December Discussion Post: What is your favorite herp observation??
Happy Holidays brosteners! As we enter the holiday season I know what I’m asking for for Christmas: a 2023 full of fantastic creature finds! Some of you who know me will know that I can’t get enough reptiles and amphibians, also often known as herps (not herpes, looking at you Retep!!). I’ve been blessed to find and research all sorts of species this year and I’m looking forward to more! I’m also proud to say that we’ve already accumulated a crazy diversity of herp observations in the Wild Times Project this year, so this month’s topic is simple: what are your favorite herp observations in the project? Let us know which of your own finds you’ve gotten to log as iNaturalist observations, or feel free to highlight some of your favorite finds from other users that you have seen.
I’ll go first:
I’ve had all sorts of observations this year, but two that stick out to me are my hellbender observation from a research trip to North Carolina and my observations of Black-tailed rattlesnakes from a road cruising trip in Arizona (links at the bottom of this post). Talk about herp diversity!
For those of you reading on the iNaturalist journal page, head over to The Wild Times Forum at https://brommunity.wildtimes.club/ to let us know your favorite herp observations in the discussion thread for this month. Let’s talk herps!!
Always Wild,
Drew
Hellbender: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111561219
Rattlesnake: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/126312518
