined Skink) 6 adults</div> <div> <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) 5 adults</div> <div><i> Anaxyrus fowleri </i>(Fowler's Toad) 3 adults and subadults<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) 20+ observed, TMTC calling</div> <div> <i>Ps</i><span><i>eudacris crucifer</i></span> (Spring Peeper) 5+ observed, TMTC calling</div> <div><span><i> Pseudacris fouquettei</i></span> (Cajun Chorus Frog) TMTC calling<br /> </div> <div><span><i> Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) 25+ adults<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) TMTC adults and juveniles</div> <div><i> Hyla squirella</i> (Squirrel Treefrog) 2 subadults<br /> </div> <div><span><i> Gastrophryne carolinensis</i></span> (Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 2 subadults<br /> </div> <div><span><i> Lithobates catesbeianus</i></span> (American Bullfrog) 5 subadults<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) 20+ adults and subadults</div> <div><span><i> Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) 5 adults, TMTC calling<br /> </div> <div><div><i> Ambystoma opacum</i> (Marbled Salamander) 10+ larvae</div> <div> <i>Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i> (Central Newt) 3 efts and 5+ adults</div> </div> <div> </div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6254.jpeg" alt="IMG_6254" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6258.jpeg" alt="IMG_6258" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Diadophis punctatus stictogenys </i>(Mississippi Ring-Necked Snake)</span></i><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6261.jpeg" alt="IMG_6261" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6262.jpeg" alt="IMG_6262" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster</i></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> (Yellow-Bellied Watersnake)</span><br /> </i> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6301.jpeg" alt="IMG_6301" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6304.jpeg" alt="IMG_6304" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6306.jpeg" alt="IMG_6306" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Opheodrys aestivus aestivus</i> (Northern Rough Greensnake) <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6248.jpeg" alt="IMG_6248" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6250.jpeg" alt="IMG_6250" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i> (Five-Lined Skink)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6235.jpeg" alt="IMG_6235" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6226.jpeg" alt="IMG_6226" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i></span> (Cope's Gray Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6225.jpeg" alt="IMG_6225" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6242.jpeg" alt="IMG_6242" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6244.jpeg" alt="IMG_6244" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6247.jpeg" alt="IMG_6247" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hyla squirella</i> (Squirrel Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6228.jpeg" alt="IMG_6228" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6230.jpeg" alt="IMG_6230" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ps</i><span><i>eudacris crucifer</i></span> (Spring Peeper)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6232.jpeg" alt="IMG_6232" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Lithobates catesbeianus</i></span> (American Bullfrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6231.jpeg" alt="IMG_6231" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6264.jpeg" alt="IMG_6264" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularia</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6311.jpeg" alt="IMG_6311" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6313.jpeg" alt="IMG_6313" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Anaxyrus fowleri </i>(Fowler's Toad)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6265.jpeg" alt="IMG_6265" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6267.jpeg" alt="IMG_6267" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6269.jpeg" alt="IMG_6269" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ambystoma opacum</i> (Marbled Salamander)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6236.jpeg" alt="IMG_6236" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6238.jpeg" alt="IMG_6238" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i> (Central Newt)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:50:11 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cypress-island-preserve-st-.html Lafayette and Youngsville, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana (12 - 14 March 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/lafayette-louisiana-28-may-.html <div><p> </p> <p>Bones and I went over to a woodlot behind where Bones used to live in Lafayette to look for snakes and for some frogs. We turned up a few interesting finds. We also set minnow traps in a ditch a local park in Youngsville in hopes of landing a few turtles and maybe an amphiuma. This year, we weren't disappointed catching 7 turtles and an amphiuma in the unbaited traps, including a Mississippi Mud Turtle.</p> <div><span><i> Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) 3 adults</div> <div> <i>Chelydra serpentina</i> (Common Snapping Turtle) 3 subadults</div> <div> <i>Sternotherus odoratus</i> (Stinkpot) 10 adults</div> <div> <i>Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis</i> (Mississippi Mud Turtle) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) TMTC adults</div> <div> <span><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 10 adults and subadults</div> <div> <i>Plestiodon laticeps</i> (Broad-Headed Skink) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div><span><i> Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 juvenile<br /> </div> <div> <i>Nerodia fasciata confluens</i> (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 1 dead juvenile</div> <div> <i>Thamnophis proximus orarius</i> (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 6 adults</div> <div> <i>Storeria dekayi limnetes</i> (Marsh Brownsnake) 2 adults</div> <div> <div> <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) 5+adults</div> <div> <i>Incilius nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) 5+ tadpoles</div> <div> <i>Amphiuma tridactylum</i> (Three-Toed Amphiuma) 1 adult</div> <div><span><i> </i></span><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6054.jpeg" alt="IMG_6054" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6055.jpeg" alt="IMG_6055" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6059.jpeg" alt="IMG_6059" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6088.jpeg" alt="IMG_6088" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6095.jpeg" alt="IMG_6095" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6096.jpeg" alt="IMG_6096" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6097.jpeg" alt="IMG_6097" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thamnophis