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April 2014 Species Count

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Please use this thread to record all species observed or heard in the field during the month of April 2014.

This is to be used as a general list and no photos should be included here. Save the photos for your topics, and more importantly for your database entries.

*REMEMBER: It is our duty as members of N.A.F.H.A. to record all of our finds at http://www.naherp.com .

Be as specific as you feel you need to be in these lists, but please do not be more detailed with specific locales than a county.

When entering your records in the database, the quantity should match the number depicted in the photos.
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Central Bucks County April 3rd

2 Common Map Turtles
8 Red Eared Sliders
3 Eastern Painted Turtle
1 Northern Red Bellied Turtle

Bucks County April 3rd road cruise

8 Four Toed Salamanders
7 Spotted Salamanders (2 were DOR's)
6 Pickerel Frogs (1 was DOR)
7 Green Frogs
8 Spring Peepers
5 Wood Frogs (numerous DOR's)
40 plus American Toads
3 Red-backed Salamanders
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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
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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?
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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
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Bucks County lunch break 4-9

1 Northern Red Bellied Turtle
1 Spiny Softshell
6 Northern Map Turtles
5 Eastern Painted Turtles
3 Red-eared Sliders
1 Common Gartersnake
1 Northern Green Frog
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Hunterdon County 4/9. Sunny, about 55-60 degrees F. Slight breeze.

1 green frog
3 garter snakes
Peeper vocalizations
Wood frog egg masses (multiple)
4 redback sals
2 two-lined sals
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April 11th, small road cruise, Bucks and Northampton Counties

120 American Toads (probably 40 of them DOR's)
10 Pickerel Frogs (3 of them DOR's)
15 Spring Peepers
2 Red-backed Salamanders
1 Two Lined Salamander
1 DOR Gray Treefrog
1 Four-toed Salamander (new location)
3 Green Frogs
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Today in Fairfield County, CT

Quick stop

1 DOR american toad
TMTC bullfrog larva
2 bullfrog (adult)
1 pickerel frog
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Mercer County, April 12th, Sunny, Approx 65 degrees.

2 garters
1 two-lined sal
2 redbacks
1 pickerel frog
4 Northern red sals (2 adults, 1 juvenile, 1 larval)


(Found two baldfaced hornet queens in the same log too) :shock:
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Morris County, 4/13, Mostly Sunny, Approx 65 degrees, breezy.

1 four-toed salamander
4 two-lined sals
4 dusky sals
1 Northern red sal
4 garters
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Frederick county, MD 4-13

2 Slimy Salamanders
3 Red back Salamanders
Spotted Salamander eggs
Wood Frog Eggs
1 Pickerel Frog
American Toads everywhere going crazy with toad hormones!
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North Jersey 4-13

25 Northern Water Snakes
2 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 Ribbon Snake
10 Spotted Turtles (1 was a DOR)
20 Eastern Painted Turtles
2 Common Snapping Turtles
7 Green Frogs
1 Wood Frog
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4-5 Bristol County, MA

10 eastern red-backed salamanders
wood frogs calling
spring peepers calling
wood frog egg masses
spotted salamander egg masses
1 spotted salamander
1 pickerel frog
1 spring peeper

4-6 Norfolk county, MA

4 eastern garter snakes
4 eastern ribbon snakes
1 wood frog
wood frogs calling
peepers calling

4-11 Suffolk County, MA

3 Red-eared sliders
1 eastern painted turtle
1 common snapping turtle

4-12 Norfolk County, MA

3 spotted turtles
1 eastern painted turtles
7 eastern garter snakes
1 northern water snake
TMTC eastern red-backed salamanders
2 eastern spotted newts mating
peepers calling
leopard frogs calling
1 northern green frog

4-13 Hampden County, MA

TMTC northern red-backed salamanders
TMTC spotted salamanders
peepers calling
1 northern ring-necked snake
1 eastern ribbon snake (no voucher)
3 eastern spotted newts (eft phase)
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04/13 New Haven County, CT

1 spring peeper chorus
1 pickerel frog calling

04/14 New Haven County, CT

1 DOR painted turtle
3 bullfrogs
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Montgomery County, MD 4-14

1 Black ratsnake
1 Northern Black racer
4 Queensnakes
2 Eastern Wormsnakes
6 Northern Watersnakes
2 Eastern Garter snakes

