Frogs and Snakes

As I mentioned before, my love for herps started with a garter snake. This little fellow is the Eastern subspecies of Thamnophis sirtalis, the only kind we get in these parts. Some of the other subspecies are more brilliantly hued.

Garter Snake

Garter Snake

Here we see him on “son of super fungus”. This little outcrop is about the size of my fist, much smaller than the basketball sized organism I alluded to before.

Garter Snake

This is an immature snake, born this year, perhaps, or last. At full size, he'd make a quick meal out of either of our little froggy friends here.

Wood Frog

This Wood Frog, closer to full size, is a better example of the species than my previous attempt.

Pickerel Frog

The Pickerel Frog, Rana palustris is new to this list. He bears a certain similarity to the Leopard Frog, Rana pipiens, which is a little less common locally.