New York herping.

[Elleken]

So after looking for arachnids for a while I decide to go back to my younger years and try herping for a bit. There's not much to get in central New York, but apparently I've got some luck lately. First day nothing but a bunch of fairly large gardners and a few babies. Second day I looked all around a "natural" environment flipping logs and such... no luck. Third day flipped a board and to my amazement there was a juvenile milk snake. I've only ever seen one around here which my parents thought was a rattle snake due to its tail shaking and quickly killed it. In their defense they felt absolutely terrible about it after I ate em out pretty hard for it. Fourth day under that same board I found a red bellied snake again of which I have only seen once a very long time ago. Pretty dang happy with the luck I've been having lately.


On a side note... anyone notice that a lot more snakes can be found under things like boards and cardboard scraps than under logs? Maybe its just my location.



Another side note... now I'm looking for the green snakes we supposedly have around here, but I've never seen.

 

[Thoth]

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On a side note... anyone notice that a lot more snakes can be found under things like boards and cardboard scraps than under logs? Maybe its just my location.

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Thats been my experience as well.

 

[cacoseraph]

i find more snakes and big game bugs under human trash than under nature stuff, almost always


mmmm mattresses

 

[Brad Ramsey]

First day nothing but a bunch of fairly large gardners and a few babies.

I believe the common name is Garter snake.

-Brad

 

[Elleken]

I believe the common name is Garter snake.

-Brad

Yea, I realized that almost immediately after I posted. My bad haha. Thanks for the correction though.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Yea, I realized that almost immediately after I posted. My bad haha. Thanks for the correction though.

It's actually almost become a common name for these snakes ... you are not the only one.

-Brad

 

[Philth]

Hi Elleken,

Where abouts are you in NY ?

Later, Tom

 

[Elleken]

About an hour south of Syracuse. No one has ever heard of my town but its Scott if by some miracle someone has haha.

 

[Elleken]

Got a few pics of the red bellied one. Maybe I got the id wrong.

 

[cacoseraph]

i think that is a ringneck snake. they are neurotoxic venomous =P

 

[scorpio1]

i think thats a Northern Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus edwardsii)

 

[Elleken]

So I'm pretty sure I saw an actual red bellied snake. It was orange all over and its stomach was bright red. First time I've seen one here.

 

[Exo]

I live near Batavia NY and I never have seen a snake like that!

All I ever see are Garter snakes, corn snakes, banded water snakes and the occasional copperhead.

 

[Bird Man]

I live in NY as well, and last year I found a snake just like that, well part of it, It was already dead and only the head and 2-3" of the body, I think our chickens got to it, Really pretty snake. Never seen one like it before or since.

 

[Elleken]

I picked it up and put it in my jacket pocket as I didn't have anything else to carry it in. Was going to get some pics for ID, but unfortunately the little bugger slipped outta my pocket without me knowing outside. Been seeing a lot more diversity in snakes this year. Hopefully I can grab another for pictures soon.

 

[loxoscelesfear]

i find more snakes and big game bugs under human trash than under nature stuff, almost always


mmmm mattresses

lol game bugs . i love that term.

mmmmm Dynastes tityus, Lucanus elaphus, Strategus game bugs indeed

 

[Warren Bautista]

Hmm. All I ever find are garter snakes and the occasional toad, although I found a nice milksnake last year.