My wife and I found this bullsnake while jogging one morning. I had our old crappy camera in my pocket and we managed a poor quality voucher shot. A couple weeks later we found another bullsnake while rollerblading, (no camera at all this time). Apparently exercising is a good way to find these guys!
Ornate box turtle as found on a different day within 1/2 mile of the bullsnake.
Prairie six-line racerunners can also frequently be found within a couple miles of my house. First one in-situ in a small area of trees.
This one was flipped under a small couple foot section of plywood.
A couple nearby spots can produce Ringneck snakes
Looks like this one has an all yellow belly..
There is some of that nice deep orange coloration. I find this common little snakes to be quite attractive.
These finds were a bit further away but also within the county.
Red Sided Garter Snake
Northern Painted Turtle
Now it is time for the Flint Hills.... here's is a habitat shot. It has been very dry in this area, although there had been a little rain in the morning which I hoped would bring more herps to the surface.
One and a half hours of flipping brought only two of these. The first got away so I was quick to grab the second one and my wife snapped a picture. I believe this is a Prairie Skink.
After a poor result in flipping, we decided to go to the shore of the nearby lake and search around there for a little while. I spotted a water snake crawling up a tree but there was no way to get a good picture from shore. So, what choice did I have but to go in after it! Picture of my getting a picture of the snake!
Now for the snake.... Northern Water Snake
I tried for some better pictures but lost my balance and had to steady myself on the tree. This spooked the snake who quickly turned and gracefully slid into the water. After this we headed to a nearby area to walk a trail on the prairie. One more herp was seen in this area, one of my favorite lizards the collared lizard:
Not the most exciting herps ever but hope you enjoyed.
I wasn't able to get a picture of it, but he had also had a nice meal recently, there was a pretty decent bump.
