Egg mass in one of our priority breeding sites.
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Eastern Tiger salamander or Spotted salamander?
Lifer!!! Awesome beautiful snake, although crazy it was out in February
Northern Red-bellied Cooter Pseudemys rubriventris on right Watkins Glen NY 16 May 2019
Found a pair of these snakes sunning themselves in my driveway. One retreated into a hole, so it probably lives beneath the driveway. There are no ponds or creeks nearby (less then 1 mile) but the land is often wet (used to be swamp lands) and there is a drainage ditch along the road that always has water in it. Not sure about crayfish (queen snakes main diet) being in the ditch but I have seen crayfish in local creeks and lake.
Well, this was a completely unexpected find with @evercraftforest . A southern ringneck snake in upstate NY! At the time we thought it was a northern, but after closer inspection of photos we realized that because of the row of spots on the underside and broken ring around the neck, it must be a southern. What do you think?
Very rare mutation individual, adult-sized, albino? I was shocked when I see this one. What a lucky day.
What kind of frog is this?