A Black Kingsnake coiled on some recently burned soil.

A Black Kingsnake coiled over some leaf litter. This guy's mostly black with light yellow banding.

A juvenile Black Kingsnake on the road. This snake is black with clear yellow banding and speckling on their whole body! very pretty!

A Black Kingsnake about to take off. Slitghering on some leaf litter. Also has decent amount of speckling on their body.

This weekend was certainly Black Kingsnake weekend! #herps 🐍

An Eastern Box Turtle crawling along lead litter and grass. This turtle has an incredibly yellow shell and incredibly yellow head. Super colorful!

An Eastern Musk Turtle retreated into their shell. This guy's pretty muddy but the turtle's mostly dark brown/black.

A Common Snapping Turtle in the water, this individual has a ton of algae on their body. Has to be a fairly old turtle!

Some Turtle diversity from this weekend!
1. Eastern Box Turtle
2. Eastern Musk Turtle
3. Common Snapping Turtle
That Box Turtle in particular has got to be one of the prettiest turtles I've even seen like wow. #herps 🐢

That’s really tragic, but Rosy Boa and Mountain King are for sure trip makers, so I’m glad it went well for the most part

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A picture of a Black Racer sitting on dry soil. Lots of leaf litter around this snake. This individual is also very in-shed, so they look very brown instead of their usual Black coloration.

A young Black Kingsnake chilling on a rock. This snake is black with some yellow markings on their back. This snake is also in-shed.

A Smooth Earthsnake chilling on a rock. This snake is brown and not in-shed.

A super in-shed Wormsnake chilling on a rock. This snake is also brown borderline gray thanks to being in-shed.

A few snakes from a productive morning herping session last week! #herps 🐍

1) Black Racer
2) Black Kingsnake
3) Smooth Earthsnake
4) Wormsnake

Found my first milksnake of the year!

#Nature #Snakes✨🐍✨

Certified stunner!

Ohhhh that’s super awesome!! Mountain Kings are so pretty, that’s a species I’d love to see one day.

They are really pretty too!!

A Milksnake chilling over a rock, this snake is red with white/yellow-ish bands and small black lines in between the red and the white. An absolute beauty!

First Milksnake of the year and one of the prettiest I've ever seen in Middle Tennessee! This is a fairly difficult species to encounter around here, I usually find a handful or so per year so I was beyond excited to have encountered this one with a good friend of mine! An absolute stunner! #herps 🐍

A Timber Rattlesnake chilling under a rock taking some of the warmth from the sun. The snake is coiled. This individual is brown with black markings throughout their back.

A Timber Rattlesnake chilling under a rock. On this picture you can see their face and a little of their body. They shine yellow-ish thanks to the flashlight and has black markings as well.

Saw my first Timber Rattlesnakes of the year last week!!! This is a species I don't see often in Middle Tennessee, and this is only the second time I've seen them in-situ and not on the road which was super exciting to me! They are some of the most chill snakes out there, I love them! #herps

Just… I can’t even begin to express the amount of rage I have. In the past year it’s all awful news, not sure how much more of this I can take seeing.

A picture of the three bottles I used for relocate the salamanders, and in the background the creek they got release in!

I realized I uploaded the same picture twice whoops, here’s the other picture I wanted to attach

In total I moved between 30-40 salamanders. I also wanna say that this drought has been horrible, and I have a feeling it’s gonna get worse in the upcoming years with climate change. It’s really sad, but all I or you can do is help in any way possible.

Here’s a video of some of the release!

A picture of the “puddle” that was were the little salamander larvae were. You can see a slightly damp spot under the bridge.

A picture of a lot of little salamander larvae on the mud. There’s also a stick there and there was no water.

A bottle with some streamside salamander babies, this bottle has water from upstream and some of the mud where the salamanders where at.

A picture of the three bottles I used to relocate the salamanders as well as the creek that they got released in the background

Streamside Salamander rescue mission.

Yesterday I checked on some larvae and they were stuck in a drying puddle under a bridge, and this morning it was way worse. Talked to state herpetologist and got the green light to move them upstream where I have seen other larvae and hopefully survive! #herps

A picture of a Box Turtle on a paved road. The shell's very muddy but you can still see the yellow/orange colors. The face is fairly yellow too and the eyes are red! very yellow/orange legs as well!

