Field Herp Forum

Great post! Thanks for showing us some NJ appreciation. That PBTF is a stunner.

- Justin

The 2014 field herping season was quite an unbelievable year for me. Many people gave superb help and advice along the way, and all deserve my sincere thanks and gratitude. Without them, this year would have never be so memorable. I shall focus on the highlights I found in New Jersey, with some herp...

Beautiful pictures and frogs. I believe your Black Racer is a Chironius grandisquamis

- Justin

Alejandro Solorzano's 2004 "Snakes of Costa Rica" is also a great guide for the snakes.

Fantastic post. Bonus points for that awesome Amblyodipsas

A stunning array of herps. Great photography. Love to common species indeed. Hope to see more!

That Splendida is splendid indeed. What an awesome year!

- Justin

As a subscriber and viewer, I enjoyed the series from start to finish. It's videos like these that gets us young folk fired up to go outside and explore. I can't wait to see what comes next for 2015.

- Justin

Fantastic post Mike. Great photos and snakes. Looks like you guys had a great year

I also found a Northern Brown Snake late in this season. On November 24th, I found one on the crawl on a warm spell. This was also found in my home county of Mercer (NJ), where they are relatively rare. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7530/15870759622_ca008eafec_c.jpg Northern Brown Snake by Justin (...

This is indeed Atractus sanctaemartae. The genus is the largest in the snake world, with around 137 known species, most being fossorial burrowers. Many also have very small distributions. While many are rare in a statistical and numerical matter, they may not be as rare as we think due to their secr...

El Dorado is out of range for crassicaudatus. This species is Atractus sanctaemartae. The color pattern matches the descriptions of the species, and it's in range. The species exhibits a lot of sexual dimorphism, and the males were previously considered a distinct species. Males have a dark dorsum w...

I flipped this yearling Eastern Hognose Snake on a bliss Sunday afternoon in Southern New Jersey. My second Hognose found in NJ this year!

Eastern Hognose Snake by Justin (NoNameKey), on Flickr

I believe your mystery Dasypeltis is D. atra. Sometimes they can be plain orange like yours.

Great finds

your Coniophanes sp is actually Rhadinaea decorata

Great photos and post. The butterflies were amazing.

Mercer Co. NJ - May 4th

5 Leadbacks
3 Two Lineds
2 Pickerel Frogs
2 RES

MCHerper wrote:

intermedius wrote:April 6th - Central NJ

5 redback salamanders
2 peeper choruses
8 spotted salamander egg masses
6 wood frog egg masses
2 northern leopard frogs calling
2 gartersnakes

Northern Leopard frogs?

Misidentified

April 6th - Central NJ

5 redback salamanders
2 peeper choruses
8 spotted salamander egg masses
6 wood frog egg masses
2 gartersnakes

April 7th - same locale

3 peeper choruses
3 aor peepers
1 spotted salamander
5 wood frogs
1 american toad

Hunterdon County - March 29

Wood Frogs (too many to count)
2 dozen spotted salamanders
A few Spring Peepers
1 American Toad

I often listen to Rock and Acoustic music (Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Yes, Cat Stevens, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, System of A Down, AC DC, Santana and Queen) however if Amphibians that vocalize are main targets I usually turn off the music.

Additionally Soundtracks from Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit.

cbernz wrote:Where are you intermedius? Up here in north Jersey we're not even getting to 30 in the daytime. Last night it was 4.

I think i meant somewhere in mid-march. I just forgot to add the date. My apologies

The problem is the night drops here. 50 in the morning, 30 at night.

No Bueno

This vernal was frozen a few inches down. With 6-12 inches of snow in the way, it's just going to delay things even more

Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Thank you! And Jeans on the Road?

Road cruising can produce some interesting things

When a species is differentiated from the rest by blotch avergage, distribution and nucleotides (Pantherophis ramspotti)....

