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observing while fishing

Tink33

Tink33

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Here's a few pics of some wild critters that my girlfriend and I observed while fishing today and a few weeks ago, enjoy!

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cottonmouth
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another cottonmouth
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a frog that managed to go undetected by the cottonmouths
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a skink
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another skink with a beautiful red neck
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this one was a surprise, it was so cute, if anybody has an exact identification on this guy let me know, we are assuming its a rat snake but arent too sure.

We hope you enjoy the pics and hopefully we will have more to come!


Tink
 
Nice finds, bonus while fishing!
The last one is a young Black Racer, still has some pattern on it.
The first two are Northern Watersnakes. Please don't tell people that they're Cottonmouths, that causes a lot of Watersnake "death by shovel".
 
I was just reading your mothers day thread and I googled nerodia sipedon sipedon, and realized my mistake, I appreciate the correction. Its funny because we were scared to pick them up because we thought they were cottonmouths, but they didnt have the vertical eyes. I figured better safe than sorry and left them alone. they werent shy at all, they were casing the area we were fishing and they stayed pretty close to us. maybe they were hoping for a free meal, lol!

Thanks for ident on the black racer, he was poking his head out of the rocks we were fishing from, it was pretty cool!

Tink
 
Glad I could ID them.
It's hard to get pics of our racers, that's pretty good. Likewise on taking a photo of the frog from the top.
It's ALWAYS better safe than sorry on snake IDs if you have venomous snakes in your area, good call.
Since you're in VA here's the best herp-site available, and a good group to join. Virginia Herpetological Society
 
It's a great resource, they have a lot of photos and ID tips pages.
I forgot to ask where you were fishing. I lived in Va Beach for several years when I was in the US Submarine Service.
 
We were out in Blackwater, by Fentress airfield. theres a bunch of little spots out there and out in Pungo. Pungo is where we took the pics of the water snakes, out in the Back Bay area.The pics of the skinks and black racer were taken out in Blackwater, btw... the VHS website is great, I had no clue we had so many different snakes down here, and we have learned so much. Thanks again!!!

Tink
 
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