Topic: '06 herping photos
Here are my herping finds for all of 2006. Most were found along Crowley's Ridge.
You'll have to fogive me for several poor photos. My digital camera was is rather old and was built in 1999.
Salamanders
Two unidentified salamander larvae. I must be doing something wrong.
Frogs
Bufo americanus ~ 7-8
Bufo fowleri ~ lost track after 50. 1 AORR (Alive on Railroad)
Acris crepitans ~ lost track after 100
Hyla cinerea ~ 20
Not edited except for removing a little dirt in the corner.
Hyla spp. (Gray treefrog) ~ 1
Rana blairi ~ 15
Rana catesbeiana ~ 12
Rana clamitans ~ 3
Rana sphenocephala ~ 4-5
Turtles
Chlydra serpetina ~ 1 AOR
Sternotherus odoratus ~ 1 cleaned out shell found
Terrapene ornata ~ 0 
I an definitely going to catch one next year (i.e., I may or may not, let the betting begin :twisted: )
Terrapene carolina ~ 64 found as part of my mark recapture study. 1 AORR, 1 DORR, 12 others found off my study area.
Female found road cruising, released after photo.
Lawnmower victim after two months of rehab. Released near the area it was originally found.
Trachemys scripta ~ 3 AOR
Lizards
Sceloporus undulates ~ 1 subadult
Decided to hide from me under the car tire.
Eumeces fasciatus ~ 6
A large specimen. Compare to the "no trespassing" sign for scale.
A closer shot
Eumeces laticps ~ 3
Scincella lateralis ~ 7
Snakes
Elaphe obsolete ~ 5 (1 in woods, 1 DORR, 2 AOR, 1 DOR)
A juvenile
Lampropeltis getula ~ 1 (Dead, had been killed by predator moments before I found it)
Lampropeltis triangulum ~ 4
Storeria occipitomaculata ~ 1
My camera waits 3 seconds before taking the shot after the shutter release is pressed 
Thamnophis proximus ~ 1
Thamophis sirtalis ~ 2
Agkistrodon piscivorus ~ 2
Crotalus horridus ~ 1
Word got out that I found this and pretty soon a poacher was scouring the site looking for it He never found it though :twisted: (the fact that he didn't know where on the 400acre site I had found it probably helped) The tremendous number of mosquitoes at this site will probably discourage future searches (a local deer hunter I talked to won't hunt at this site when it is warm because he can hardly stand it)
Alex
I got the tree frog shot by placing the frogs in a five gallon bucket with a piece of paper on the bottom to make the shot even whiter. For some reason the back ground looked flat in this shot. The frog on the left is actually hanging off the side of the bucket.