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sstaedtler
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September Species Counts

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Please use this thread to record all species observed or heard in the field during the month of September.

This is to be used as a general list and no photos should be included here. Save the photos for your topics, and more importantly for your database entries.

*REMEMBER: It is our duty as members of N.A.F.H.A. to record all of our finds at http://www.naherp.com .

Be as specific as you feel you need to be in these lists, but please do not be more detailed with specific locales than a county.

When entering your records in the database, the quantity should match the number depicted in the photos.
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Sept 1st Garrett & Allegheny Counites, MD

1 Green Frog
1 Bullfrog
1 American Toad
1 Slimy Salamander
1 Eastern newt
1 Juvenile red salamander
4 wood turtles
2 milk snakes
2 ringnecks
1 copperhead

Sept 2nd, Carroll County, MD

1 Box Turtle
1 Smooth Earth snake
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Sept 5-7 Shenandoah National Park, VA with Doug

3 Copperheads (1 DOR)
1 Black Rat Snake
5 Garter snakes (2 DOR)
13 Ringnecks (2 DOR)
1 Northern Water Snake
1 Juvy Milk Snake
1 Five Lined Skink
15 Seal Salamanders
15 Red-backed Salamanders
4 Two LIned Salamanders
1 White Spotted Slimy Salamander
3 American Toads (one was dead in field)
3 Green Frogs
1 Wood Frog
2 Bullfrogs (outside of Shenandoah)
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9/1 - Bristol County, MA

5 Eastern Garter Snakes
3 Wood Frogs
4 Pickerel Frogs
6 American Toads
2 Eastern Red-backed Salamanders
2 Spring Peepers
20 Eastern Painted Turtles
2 Snapping Turtles + evidence of one successful nest
1 Northern Green Frog
1 Dekay's Snake
1 Spotted Salamander

9/1 - Plymouth County, MA

1 American Toad

9/2 - Norfolk County, MA

1 Bullfrog
3 Pickerel frogs
3 Eastern Garter Snakes
7 Northern Water Snakes
8 Eastern Painted Turtles
2 Northern Green Frogs
2 American Toads
4 Eastern Red-backed Salamanders
1 Spotted Salamander

9/7 - Plymouth County, MA

2 Eastern Hognose Snakes !!!!! (one adult, one hatchling!) - lifers!
1 Northern Black Racer (DOR hatchling)
1 Smooth Green Snake (DOR adult)
7 Painted Turtles
2 Spotted Salamanders
13 Fowler's Toads
1 Gray Tree Frog
14 Bullfrogs
2 Pickerel frogs
3 Green Frogs
1 Four-toed Salamander

ETA: We may have found the remains of an eastern box turtle nest. There was a dead hatchling too far gone to ID next to a small hole, upon digging we found a few discarded shells that were about the same size, give or take, as snapping turtle eggs but were elliptical, and another very far gone dead hatchling that just fell apart when we dipped it in the water to try to clean it. This was in a spot known for boxies. I hope some of the hatchlings made it. It would be a lifer.

9/8 - Middlesex County, MA

1 Blanding's Turtle
28 painted turtles, including 5 hatchlings
9 Bullfrogs
4 Green Frogs
3 Pickerel Frogs
3 American Toads
7 Northern Water Snakes (1 adult and 6 neonates, most of which were not found near water)
3 Snapping Turtle (all hatchlings, one dead on the path)
1/2 Eastern Garter Snake (ewwwww)
Evidence of successful nests (snapping turtles)

9/8 - Essex County, MA

3 Northern Water Snakes (all neonates, flipped next to a pond)
2 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 Spring Peeper
4 Bullfrogs
1 Pickerel Frogs
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September 06-Hartford & Middlesex County, CT

2 eastern garters
1 northern ring-necked snake
1 pickerel frog

September 07 - Litchfield County, CT

TMTC pickerel Frogs
TMTC wood frogs
2 american toads
1 red eft
1 red-backed salamander

September 09 - Hartford County, CT

2 red-eared sliders
6 eastern painted turtles
TMTC bullfrogs
1 fowler's toad
4 red-backed salamanders
1 red eft
2 spotted salamanders
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Very late small road cruise, Bucks County 9/12

3 Longtail Salamanders (1 DOR)
6 Two-Lined Salamanders
1 Redbacked Salamanders
2 very small Gray Treefrogs
7 Pickerel Frogs
2 American Toads
1 Bullfrogs
3 Green Frogs
1 DOR Water Snake
1 DOR Garter Snake
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9/14 - Bristol County, MA

19 Redbacked salamanders
1 Two-lined salamander
8 American toads
2 Northern water snakes
3 American bullfrogs
2 Wood Frogs
2 Eastern Painted Turtles
2 Spotted Salamanders
2 Four-toed salamanders
1 Spring Peeper
1 Pickerel Frog
2 Northern Green Frogs