Painted Turtles
1 Spotted Turtle
2 Red belly Cooters

3 Spotted Salamanders

Toads Calling
Gray Treefrog Calling
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April 13 New London County, CT

1 Black rat Snake
1 Eastern Garter Snake
5+ Eastern Painted Turtles
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Camden County, NJ 4/12/14
5 Ground Skinks
5 Eastern Fence Lizards
2 Worm Snakes
3 Red Bellied Turtles
12 E Painted Turtles
1 Red Backed Salamander
1 Fowler's Toad

Cape May County, NJ 4/14/14
3 Five-lined Skinks
2 Red-eared Sliders
6 E Painted Turtles
2 Red Bellied Turtles
1 Spotted Turtle

Cumberland County, NJ 4/14/14
1 Diamondback Terrapin
1 Spotted Turtle
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Calvert county MD: 17,18 Apr 2014
50 degrees
n. cricket frogs TMTC
pickerel frog calling
green frog
10 spotted salamander egg masses
2 n. dusky salamanders
3 water snakes
2 worm snakes
black racer
2 ground skinks
five-lined skink
fence lizard
painted turtles TMTC
2 musk turtles
6 red-bellied turtles
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Today in Fairfield County, CT

18 painted turtles
3 spotted turtles
1 red-eared slider

1 gartersnake

5 newts
1 four-toed salamander
16 red-backed salamanders
1 pickerel frog
1 green frog calling
several peepers calling
3 wood frog egg masses
several dozen american toad egg strands
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First day out herping in 2014 - April 21, Suffolk County, NY

2 Common Snapping turtles
2 Northern Water Snakes
3 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 Ribbon Snake
1 Leopard Frog
2 Bull Frogs
6 Green Frogs
Many, many Eastern Painted Turtles
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4/19 - Bristol County, Ma

TMTC painted turtles
2 northern red-bellied turtles
1 eastern garter snake (no voucher)
1 fowler's toad
green frogs
bull frogs

4/21 - Worcester County, MA

8 eastern garter snakes
4 eastern ribbon snakes
TMTC eastern painted turtles
green frogs
bull frogs
pickerel frogs calling

4/22 - Suffolk County, MA

One red-eared slider at lunchtime.
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Jkenny nice tally for LI. Are you sure that was a leopard frog? That would be quite a find for Long Island-Dave
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Today in Fairfield County, CT

5 red-backed salamander
4 red-spotted newts

1 green frog
1 pickerel frog
3 gray treefrogs calling

3 snapping turtles
3 painted turtles
4 red-eared sliders
1 yellow-bellied slider

1 northern watersnake
1 eastern gartersnake
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4/25 - Suffolk County, MA, after work.

3 eastern garter snakes (vouchered two)
6 eastern red-backed salamanders

A bunch of frogs (probably greens) went under the water of a vernal pool before we could see them.
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4-25 to 4-27 Virginia Beach area

7 Cottonmouths
6 Brown Water Snakes
1 DOR Northern Water Snake
1 Black Racer
1 Mud Turtle
1 Musk Turtle
2 Common Snapping Turtles
1 Spotted Turtle
12 Northern Red Bellied Turtles
15 Yellow Bellied Sliders
5 Eastern Painted Turtles
5 Atlantic Coast Slimy Salamanders
2 Skinks (SE Fived Lined, Fived LIned ?)
4 Southern Toads
2 Fowlers Toads
3 Narrow-mouthed Toads (1 was DOR))
2 Pine Woods Treefrogs (or Squirrel Treefrogs)
3 Green Treefrogs
4 Bullfrogs
2 Northern Green Frogs
1 Southern Cricket Frog
3 Southern Leopard Frogs

4-28 on way home, Sussex, DE

1 Northern Cricket Frog
3 Northern Red Bellied Turtles
2 Eastern Painted Turtles
4 Red eared Sliders
1 Northern Water Snake
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Steve, it looks like you killed it in VA Beach! Great job!
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4-27-14 Norfolk County, MA

9 eastern red-backed salamanders
3 northern two-lined salamanders (2 adults, one larvae)
1 pickerel frog
several masses of wood frog eggs and tadpoles
empty spotted salamander egg mass - no larvae seen
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