uninjured, released. bright coloration
hit by car, foot amputation
hit by lawn mower, poor prognosis with severe carapace fracture and head trauma
Photographed at Boyle Park, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Broad-Headed Skink (Plestiodon laticeps) from Snake Road, Illinois
Lounging Northern Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus) from Jeff Busby Park, Mississippi
Smooth Earth Snake (Virginia valeriae) from Snake Road, Illinois
Three-Toed Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina triunguis) from Jeff Busby Park, Mississippi
Young
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Another county, another juvie rattlesnake.
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Many aquatic garter snakes, adults and juveniles, were observed in and around a series of man-made ponds.
Typhlops vermicularis
This was my first time seeing rattlesnakes in the wild! Two individuals, an adult and a sub-adult, were found under a wooden board on a hillside near a stream.
These are the same rattlesnakes that Ken-ichi Ueda observed on the same day. (In fact, I believe they were his find.)
This is a wild tokay gecko that has been living in my house since it was a hatchling, we have the front door open everyday, but it prefers to stay inside, usually hiding behind the TV during the day and venturing out at night. Very shy and nervous compared with the common house gecko's that live here also.
There are over 9,000 recognized species of reptile in the world. Many are extremely poorly known and many more are threatened with extinction. The Global Reptile BioBlitz is the sister effort to the Global Amphibian BioBlitz and aims to collect amateur observations of every species of reptile. Together, we can map wh... ...more ↓
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created this project on July 31, 2011
