North / Central Florida 2005
I just got back from a week long Florida trip with Justin Collins (Justinian2120) and our friend Brandon Zimmerman. The trip was definately beyond my expectations. This was probably our first trip to florida solely for herping, and I definately can't complain. We had found a live M. fulvius by teusday, and and even more interesting specimens followed. Among these that I found to be most surprising finds, were Stilosoma extenuatum, and a florida gopher frog. Really, the only unfortunate thing was that it felt like we were finding 3 DORs for every live specimen. And even though pygmies seemed to be plentiful, the only three large crotalus we found (2 canebreak and 1 EDB) were all DOR. I think we must have taken nearly 300 photos so this post is really just a sample.


Amphibians

-many Green Tree Frogs (Hyla cineria)
-many Squirrel Treefrogs (Hyla squirella)
-1 Cuban Treefrog(Osteopilus septentrionalis)
-many Pig Frogs (Rana grylio)
-many Southern Leopard Frogs (Rana utricularia)
-1 Southern Toad (Bufo terrestris)
-1 Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus)
-1 Florida Gopher Frog (Rana capito aesopus)
-too many DOR anurans to list

Lizards

-2 Green Anoles (Anolis carolinensis)
-many Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei)
-3 Six Lined Race Runners (Cnemidophorus sexlineatus)
-2 Five Lined Skinks (Eumeces fasciatus)
-1 Florida Scrub Lizard (Scleroporus woodi)
-1 Southern Fence Lizard (Scleroporus undulatus)
-1 Island Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus compressus)
-many ground skinks (Scincella lateralis)

Crocodilians

-2 American Aligators (Aligator mississippiensis), 1 DOR, 1 alive in swamp

Snakes

-2 Corn Snakes (Pantherophis guttata), both DOR
-1 Green Water (Nerodia floridana), DOR
-10 Florida Cottonmouths (Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti) 9 DOR, 1 AOR
-1 Eastern Diamondback (Crotalus adamanteus), DOR
-3 Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis), 1DOR, 2 AOR
-2 Blue Stripe Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis similis), both DOR
-10 Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius barbouri), 6 DOR, 4 AOR
-3 Peninsula Ribbon Snakes (Thamnophis sauritis sackenii), 1 DOR, 2 AOR
-11 Florida Water Snakes (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris), 5 DOR, 6 AOR
-10 Black Racers (Coluber constrictor), 3 DOR, 7 AOR
-2 Canebreak Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus / h. atricaudatus), both DOR
-2 Striped Crayfish snakes (Regina alleni), both DOR
-1 Eastern Coral Snake (Micrurus fulvius)
-1 Short Tailed Snake (Stilosoma extenuatum)
-1 Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
-3 Eastern Coachwhips (Masticophis flagellum)

>this isn't including all the crazy non herps we found.font>

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