awebster's Identifications

Larry Ditto and I seined about a dozen amphibians we did not recognize from a small stock tank on a private ranch in Kenedy Co. We tried to photograph them on land, but they were slippery and hard to hold. We got a few shots on wet grass, then released them back into the tank. We tentatively identified them as Rio Grande Lesser Sirens after looking through some field guides.
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I'm having a difficult time trying to figure out what kind of caterpillar this is. It has a white line that runs down the center of its back. It also has what I would describe as eye markings that are blue and they run down both sides of it.

This whipsnake was foraging near a water feature at a bird photo blind that I was in. The snake drank and let me get a couple of shots then left. I do not know if this can be confirmed as "Ruthven's" from photos, but that is what I called it at the time.

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Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus catenatus) from Hastings, Michigan. She had recently come out of her burrow and had a lot of silt on her, but to show her pattern better, I poured some water on her.

This whipsnake was foraging near a water feature at a bird photo blind that I was in. The snake drank and let me get a couple of shots then left. I do not know if this can be confirmed as "Ruthven's" from photos, but that is what I called it at the time.

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