April 2016 Species Count

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April 2016 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 2016.

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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4/1 - Suffolk County, MA

1 Northern Brown Snake (DeKay's)
3 Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
9 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 Blue-Spotted Salamander
1 Northern Water Snake
1 Eastern Painted Turtle
1 American Bullfrog

4/2 - Middlesex County, MA

1 Eastern Redbacked Salamander
1 Dead Eastern Painted Turtle

4/8 - Suffolk County, MA

1 Spotted Salamander
5 Eastern Garter Snakes

4/9 - Suffolk County, MA

3 Eastern Garter Snakes

4/9 - Hampden County, MA

3 Northern Dusky Salamanders (FOY)
4 Northern Two-Lined Salamanders
TMTC Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
10 Spotted Salamanders

4/10 - Norfolk County, MA

4 Eastern Garter Snakes
2 Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
1 Spotted Turtle

4/15 - Norfolk County, MA

6 Eastern Garter Snakes
Spotted Salamander egg masses
Wood Frog egg masses
TMTC Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
1 Northern Ringnecked Snake (FOY)
2 Northern Two-lined Salamanders
1 Pickerel Frog (FOY)

4/16 - Middlesex County, MA

4 Eastern Garter Snakes
50+ Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Eastern Ribbon Snake (FOY)
4 Blanding's Turtles (FOY)
2 Northern Green Frogs (FOY)
2 American Bullfrogs
1 Northern Leopard Frog (FOY)
1 Red-Eared Slider
2 American Snapping Turtles (mating!) (FOY)
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4/17 - Bristol County, MA


3 Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
30 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Eastern Ribbon Snake
5 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 American Toad
TMTC - Wood Frog Tadpoles
1 Northern Red-bellied Cooter (FOY)
2 American Bullfrogs

4/18 - Plymouth County, MA

1 Spotted Salamander + several egg masses
2 American Bullfrogs
5 Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
18 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Northern Red-Bellied Cooter
1 Eastern Hognose Snake (FOY)
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4/23/2016 - Norfolk County, MA

TMTC American Toads breeding
2 - Northern Ringneck Snakes
1 Spotted Salamander
1 Eastern Redbacked Salamander
2 Eastern Painted Turtles

Not a herp, but cool anyway: One Northern Black Widow.

4/24/2016 - Norfolk County, MA

1 Eastern Garter Snake
3 Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
8 Eastern Painted Turtles, plus one overwintered hatchling
3 Northern Black Racers (FOY)
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4/29 - Suffolk County, MA

2 northern brown (DeKay's) snakes
2 Eastern redbacked salamanders

4/30 - Essex County, MA

21 eastern painted turtles
4 American bullfrogs + dozens of tadpoles
1 four-toed salamander
2 eastern redbacked salamanders
13 eastern garter snakes
3 norther water snakes
1 eastern ribbon snake.
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