A pretty spring break Red Cornsnake from Georgia
Found AOR in ideal conditions: 59 degrees F, completely overcast, 24 mph winds, and sprinkling rain.
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Mr. Coachwhip knew exactly where his hidey-hole was.
#fieldherping #coachwhip
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That time last summer I found an Eastern Foxsnake shed coming out of a hollow log.
#easternfoxsnake #fieldherping
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#salamanders #amphibians #herpphotography #fieldherping #oregon #wildlifephotography #macro #wildlife
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An adult Northwestern Ring-necked Snake. Blue-gray dorsal and bright orange and red belly. A ring of orange around the neck
Northwestern Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus occidentalis)
#herps #fieldherping #snake
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Obscured view of a large Coachwhip basking in a nook out of the wind on an unseasonably cold November day. The second it realized it had been seen, it jetted into the underbrush. This was my "safety shot," the only one I got.
Little St. Simons Island, GA 11.12.25
#coachwhip #fieldherping #insitu
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A yellow-eyed ensatina
A western spadefoot in hand
A southern alligator lizard on a log
An arboreal salamander flipped under a rock
Some December #herps to round out the month. Happy holidays! #fieldherping #herpetology
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Green Treefrogs
To orient you, they're sheltering in the handle of a broom leaning against the wall of a bird blind. It was in the upper 30s with 20 mph winds and they were cold!
Little St. Simons, GA 11.10.25
#greentreefrog #fieldherping #insituherps
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Hard to believe something so small can grow into something so big.
#alligator #fieldherping #insituherps
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Treefrog tubes!
Treefrogs shelter in PVC tubes on cold nights because they hold moisture. The frogs emerge to bask as temps rise in the morning. First a Green Treefrog, then a Squirrel Treefrog.
Little St. Simons, GA, 11.09.25
#treefrog #greentreefrog #squirreltreefrog #fieldherping #insituherps
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A baby rough skinned newt is crawling over wet rocks along the bank of a creek. Fallen orange and brown big leaf maple leaves are scattered around.
In-situ of the smallest little rough skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) that was seen crawling over rocks on the banks of a creek.
#herps #naturephotography #fieldherping #wildlife #amphibians
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Plain-bellied Watersnake
Those vertical bars on the lips are one characteristic that differentiates harmless common water snakes from venomous Cottonmouths.
Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#plainbelliedwatersnake #watersnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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Peek a boo!
Timber Rattlesnake looking out from his den, high in the bluff some 10 to 12 feet above the ground.
Jackson County, IL 2.26.25
#timberrattlesnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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Two cooperative Northern Cottonmouths on the trail. Which one of these is the cell phone shot?
Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#cottonmouth #fieldherping #insituherps
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Portraits of two Eastern Copperheads: an adult and a neonate. They tend to raise their heads when approached, but don't open their mouths like closely related Cottonmouths do.
Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#copperhead #fieldherping #insituherps
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Neonate Eastern Copperhead
Both Copperheads and closely related Cottonmouths have neon-yellow tails when they are first born, which they wiggle to lure small frogs and lizards to within striking range. The bright yellow color fades as they grow.
#copperhead #fieldherping #insituherps
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How not to be seen.
Plain-bellied Watersnake, Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#plainbelliedwatersnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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Here's a habitat shot of yesterday's Rough Greensnake.
Union County, IL, 9.25.25.
#roughgreensnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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Rough Greensnake, Union County, IL 9.25.25
"Rough" because each scale has a longitudinal keel or ridge, unlike the Smooth Greensnakes found in Lake County, IL. Rough Greensnakes also are far more arboreal than Smooth Greensnakes.
#roughgreensnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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Neonate Cottonmouth (left) and neonate Copperhead (right). Compared to adults, juvenile Cottonmouths are brightly colored and people sometimes confuse them for Copperheads. When you see them side by side the differences are dramatic.
Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#fieldherping #insituherps
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Snakes in unlikely places. Here's an Eastern Copperhead on a narrow ledge above a deep pool of water in a cave-like indent in a tall, vertical limestone bluff.
Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#easterncopperhead #fieldherping #insituherps
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In the first 10 minutes of our arrival in southern IL, we hiked up this large Timber Rattlesnake with a squirrel-sized lump mid-body. What a beauty! The rest of the weekend only got better. 9.25.25
#timberrattlesnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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Did you have a nice weekend, Steve?
Why, yes. Yes I did.
Timber Rattlesnake #4, Jackson County, IL 9.26.25
#timberrattlesnake #fieldherping #insituherps
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September means baby snakes. Young of year Western Massasauga from the Red Hills of south central Kansas. #fieldherping
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Turtles are great but frogs are pretty cool too.
American Bullfrogs can be invasive in some parts of the country but they are native here. They eat any prey they can fit into their mouths.
Cook and Lake County, IL
#americanbullfrog #fieldherping #insituherps
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