July 2015 Species Counts

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ZantiMissKnit
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July 2015 Species Counts

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Please use this thread to record all species observed or heard in the field during the month of July 2015.

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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July 2 - Suffolk County, MA


1 Eastern Redbacked Salamander
1 Northern Ring-necked snake
1 Wood Frog metamorph
2 Northern Water Snakes
2 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 American Toad
1 Eastern Milk snake
1 Northern Brown/DeKay's snake
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Re: July 2015 Species Counts

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July 10
Norfolk County, MA, 7:00 AM

1 female spotted turtle, nesting
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This will be long!!!

July 3 - Bristol County, MA

7 Fowler's Toads
2 Eastern Milk Snakes
1 Eastern Redbacked Salamander
1 Wood Frog
3 Eastern Garter Snakes
3 Eastern Musk Turtles
11 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Northern Red-Bellied Cooter
1 American Bullfrog
1 Pickerel Frog
2 Northern Green Frogs

July 3 - Plymouth County, MA

1 American Toad
3 Pickerel Frogs
1 Northern Black Racer (skeleton; was stuck in some netting under a tarp.)

July 4 - Middlesex County, MA

4 Northern Water Snakes
7 Eastern Painted Turtles
3 Eastern Garter Snakes
2 American Bullfrogs
1 Common Snapping Turtle
1 Eastern Musk Turtle
2 Northern Leopard Frogs

July 4 - Worcester County, MA

3 Eastern Garter Snakes
5 Northern Water Snakes
3 Northern Green Frogs
2 American Bullfrogs
1 Blanding's Turtle
2 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 American Toad

July 5 - Barnstable County, MA

4 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Northern Green Frog
1 Northern Ringnecked Snake

July 5 - Plymouth County, MA

1 Eastern Ribbon Snake
4 Northern Green Frog
2 Wood Frogs
2 Spring Peepers
3 Fowler's Toads
2 American Bullfrogs
3 Gray Tree Frogs
2 American Toads

July 9 - Norfolk County, MA

1 Northern Green Frog
1 American Bullfrog
2 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 Eastern Painted Turtles
2 Northern Water Snakes
3 American Toads
1 Northern Ringnecked Snake
1 Eastern Milk Snake

July 10 - Worcester County, MA

2 Northern Green Frogs
3 Eastern Redbacked Salamanders
1 Red-spotted Newt (eft phase)
4 Northern Dusky Salamanders
1 Northern Two-Lined Salamanders

July 10 - Suffolk County, MA

3 Eastern Garter Snakes
1 Northern Brown Snake

July 11 - Hampton County, MA

2 Wood Frogs
1 Eastern Garter Snake
1 American Toad
1 Northern Ringnecked Snake

July 12 - Norfolk County, MA

1 American Toad
1 Northern Water Snake
1 Eastern Painted Turtle
1 Spotted Turtle
1 Northern Two-Lined Salamander
1 Eastern Redbacked Salamander
1 Eastern Garter Snake
1 Eastern Milk Snake

July 18 - Plymouth County, MA

5 Fowler's Toads (plus TMTC metamorphs)
2 Northern Green Frogs
3 American Bullfrogs
7 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Northern Red-bellied Cooter
1 Eastern Garter Snake

July 19 - Essex County, MA

3 Eastern Garter Snakes
4 Northern Green Frogs
4 Pickerel Frogs
8 American Bullfrogs
1 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Northern Ringnecked Snakes
TMTC - probably American Toad metamorphs

July 23 - Suffolk County, MA

3 Eastern Garter Snakes
2 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 American Toad

July 26- Suffolk County, MA

2 American Toads
5 Eastern Painted Turtles
1 Eastern Garter Snake
1 Northern Brown Snake
2 Northern Water Snakes
1 Common Snapping Turtle

And that was my July!
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