It's that time of the year again, this beautiful Eastern Box Turtle was crossing the road yesterday after a drizzle. Please watch out for Turtles crossing roads now that it's getting warmer! Especially during and directly after rain! #herps 🐢

A Ratsnake chilling on a rock. This one is fairly light colored, lots of yellow hues in between the darker brown.

An Eastern Box Turtle on rock partially hiding in his shell. This one has some mud, but the yellow on the shell is still fairly visible.

A vibrant orange Cave Salamander on some leaf litter. lots of black speckling on the back of this one.

A tiny Eastern Newt on a rock with dry moss. This salamander is also orange, just darker orange and has a few black speckles on their back. This is the eft phase.

Some creatures from this weekend! #herps 🐍 🐢

1) Central Ratsnake
2) Eastern Box Turtle
3) Cave Salamander
4) Eastern Newt

A Southeastern Crowned Snake on a rock. This snake is brown and has black on their head and a little black band on their neck which is distinct for the species.

A Black Kingsnake chilling on gravel. This snake is black with some yellow speckles/bands on their body.

A Common Wormsnake, also known as Eastern Wormsnake, coiled on recently dried soil. This snake is dark brown with very tiny eyes.

A Smooth Earthsnake chilling on gravel. This snake is light brown and small.

Here's a few snake species from a productive morning a few days ago! Extremely happy to have found a Southeastern Crowned Snake, not a very common snake in Tennessee and also my first Kingsnake of the year! #herps 🐍

1) Southeastern Crowned Snake
2) Black Kingsnake
3) Wormsnake
4) Smooth Earthsnake

oh interesting, didn't realize there's a pocket where Wood Frogs are all the way there, that'd be a sick find over there I'm sure.

That's actually awesome, love that!

A Spotted Salamander on the road and pine needles. This salamander is black with yellow spots on their back.

A Spotted Salamander underwater laying eggs around a branch! Very cool!

A Wood Frog chilling on the road (they were moved out of the road). This frog is brown with a distinct darker brown mask under their eye.

A Four-toed Salamander on a log. This Salamander is red-ish/brown, with some white speckling on their side of their body.

I spent this past weekend over in Massachusetts visiting some of my best friends for my birthday and the weather cooperated enough to be able to see some amphibian activity as well! So cool to see these critters so far north!

1-2. Spotted Salamander
3. Wood Frog
4. Four-toed Salamander

#herps

Man, I was optimistic about finding a cool job this year but it really seems I’m going to struggle a lot more than I expected, may end up needing to get a part time in the meantime because my savings are draining fast :(

A Central Ratsnake coiled on some debris and leaf litter. This snake is brown with some yellow patterns too along their body.

A cute Central Ratsnake found basking along a paved trail during a warm day a few days ago! #herps 🐍

A picture of a Jefferson Salamander posing over moss. This salamander is mostly dark gray, they do have some very dim blue spots mostly on their tail.

Another Jefferson Salamander also chilling on moss. This one again is fairly dark gray with dim blue spots on their tail.

A couple of Jefferson Salamanders found during a super overcast but fairly warm day last month in Kentucky! They are such a cool species of salamander, fairly uncommon this far south and so unique looking, I love them! #herps

That's a stunner helleri whoa so cool!

A picture of a Red Salamander with their head lifted on the road. This salamander is red/orange and with lots of black spots on their back.

A picture of a Cave Salamander on the road. This one is very bright orange, slim and also with lots of black spots on their back.

A picture of a Spotted Salamander with their head lifted also on the road. This salamander is black on their back with lots of yellow spots, the belly is light gray-ish.

A picture of a Cope's Gray Treefrog that blends really well with the road. The frog is gray with slightly darker gray patterning on their back.

A few amphibians I found on the road during a rainy night this week! Please watch out for these little guys while driving when it's raining!!! Especially in back roads!

1. Red Salamander
2. Cave Salamander
3. Spotted Salamander
4. Cope's Gray Treefrog

#herps 🐸

This would fund the US Forest Service research branch for 36 years

A picture of a Common Snapping Turtle almost fully submerged with just the head above water. This turtle's very muddy presumably because the sediment looks muddy.

A neat find from today, a small Common Snapping Turtle taking a quick breather while foraging in a pond! #herps 🐢