2010 Delmarva Herp Trip Report
This past weekend, I met up with eleven other field herpers from the North American Field Herping Association for a herping trip on the Delmarva peninsula. We spent two solid days and yesterday morning searching for reptiles and amphibians all over the peninsula and found over 400 animals representing 33 different species. Many of the species we found were “lifers” for me – species I had never before seen in the wild.
Species observed include: Fowler’s Toad, Southern Leopard Frog, Northern Green Frog, Northern Cricket Frog*, Common Bull Frog, Green Treefrog*, Cope’s Gray Treefrog, Eastern Narrowmouth Toad*, Spring Peeper, Wood Frog, American Toad, Northern Redback Salamander, Southern Two Lined Salamander, Spotted Salamander, Eastern Painted Turtle, Eastern Box Turtle, Northern Redbellied Turtles, Spotted Turtle*, Common Snapping Turtle (DOR), Northern Fence Lizard, Five-lined Skink, Ground Skink*, Southern Ringneck Snakes, Northern Black Racer, Northern Water Snake, Eastern Worm Snake, Eastern Black Rat Snake, Northern Rough Green Snake*, Eastern Smooth Earth Snake*, Southern Copperhead (DOR)*, Eastern Kingsnake, Eastern Garter Snake (DOR), Eastern Hognose Snake (DOR)*. Here (DOR) indicates the only specimen found was roadkill and * indicates lifer.
While not a photography trip, I was able to get some record shots of some of the animals we found, including species I did not already have in my stock gallery. The trip did remind me of how much fun field herping can be though, as well as how tricky photographing little quick reptiles and amphibians can be. I’m out of practice and hope to do a bit more herp photography this month and next.
Here are a few photos of some of the new species I was able to add to my stock list:
Eastern Narrowmouth Toad*
Eastern Box Turtle
Rough Green Snake*
Fowler’s Toad
More to come!
on May 5, 2010 at 1:23 pm
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Beautiful! What an interesting new world of nature photography, and rarely photographed creatures.
on May 8, 2010 at 8:16 pm
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Great shot Kari. I really love the box turtle which is my favorite, really nice work.