proximus orarius</i> (Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) adults</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6098.jpeg" alt="IMG_6098" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6101.jpeg" alt="IMG_6101" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Storeria dekayi limnetes</i> (Marsh Brownsnake)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6083.jpeg" alt="IMG_6083" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6062.jpeg" alt="IMG_6062" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6064.jpeg" alt="IMG_6064" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6070.jpeg" alt="IMG_6070" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Plestiodon laticeps</i></span> (Broad-Headed Skink) adult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6061.jpeg" alt="IMG_6061" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes skinks bite and it hurts</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6081.jpeg" alt="IMG_6081" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6078.jpeg" alt="IMG_6078" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sternotherus odoratus</i> (Stinkpot) female (L) and male (R)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6079.jpeg" alt="IMG_6079" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Roadside ditch (Stinkpot habitat)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6201.jpeg" alt="IMG_6201" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6209.jpeg" alt="IMG_6209" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kinosternon subrubrum hippocrepis</i> (Mississippi Mud Turtle)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6214.jpeg" alt="IMG_6214" style="outline:none;" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Turtle and Amphiuma habitat</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6203.jpeg" alt="IMG_6203" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6202.jpeg" alt="IMG_6202" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6204.jpeg" alt="IMG_6204" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6206.jpeg" alt="IMG_6206" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chelydra serpentina</i> (Common Snapping Turtle) subadult<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6074.jpeg" alt="IMG_6074" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6075.jpeg" alt="IMG_6075" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Incilius nebulifer </i>(Gulf Coast Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6218.jpeg" alt="IMG_6218" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6221.jpeg" alt="IMG_6221" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Amphiuma tridactylum </i>(Three-Toed Amphiuma) adult</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:50:54 -0400 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/lafayette-louisiana-28-may-.html Cypress Island Preserve, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (12 March 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cypress-island-preserve-in-.html <div><p> </p> <p>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.</p> <p>The catch: </p> <div> <div> <span><i>Alligator mississippiensis</i></span> (American Alligator) 1 adult and 5 juveniles</div> <div><span><i> Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma</i></span> (Western Cottonmouth) 1 juvenile<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Coluber constrictor latrunculus</i></span> (Blackmask Racer) 5 adults and subadults</div> <div> <i>Farancia abacura reinwardtii</i> (Western Mudsnake) 1 subadult</div> <div> <i>Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i> (Speckled Kingsnake) 1 adult and 1 juvenile</div> <div><span><i> Nerodia fasciata confluens</i></span> (Broad-Banded Watersnake) 24 adults and subadults</div> <div> <span><i>Nerodia sp.</i></span> (Unknown Watersnake) 2 adults</div> <div><i> Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake) 12 and subadults</div> <div><span><i> Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix</i></span> (Southern Copperhead) 1 adult and 1 juvenile<br /> </div> <div><span><i> Anolis carolinensis</i></span> (Green Anole) TMTC adults and juveniles<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div> <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div> <span><i>Pseudemys concinna</i></span> (River Cooter) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) TMTC calling and observed</div> <div> <i>Gastrophryne carolinensis </i>(Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad) 2 subadults</div> <div> <i>Hyla chrysoscelis</i> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) calling</div> <div> <span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog) 1 adult and calling</div> <div> <i> Incilius nebulifer</i> (Gulf Coast Toad) 1 adult</div> <div> <span><i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) 12 adults and subadults and calling</div> <div> <span><i>Lithobates grylio</i></span> (Pig Frog) 5+ adults calling</div> <div> <i>Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius</i> (Southern Leopard Frog) 5 adults</div> <div> <i>Pseudacris crucifer</i> (Spring Peeper) TMTC tadpoles</div> <div> <i>Ambystoma texanum</i> (Small-Mouthed Salamander) 10+ larvae</div> <div> <i>Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i> (Central Newt) 1 eft</div> <div><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6189.jpeg" alt="IMG_6189" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Alligator mississippiensis</i></span> (American Alligator)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6124.jpeg" alt="IMG_6124" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6125.jpeg" alt="IMG_6125" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6126.jpeg" alt="IMG_6126" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6127.jpeg" alt="IMG_6127" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6128.jpeg" alt="IMG_6128" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6150.jpeg" alt="IMG_6150" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6151.jpeg" alt="IMG_6151" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6153.jpeg" alt="IMG_6153" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix</i></span> (Southern Copperhead)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6132.jpeg" alt="IMG_6132" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Southern Copperhead basking</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6157.jpeg" alt="IMG_6157" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6159.jpeg" alt="IMG_6159" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6161.jpeg" alt="IMG_6161" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6168.jpeg" alt="IMG_6168" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Coluber constrictor latrunculus</i></span> (Blackmask