As long as nobody breaks The Code

To appreciate every species you find on a trip, and the great sights you see on the way (Robert Is Here, Jeans on the road, Grand Canyon)

March 18th for Peepers, Blue Spots and Wood Frogs
March 25th for Chorus and Spotties

It's definitely a Song Sparrow. Savannah is more finely streaked, with a smaller bill. Ipswich Savannah should be much paler overall than your bird. Sparrows can be tough even for experienced birders. Nice shot of the Cooper's Hawk at the end. Thank you. Nice to know it wasn't that much of a blunder

Your sparrow looks more like a Song Sparrow and your Brant looks to be a female Bufflehead. That said, I am jealous of your location. Try Barnegat Lighthouse next...harlequin ducks, scoters, long-tailed ducks...and I think there may be a snowy owl or two hanging out there. Not far from Forsythe! ht...

I recently began Birding this fall, and ever since I saw my first Red-Tail Hawk, I was hooked. Now with the Snowy Owl Invasion and me finding out about Ebird and ABA, Forsythe was on my bucket list of places to visit. While we didn't see any Snowies, It was a blast! http://i1289.photobucket.com/albu...

I just checked my Northern Red off this year. All would be lifers - NJ Longtail's, Spring's, and Blue-Spot's (Jeff Complex) - PB Treefrogs, Cricket, and Chorus Frogs - at least one more pine barrens special (mostly a pine or coastal) - Wood, Spotted, and Map Turtles - A Mercer County record (anything)

Morris County - January 19th with MCHerper

12 Duskies (5 vouched, 2 larvae, 6+ juvies)
5 Two-Lines (None Vouchered)
1 Northern Red
1 Unidentified Larvae (possibly Spring or Dusky)

Would have been tragic to see more of the pines attacked. Very good news

What's interesting is F. Publia alive like that is a real treat. Almost all of the ones recorded are DOR's.

You're Sibon (Tropidodipsas) sartorii is actually Ficimia publia. The rostral and saddles give it away. T. sartorii have white, yellow or red thin bands (2-4 scale rows wide)

I've been dead recently, but I wanted to make a small little post on my vacation down in Palm Beach County. Although the temperatures, astronomy, climate and overall time we had didn't work well Herp-wise, I got four nights/days of nature time. Which was much better than staring at the skyscrapers a...

Regina septemvittata as well as Virginia valeriae in NJ

Elapsoidea broadleyi
Cercophis auratus
any species from Toxicocalamus
Thamnophis proximus alpinus

apparently sightings. But i bet its just another attempt to scare people to believe in News and Hollywood drama. *sigh*

Somerset Co. NJ -

2 redbacks
1 two lined
1 garter

Looks like leptophis diplotropis

I was finished with school and walked over to a field and found a board. Flipped it and i finally got my milk.

That rainbow snake is a screamer

Pretty abundant but still really unique nonetheless In florida, i never really had much time to go herping since we'd focus on other matters. But i had done my homework and hit a spot right before a t-storm was coming. I was hoping for at least a few watersnakes. It was our fifth round back, we were...

Great year for you. Oh and happy birthday : )

Autumn has arrived, and i've been doing a lot of Herping lately. So the salamanders were out and i tried to spend as much time to flip for as many species as i can, and managed to find three species in my county. To make a long story short, three is pretty good. Here are some pics from the last week...

Now if only they could find Atelopus longirostris

Pretty sure a single specimen of Thamnophis sirtalis (or maybe elegans?) was found in Alaska not too long ago. Up in haines there was a record of a DOR ordinoides, but it was believed to be captive based on mtDNA. Then in Tongass NF, there are "sightings" or either Sirtalis of Elegans but no detail...

There was a new county record of the Green Treefrog in Georgia not a long while back. Has anyone considered Canada and Alaska? Thamnophis elegans has been proposed in the NE area of BC T. sirtalis may reach Great Slave Lake and apparently they have been introduced to Newfoundland. Apparently up so f...

I'm not sure.. Check the venter.

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