It's a shame what happened to this forum, but I will happily help rebuild it!
So here is basically a photo summary of some of my findings this spring from south Louisiana. Enjoy!
Green Treefrog Hyla cinerea
Gulf Coast Toad Bufo nebulifer
eggs
Bronze Frog Rana clamitans From East Baton Rouge Parish
metamorph
Squirrel Treefrog Hyla squirella
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad egg mass from East Baton Rouge Parish
Some of the kids by the creek caught some turtles and kept them in a bucket.
Red-eared Slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Common Musk Turtle Sternotherus oderatus
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina LIFER! from East Baton Rouge Parish
American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis
Broad-banded Watersnake Nerodia fasciata
From East Baton Rouge Parish
Diamondback Watersnake Nerodia rhombifer
Rough Earth Snake Virginia striatula
Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorous LIFER! from East Baton Rouge Parish
Habitats I herped in:
I had one AWESOME spring and I'm really looking forward to the rest of the summer.
Thanks for looking!
-Phil
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- Josh Holbrook
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Nice finds. I just got back from a temperate vacation and saw alot of similar stuff to what you saw. . . Great stuff!
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Your Cottonmouth was likely the prettiest Western Cottonmouth I've ever seen.
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Great job! The Diamondback Water Snake is awesome.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Very cool cottonmouth! Looks a lot like a copperhead.
- Ryan Thies
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Nice finds! Keep it up.
Ryan
Ryan
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Thanks guys!
- Mike Pingleton
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Yeah, that's a good looking one.justinm wrote:Your Cottonmouth was likely the prettiest Western Cottonmouth I've ever seen.
-Mike
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Ah Excuse me sir but I expect Kingsnakes when you post...
Nice Stuff
Fundad
Nice Stuff
Fundad
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Love the LA posts.
- Robert Jordan
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Holy smokes, I need to go herping out there! Great finds!
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Gorgeous western cottonmouth, and sweet broadbanded!