Racer)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6138.jpeg" alt="IMG_6138" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6142.jpeg" alt="IMG_6142" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6146.jpeg" alt="IMG_6146" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Farancia abacura reinwardtii</i> (Western Mudsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6170.jpeg" alt="IMG_6170" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6171.jpeg" alt="IMG_6171" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6172.jpeg" alt="IMG_6172" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6196.jpeg" alt="IMG_6196" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6198.jpeg" alt="IMG_6198" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lampropeltis getula holbrooki</i> (Speckled Kingsnake)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6114.jpeg" alt="IMG_6114" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6185.jpeg" alt="IMG_6185" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6186.jpeg" alt="IMG_6186" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Nerodia fasciata confluens</i></span> (Broad-Banded Watersnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6109.jpeg" alt="IMG_6109" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6110.jpeg" alt="IMG_6110" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6111.jpeg" alt="IMG_6111" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6112.jpeg" alt="IMG_6112" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6113.jpeg" alt="IMG_6113" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Thamnophis proximus orarius </i>(Gulf Coast Ribbonsnake)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6176.jpeg" alt="IMG_6176" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6177.jpeg" alt="IMG_6177" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Gastrophryne carolinensis </i>(Eastern Narrow-Mouthed Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6179.jpeg" alt="IMG_6179" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Incilius nebulifer</i> (Gulf Coast Toad)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6181.jpeg" alt="IMG_6181" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Hyla cinerea</i></span> (Green Treefrog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6193.jpeg" alt="IMG_6193" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span><i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i></span> (Bronze Frog) juvenile<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6119.jpeg" alt="IMG_6119" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6120.jpeg" alt="IMG_6120" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius</i> (Southern Leopard Frog)<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6136.jpeg" alt="IMG_6136" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6137.jpeg" alt="IMG_6137" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i>Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis</i> (Central Newt) eft</div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:50:11 -0500 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/cypress-island-preserve-in-.html Chicot State Park, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana (11 March 2011) http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/rockefeller-wildlife-refuge.html <div><p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Today Bones and I headed to Chicot State Park about 45 minutes north of Lafayette, Louisiana. We didn't find too much by way of diversity but the first snake of the year (a large 4.5 ft Timber Rattlesnake with 14 buttons) was a good way to start the trip.</p> <p>Overall finds: </p> <div><div><i><span><i> Crotalus horridus</i></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">(Timber Rattlesnake) 1 adult</span></i></div> <div><i> Anolis carolinensis </i>(Green Anole) TMTC adults</div> <div> <span><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i></span> (Five-Lined Skink) 10 adults</div> <div> <span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink) TMTC adults</div> <div><span><i> Pseudemys concinna</i></span> (River Cooter) TMTC adults<br /> </div> <div> <span><i>Trachemys scripta elegans</i></span> (Red-Eared Slider) TMTC adults and juveniles</div> <div><span><i> Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog) 20+ adults<br /> </div> <div><i> Hyla chrysoscelis</i> (Cope's Gray Treefrog) calling<br /> </div> <div><i> Pseudacris crucifer </i>(Spring Peeper) TMTC tadpoles<br /> </div> <div> <i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i> (Bronze Frog) 1 subadult</div> <div> <span><i>Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius</i></span> (Southern Leopard Frog) TMTC tadpoles</div> </div> <p> </p> <div> <div> </div> <div> <div><br /> </div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6025.jpeg" alt="IMG_6025" /><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6021.jpeg" alt="IMG_6021" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6026.jpeg" alt="IMG_6026" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6022.jpeg" alt="IMG_6022" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i><span><i>Crotalus horridus</i></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">(Timber Rattlesnake)</span></i></span><br /> </i> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6032.jpeg" alt="IMG_6032" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6035.jpeg" alt="IMG_6035" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6033.jpeg" alt="IMG_6033" /><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Anolis carolinensis </i></span><span style="font-style: normal;">(Green Anole)</span><br /> </i> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6043.jpeg" alt="IMG_6043" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6044.jpeg" alt="IMG_6044" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6046.jpeg" alt="IMG_6046" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6050.jpeg" alt="IMG_6050" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Plestiodon fasciatus</i></span></span><span style="font-style: normal;"> (Five-Lined Skink)</span><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6014.jpeg" alt="IMG_6014" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6015.jpeg" alt="IMG_6015" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Scincella lateralis</i></span> (Ground Skink)<br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6040.jpeg" alt="IMG_6040" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><span><i>Acris blanchardi</i></span> (Blanchard's Cricket Frog)<br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><img src="http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/_Media/img_6052.jpeg" alt="IMG_6052" /><br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-style: normal;"><i>Lithobates clamitans clamitans</i> (Bronze Frog)<br /> </span></i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /> </div> </div> <p> </p> </div> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:50:11 -0500 http://www.herpetology.us/field_trips/2010/rockefeller-wildlife-refuge.html