Shawnee Forest

[atrox]

I hope you all enjoy the bounty of Shawnee in my pics.

This was my first snake of the trip, so I knew it was going to be a good one.

Don Becker Sunburst Morph aka Eastern Box Turtle

Yellow Bellied Watersnake

Green Treefrog

Black Ratsnake

Shawnee King

Black Racer

I always find this to be funny.

Another Green Treefrog

Cottonmouths are usually abundant, and many were seen.

Bird Voiced Treefrog

Rough Green Snake

Cricket Frog

Cottonmouth

Neonate Yellowbelly Watersnake

Eastern Box Turtle

Red Milksnake

Marbled Salamander

Spotted Salamander

Slimy Salamander

Little Cottonmouths have big colors!

Northern Copperhead

Habitat

Stubborn Female Box Turtle

Mole Salamander

Marbled Salamander

Lesser Siren

Thanks for looking!


Justin

 

[EDED]

great pics

im a big spider fan so reptiles dont do much for me but i LOVE the habitat picture!!!

also, not too good with places with names,,,where is Shawnee?

 

[atrox]

great pics

im a big spider fan so reptiles dont do much for me but i LOVE the habitat picture!!!

also, not too good with places with names,,,where is Shawnee?

I totally just realized I forgot to include the invert pics in this post....

There are a lot of neat Hogna sp. down there. I'm fairly certain one bit me in the cheek in my sleep, I have nice sized bite shaping up right now.

Shawnee is the Shawnee National Forest. It spans a few states in the Midwest.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Good stuff! From the habitat pic I would have thought S. Georgia/N. Florida- but Illinois?? That explains the dearth of salamanders. Love the siren pix!

 

[Spider787]

I thought for a second I was missing out I live in Shawnee Oklahoma lol.. Anyway great pics!!

 

[snakebytes]

Great pics. I spent 4 years in the Shawnee Forest during my undergrad and did a lot of herping. This post sure takes me back. I miss the bird-voiced treefrogs.

 

[atrox]

Good stuff! From the habitat pic I would have thought S. Georgia/N. Florida- but Illinois?? That explains the dearth of salamanders. Love the siren pix!

Sorry for the poverty in arthropods and Sallies, lol. I found lots of both, but it takes so long to go over these pics and then pic them out for posting. This was just a quickie post. I'll get some of the other finds put up.


thank for all the comments guys.

 

[arrowhd]

Stunning photos. Wish I could have gone with you.

 

[tarcan]

wow, pretty cool and sweet pictures!

Amazing the quantity of animals you have seen!

Thank you for sharing them

Martin

 

[loxoscelesfear]

I have been there. It's a herper's paradise. Judging from your photos, you did quite well. Good stuff.