Timber Rattlesnake portrait from southern IL last weekend.
This was #3.
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Check the cracks with a flashlight: just a glimpse but it was the first Timber of the day and a big one!
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Rough Greensnake from southern IL, different from the Smooth Greensnake we have in northern IL. Note the longitudinal ridge or "keel" on each scale on this one; the Smooths don't have that. Both are primarily insectivorous, but this one is more arboreal.
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Herping with binoculars in southern IL.
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That southern IL road known for snakes has other things too: here's a Green Treefrog
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This was an interesting find along a well known road in southern IL; it was the first one I’ve ever seen in our state. Cell phone shot in the rain.
(Some of my friends will appreciate this small drab frog a lot more than others.) 🙂
#easternnarrowmouthedtoad #fieldherping

Still cell phone shot, but some herp trips just check all the boxes.
#mudsnake #fieldherping

Today’s unusual observation. IYKYN. More details when I get home.
#cottonmouths #fieldherping #insituherps

Cordillera central tree frog (Hyloscirtus larinopygion), endemic high altitude frog from Colombia and northern Ecuador. Many call them chocolate frog. Chunky little frog.

(From July 2026)

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