I'm kinda new here (I think I posted once before) but I've decided to quit lurking. So here are some pics from this year. Any ID help is appreciated as I'm not very good at anything but snakes. These photos are not in chronological order due to me being lazy. Thanks for looking.
Let's start with Turtles...
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
Unknown Turtle:
Lizards:
Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus
Carolina Anole Anolis carolinensis
Broad-headed Skink Eumeces laticeps
Five-lined Skink Eumeces fasciatus
Snakes:
Gray Rat Snake Pantherophis spiloides
Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
Black Racer Coluber constrictor
Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
Ring-necked Snake Diadophis punctatus
And my lifer... Timber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
Frogs and Toads:
American Toad Bufo americanus
Fowler's Toad Bufo fowleri
Eastern Spadefoot Toad (lifer) Scaphiopus holbrookii
Cope's Gray Treefrog Hyla chrysoscelis
Green Tree Frog (lifer) Hyla cinerea
Northern Cricket Frog Acris crepitans
Salamanders:
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
Southern Two-lined Salamander Eurycea cirrigera
Red Salamander Pseudotriton ruber
Dusky Salamanders
And last but not least...
My favorite critter of all time...
Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Caught and released on a trip with the TN Aquarium Conservation Institute
My year thus far...
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- Mike VanValen
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Re: My year thus far...
Welcome to the forum. Nice post. The unknown turtle is and old, melanistic slider.
Re: My year thus far...
Welcome to the forum.
I miss Hellbenders. They are as neat as they are nasty.
I miss Hellbenders. They are as neat as they are nasty.
- Carl Brune
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Re: My year thus far...
Yes, welcome. The larval salamander immediately following the adult Red Salamander is a Spring Salamander. Some rough idea (like the state) from where the photos are from would help with the id's and provide a little perspective for your post.
- birdinggal
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Re: My year thus far...
Thanks guys! And Carl all these photos are from southeast TN.