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blacktara
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North Carolina weekend

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Here's some pics of my trip to North Carolina last weekend

So my little excursion to North Carolina turned out pretty well. All stuff is Hyde County unless otherwise noted Let's start with the snakes

Saw several garters - Thamnophis sirtalis -
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The obligatory southern copperhead - Agkitrodon contortrix -
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A small brown snake - Storeira dekayi
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A nice rough green snake - Opheodrys aestivus
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Several nerodia, but unfortunately only one that was not d.o.r - I believe this is a neonate fasciata - correct me if I'm wrong
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And two of my primary target - The red pygmy - Carolina pygmy rattlesnake - Sistrurus miliarius miliarius
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Saturday night in Jones county I found two fairly fresh d.o.r corns - went back Sunday night to try and get a live one but it got cold real fast and nothing was moving
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I think five total black racers - Unfortunately all just streaking across my ine of sight except for one d.o.r neo

Also found one good sized shed on a hike - I think coach (?)
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Lots of turtles
Baby common snapper - Chelydra serpentine
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Little painted turtle - Chrysemys picta
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Eastern box turtle - Terrepene Carolina Carolina
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Billions of bullfrogs and leopard frogs - and .....

Sometimes you find weird stuff on flooded roads
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Like i said, I suck at turtles. Thanks for the clarification. That said another friend says its a baby musk
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blacktara wrote:Like i said, I suck at turtles. Thanks for the clarification. That said another friend says its a baby musk
I think a baby musk would have a sharper keel.
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So you think it is a mud?
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It is definitely a baby mud. Musks have a sharper keel, yes, but also have bright yellow lines on the nose and eyes.

Nice job on those pigmies- very pretty!
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