Late Summer and Early Fall Compilation

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IllinoisGuy
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Late Summer and Early Fall Compilation

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Fall has come too quickly this year, and snakes should be going into hibernation in about a month or so. Here's just a rundown of everything I've found since mid-July.

Prairie Kingsnake Lampropeltis calligastor
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Blue Racer Coluber constrictor foxii
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Black Rat Snake Pantherophis obsoletus
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Dekay's Brown Snake Storeria dekayi
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That's all from my tin site. I went to look for Graham's in late July, but stuck out. I did find this guy though.

Yellow-bellied Watersnake Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
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Although these guys are pretty common in the cypress swamps in the southern tip of Illinois, they are rare when go farther north.

Dane and I then went out to one tin site that has many copperheads. We found one stunning copperhead, but unfortunately he lost it in high grass.

Northern Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen
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We also barely missed a Black Rat Snake on the way home, but it was okay.

In mid-August we decided to go to the glades. Although the weather was nice, it hadn't rained in a while.
Anyway Dane was able to find this though:

Speckled Kingsnake Lampropeltis getula holbrooki
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Without this find we the day was a waste. We found a few box turtles, lizards, tons of scorpions and tarantulas, and one ringneck snake.

Three-toed Box Turtle Terrapene carolina triunguis
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Southern Coal Skink Plestiodon anthracinus pluvialis
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Here is some more random stuff I thought I'd throw in.

Northern Water Snake Nerodia sipedon
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Eastern Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis
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Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
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Those guys were sharing the same piece of tin.

Eastern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus
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That's all. I'll be heading down to Snake Road in a couple weeks to do some hardcore herping with some awesome people!

-Edward
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Sweet pictures man!
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Re: Late Summer and Early Fall Compilation

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Nice shots, I liked a lot of these. You must be hitting Southern Illinois more than Northern Illinois? I don't see many of these critters up near me.
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Nice water snake pic with the stream in the background. That got my nomination well done!
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mikem
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Beautiful snakes! The red on that eastern is smokin'! :mrgreen:
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Thanks everybody!
justinm wrote:Nice shots, I liked a lot of these. You must be hitting Southern Illinois more than Northern Illinois? I don't see many of these critters up near me.
I haven't been herping in Northern Illinois, all of this is from the St. Louis area.
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