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March Species Counts

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Made it out to Lake Martin today for a couple hours.

1 Mississippi Green Watersnake - Nerodia cyclopion
3 Broad-banded Watersnakes - Nerodia fasciata confluens
1 Gulf Coast RIbbonsnake - Thamnophis proximus orarius
3 Southern Copperheads - Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix

TMTC Northern Green Anoles - Anolis carolinensis carolinensis
TMTC Little Brown Skinks - Scincella lateralis
4 Common Five-lined Skinks - Plestiodon fasciatus
6 American Alligators - Alligator mississippiensis

TMTC Blanchard's Cricket Frogs - Acris blanchardi
1 Spring Peeper - Pseudacris crucifer
1 Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad - Gastrophryne carolinensis

TMTC Red-eared Sliders -Trachemys scripta elegans
3 Eastern River Cooters - Pseudemys concinna concinna
1 Mississippi Map Turtle - Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii
1 Eastern Musk Turtle - Sternotherus odoratus
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Sunday march 3er
Atchafalaya Basin

1 Plain-bellied Water Snake
1 Black-masked Racer
4 Gulf Coast Ribbonsnakes
1 Southern Copperhead
1 Western Cottonmouth

4 American Alligators
3 Northern Green Anoles
TMTC Little Brown Skinks

2 Eastern River Cooters
2 Red-eared Sliders
1 Eastern Mud Turtle

TMTC Blanchard's Cricket Frogs
TMTC Cope's Gray Treefrogs
TMTC Spring Peepers
TMTC Cajun Chorus Frogs
6 Bronze Frogs
3 Southern Leopard Frogs
2 Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toads
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March 16th
Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

I only had my phone camera, so I couldn't get pictures of most of the herps i saw.

1 Broad-Banded Water Snake
1 Speckled Kingsnake
1 Dekay's Snake
1 Ribbon Snake

TMTC Green Anoles
TMTC Ground Skinks
3 Broad-Headed Skinks
3 Five-Lined Skinks

TMTC Red-Eared Sliders
A few other turtles, but I'm not well grounded when it comes to turtle species.
I saw some frogs as well, but I don't have much knowledge on the different species.
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Hit Lake Martin today on the way home. Decided to walk the whole lake today but it was pretty slow.

1 Gulf Coast Ribbon Snake
1 Broad-banded Water Snake
1 Southern Leopard Frog
2 Green Treefrogs
3 Bronze Frogs
6 Blanchard's Cricket Frogs
2 Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toads
5 Northern Green Anoles
TMTC Little Brown Skinks
3 Common Five-lined Skinks
3 American Alligators
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Got out with Brennan and Rman here in Texas a few days. We found a few snakes, along with the usual four legged suspects I don't know the names of:

Agkistrodon controtrix contortrix - 4 under AC
Agkistrodon controtrix laticinctus - 2 under AC
Agkistrodon piscivorous leucostoma - 1 on top of AC, 1 under AC
Coluber constrictor anthicus - 1 under AC
Coluber flagellum testaceus - 1 under AC
Crotalus atrox - 2 under AC
Drymarchon melanurus erebennus - 1 under AC, 1 basking
Heterodon platirhinos - 1 under AC
Lampropletis getula holbrooki - 7 under AC
Lampropeltis triangulum annulata - 1 under AC
Masticophis schotti schotti - 1 under AC
Pantherophis guttatus meahlmorrum - 6 under AC
Pantherophis obsoletus lindheimer - 6 under AC, 1 DOR
Salvadora grahamiae lineata 1 AOR, 3 under AC
Tantilla gracillis - 2 under AC
Tantilla nigriceps
Thamnophis proximus orarius - 1 under AC
Thamnophis proximus orarius - 3 under AC
Virginia striatula - 32 under AC

Plus four lined skinks, five lined skinks, desert banded geckos, med geckos, spiny lizards, reticulated collared lizard, anoles, smallmouth salamanders, and frogs.
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I think there were 3 Slender Glass Lizards as well under AC.
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Made it out to Vermillion parish yesterday

5 Broad-banded Water Snakes
6 Plain-bellied Water Snakes
4 Gulf Coast Ribbon Snakes
1 Marsh Brown Snake
1 Small-mouthed Salamander
1 Broad-headed Skink
8 Common Five-lined Skinks
TMTC Little Brown Skinks
6 Northern Green Anoles
1 Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad
2 Southern Leopard Frogs
TMTC Bronze Frogs
1 Eastern Musk Tutlre
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Post by brennan »

Kyle that list looks pretty good all put together like that. I Really enjoyed seeing it all.

I had some turtle traps out and early this weekend I finally got my two targets

WBR Parish:

3- Graptemys pseudogeographica
1- Graptemys ouachitensis
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Congrats on those maps,Brennan.

Went to the Tunica Hills yesterday.

1 Speckled King Snake. Under ac
1 Texas Rat Snake. Under ac
1 Southern Copperhead. Under ac
1 Corn Snake. Under ac
1 Juvenile Canebrake. On road. (Moved off the road)
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Glad to see things are starting to move up at your place Rman. Still need to see a corn up there one of these days and I don't think anyone ever gets tired of the timbers.

Chris
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Chris, it's really getting a slow start up in Tunica. While I did manage to find a few goodies, the copper and the corn have been in the same place nearly all winter and the corn is looking quite nasty right now. It could use a good shed. The baby cane was nice to see. The only time I ever see the babies is in early spring, while the larger ones need another month to get going. See you soon.
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