October for me was mostly spent chasing hognose snakes, and I wasn't disappointed. Hognose are one of my favorite snakes to see stretched across the road.
Came across this southern hognose towards the end of October on a new road in a new county for me, crossing the road in the evening.
Hatchling southern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
A couple of days later I went back out and came across both hognose on different roads in different counties.
First was this little eastern hognose.
Hatchling eastern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Then this little southern hognose.
Hatchling southern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
I topped the day off by cruising a coral snake just after sunset.
Eastern coral snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Eastern coral snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
This past Monday I went over to an area in SE Georgia to look for indigos with another herper, but didn't manage to turn any up hiking, so we went off to an area to attempt to cruise one.
Only a couple of minutes of turning onto the road, we came across this little eastern hognose in the middle of the road.
Hatchling eastern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
The next snake encountered was this gorgeous eastern diamondback.
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Also came across two of these gray/yellow rat snake mutts.
"Greenish" Yellow/gray ratsnake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
The next day we tried out luck for indigos by cruising a few roads in North Florida.
Our first snake of the day was this large adult male southern hognose. We didn't have luck in our favor after that, as we came across a freshly hit red hatchling southern hog further down the road from the adult, and then later in the evening we came across a gorgeous adult colored eastern hognose that someone peeled off on.
Southern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Southern hognose snake. by Josh Young, on Flickr
This past Wednesday we had rains come through, so I headed off to an area in SW Georgia where I've found several adults and a lot of metamorphs crossing the road.
I ended up coming across 4 adults, 3 females and a male, in 3 different counties, 2 of which were new counties for them for me, and 1 of which they are a county record. Not the numbers I was expecting, but nonetheless I was happy to see them on the roads.
Female #1, the county record.
Eastern tiger salamander. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Female #2.
Eastern tiger salamander. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Female #3.
Eastern tiger salamander. by Josh Young, on Flickr
The male.
Eastern tiger salamander. by Josh Young, on Flickr
I'd also like to share a few non-herp related photos again.
Star trails over Madre Pond. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Star trails over a cypress swamp. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Through the pines. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Cypress Sunset. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Graffiti Bridge. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Lone tree. by Josh Young, on Flickr
Well, I hope y'all enjoyed, looking forward to the increase in salamander activity, not so much the cooler weather that comes with it.
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Hogs and tigers - Good stuff all around
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That is an amazing month and a bit so far . Especially with the southern hogs and the coral. I've been too bogged down with Uni to get any herping done this fall, maybe I'll be able to turn up some lifer ambystomids this winter .
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Josh, that is some beautiful work sir. Very, very nice. That swelled up Hogger crossing the road is a classic! That first really dark tigrinium is a stunner for sure; Love them black like that. And your night-time lapsed photos are very, very impressive. You are continuously taking your photography to the next level and I love it!
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