9/15 - Bristol County, MA

3 Pickerel frogs
5 Fowler's Toads
40 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Eastern Gartersnake
2 Northern Red-bellied Cooters (lifer!)
1 American Bullfrog
3 Northern Green Frogs
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New Jersey 9-21

20 Italian Wall Lizards
5 Northern Red Bellied Turtles
2 Eastern Painted Turtles

Bucks County Road Cruise, 9-21

10 Garter Snakes (4 Alive, 6 DOR)
1 DOR Copperhead
3 Northern Red Salamanders (1 was a DOR)
1 Long-tailed Salamander
1 Red Spotted Newt
3 Spotted Salamanders
3 Two Lined Salamanders
3 Red-backed Salamanders
3 Spring Peepers
5 Northern Green Frogs
4 Pickerel Frogs
2 Bullfrogs
15 American Toads
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9 21
caroline county MD

tiger salamander
marbeled salamanders
green tree frogs
spade foot toads
green frogs
bull frogs
southern leopard frogs
3 black rat snakes
1 brown snake
1 ring neck
3 rough green snakes
grey/copes tree frogs

KENT county md
tiger salamander
grey/copes tree frogs
barking tree frogs
green tree frogs
spade foot toads
marbeled salamanders
DOR rough green
DOR black rat
bull frogs
southern leopard frogs
green frogs
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9-20 - Suffolk County, MA

1 adult and 6 YoY Dekay's brownsnakes
3 red-backed salamanders

9/21 - Hampden County, MA - Outing with SAGlines, Matt M. and Ryan G. (and, of course, Mike H.)

1 marbled salamander
TMTC efts/red-spotted newts
TMTC wood frogs
1 (or more) spring peeper
1 gray tree frog
3 or 4 spotted salamanders (mostly YoY; I didn't see the huge one that Mike flipped right before being attacked by bees)
eastern garter snakes (many YoY but a couple of adults)
1 northern ringnecked snake
1 northern black racer
1 red-bellied snake
red-backed salamanders
northern dusky salamanders
two-lined salamanders
I also flipped a little brown bat

9/22 - Norfolk County, MA

5 eastern garter snakes
1 American toad
green frogs
red-backed salamanders
2 spotted salamanders
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from the nafha trip

Lithobates catesbeianus 4
Coluber constrictor constrictor 4
Lithobates sphenocephalus utricularius 4
Anaxyrus terrestris 4
Anolis carolinensis carolinensis 4
Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix 3
Storeria dekayi dekayi 3
Hyla cinerea 3
Terrapene carolina carolina 2
Plethodon chlorobryonis 2
Pantherophis obsoletus quadrivittatus 2
Diadophis punctatus punctatus 2
Sternotherus odoratus 2
Nerodia fasciata fasciata 2
Agkistrodon piscivorus piscivorus 2
Opheodrys aestivus aestivus 2
Acris gryllus gryllus 2
Heterodon platirhinos 1
Rhadinaea flavilata 1
Ambystoma opacum 1
Lithobates clamitans clamitans 1
Scincella lateralis 1
Plestiodon fasciatus 1
Lithobates virgatipes 1
Plestiodon inexpectatus 1
Eurycea chamberlaini 1
Trachemys scripta scripta 1
Lithobates palustris 1
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vouchered from the recent PARS survey in Pike co pa


Plethodon cinereus 4
Eurycea bislineata 4
Lithobates clamitans melanota 3
Lithobates palustris 3
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis 1
Notophthalmus viridescens viridescens 1
Diadophis punctatus edwardsii 1
Lithobates catesbeianus 1
Plethodon glutinosus 1
Ambystoma maculatum 1
Nerodia sipedon sipedon 1
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Better late than never, right?

9/28 - Bristol County, MA

7 Eastern Garter Snakes
8 American Toads
3 Pickerel Frogs
15 Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders
27 Eastern Painted Turtles
2 Spotted Salamanders
4 Snapping Turtles
3 Northern Green Frogs
2 Wood Frogs
6 Northern Two-lined Salamanders
1 Eastern Milk Snake

9/28 - Plymouth County, MA

2 Northern Water Snakes

9/29 - Franklin County, MA

10 Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders
1 Wood Frog
1 Eastern Garter Snake

9/29 - Hampden County, MA

26 Red-spotted Newts (eft and newt phase)
11 Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders
3 Eastern Garter Snakes
7 Spotted Salamanders
1 Northern Ring-necked Snake
9 Wood Frogs
1 Jefferson Salamander -- LIFER!
2 Pickerel Frogs
1 Northern Green Frog
1 Marbled Salamander
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