Went to do a normal routine check of a Ravine Salamander spot and was going to pass though and try a new location, but I desided to do a little flipping around the Ravine spot first and with the 1st rock I flipped a Longtailed Salamander *Lifer. As much as I have researched this area the longtail was far from my mind of finding today. So I set up to take a photo…. Then my camera says No CF card. AH I left it at home. Now what? So I run back to the house grab my card and come back to take a few photos. Supriced by this find I started searching the area and came up with another longtail not far from the first one. Two in one day not bad for a lifer.

77F Cloudy

2 - Longtail Salamanders ****Lifer
5+ Northern Dusky Salamanders
1 Slimy Salamander
2 American Toads

Slimy:

Longtail one - 6.5cm

Longtail two - 12 cm

9 Pickerel Frogs
1 Northern Lepoard Frog
5+ Green Frogs

Pickerel Frogs

Northern Lepoard Frog

Myself and Bob C. meet up in Westmoreland County PA this evening for our targer species Northern Leopard Frogs. The 1st thing we spotted was a Pickerel and with in about 10 mins we finally caught it after it got away 10 diffrent times and hid under 3 diffrent logs.. We also saw another but were unable to get a photo. We also grabbed a Wood frog the 1st eaither of us have seen with in the area. And also a Mystery Snake which looked like a Earth Snake but far out of range. We will work the area again to determin this species at a later date.

For today:
5 Green Frogs
2 Pickerel Frogs
3 American Toads
1 Wood Frog
20+ Mtn Dusky Salamanders
5+ Northern Dusky Salamanders 1 with eggs
3 Twolined Salamanders
1 Slimy Salamander
1 Mystery Snake

Pickerel Frog

Wood Frog

A. Toad

Slimy Salamander

N. Dusky With eggs

Just a few shots from the past few days.

Queen snakes

Painted Turtle:

Northern Waters:

DOR Rat Snake

Small American Toad

A friend Will and I meet up down in Northern WV for a little herping to see what we could find in an area I have been to a few times in the past. I was wanting to check the area for Green Salamanders and Timbers but neither of those targets were aquired. Insted we did find a few things here an there that I have not found in this area yet.

1 Northern Water Snake
1 Ringneck Snake
4 Mtn Duskys Salamanders
3 Seal Salamanders
2 Northern Reds Salamander
1 Redback Salamander

Ringneck:

Mtn. Duskys:

Seals:

Reds:

Views:

Headed down to SC with my daughter to visit my family. While I was there I got to get out and do some herping for a little bit here an there. Had some good luck. Most the target species I was aiming for I did not find as time was limited and the places were to far to work with during out stay. We were therr from May 31st - June 8th. Part of the week we went camping down near charleston, SC.

June 1st
Florence County
Out with my father for a few hours hitting a few landings and road crusing some areas.

1 marbled salamander
3 Southern Leapoard?
a few sliders
2 ground skinks,
1 5lined skink
1 copperhead
1 yellow rat
1 timber
1 dor racer
1 box turtle

Marbled Salamander:

Southern Leapoard:

Timber/Canebrake

Copperhead:

Rat Snake:

DOR Racer:

June 2nd
Clarendon County
Went out for an hour.

5+ 5lined skinks
2 ground skinks
2 narrowmouth Toads *Lifer
1 Southern Chorus Frog?
3 unided frogs jumping though the weeds. probably cricket
1 yellow-bellied slider

Southern Chorus Frog?

Narrowmouth Toad:

June 3rd - 6th
Charleston County
Things around the camp area.

1 Alligator
10+ Sliders
5+ Anoles
20+ Unided Tadpoles
Unided Frog (hopped away to fast)
A few Skinks
1 King Snake

Unided Tadpoles (Wood probably)

Eastern King Snake:

June 7th
Clarendon County
Went out with my friend Matt to a few spots.
Matt picked up ad DOR King and a AOR Glass Lizard on the way over.

Other than that we got
2 DOR rats
4 marbled sallys resently transformed
1 Narrow mouth toad
6 Water Dogs *Lifer
5 Dwarf Salamanders *Lifer
1 Green Tree Frog
2 Broadhead Skinks
5+ 5lined Skinks
5+ Racerunners
1 Racer

Marbled Salamanders:

Dwarf Waterdog and Dwarf Salamander:

Narrowmouth Toad:

Skinks and Glass Lizard

Eastern King Snake:

I hit a few spots around Allegheny and Westmorelands County this weekend from Friday to Sunday. Not a bad weekend for the most part. Went to some new spots found some new populations Queen Snake and Ravine Salamaner, Not far from others but always a good thing to see them in a new area I have not before.

Friday
Allegheny County
2  Garter Snakes
1 Ringneck Snake

Garters:

Ringneck:

Saturday
Allegheny County
10+ N Water Snakes
1 Queen Snake
1 Garter Snake
2 Ravine Salamanders

Northern Water:

Queen Snake:

Ravine Salamanders:

Sunday
Westmoreland County
1 Rat Snake
1 N. Water Snake
1 Garter Snake
TMTC Northern and Mountain Duskies
1 Spring Salamander
2 Two-lined Salamaners
1 Green Frog
5 Unided frogs

Funny thing about the Rat snake is he was right at the beginning of the trail and even when I was taking photos Noone that pasted even saw him. HE was RIGHT THERE. I come back after 2 hours an he is still there. Then the Little Norther water snake (probably the nicest looking juvie i have seen was right on the path and like 20 people walked by and didn’t even see him, not even when I was taking a photo, then one guy noticed it and showed his daughters and they were really cool about it. I did take him off the path so he wouldn’t be trampled or rode over by a bike.

Rat Snake:

Northern Water:

Garter:

Bug Eyed Mountain Dusky

Two Lineds

Spring Salamander Egg Mass:

Was a little on the cool side so i mainly scouted out some new areas, but most places turned up to be private so I stopped by my local Queen spot on the way home.

1 Queen Snake
5+ Northern Water Snakes

Temps 55f
Cloudy and Windy.