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A long time, exactly how long is hard to tell. But I know they have found ones in the wild that have dates back around 1910 carved on their shell. They have found snapping turtles with musket balls lodged in there shell, turtles live a long long time, that is the only thing they have in their...

I meant SHE looks ancient that is a female, but obviously still young enough to be laying eggs. Which is the only time you will see a box turtle out around dusk. I've seen two box turtles with shells that perfectly formed and both were ancient, I bet that turtle is at least 60 years old.

Jeff, that is one of the most unusual box turtles I have ever seen. That guy is ancient looking. Was his shell dirty or just completely worn and faded. Nice pic, thanks for posting that. chris

Glad you had a good time. Its ashame you found no snakes but that is just the way the pines tend to be. Fence swifts are real common in the pines, they are friendly guys and normally tolerate the whole photo taking process. The first fowler's toad was a nice one, the second looked like he...

What I do when I go out is bring a extra pair of shorts. Before I even get in my car I take off all my hiking clothes and place them in a bag and tie it tight. I then do an inspection of my entire body, I adopted Guy's lint roller technique, which works good for getting my back and back of...

I meant the one that bobpx took a picture of before. The one with its head sticking out of the log from a previous post, maybe a month ago or so..

Nice find! Is there only one timber there, is this the same one as before? Normally with most herps if the area has one it normally has several. At least this has been my expierience with timbers in pennslyvania. Once again very nice find.

ChrisNJ, do you have the web address for that site I would like to check it out. The fact that this thing is staying in one town makes me think it is someones old pet. A few weeks ago there were 4 sightings of a cougar in delaware, maybe this is the same one. I wonder what they would do with...

Went out again today, nothing was out. Too hot for the old reliables like spotted turtles and racers. Did see another black rat snake, a juvie box turtle, and fowler's toads. Also saw about a dozen raided turtle nests, mostly redbelly or painted. The black rat was smallish 3 feet and skinny...

The black rat I saw wasn't actually near brackish water. However, many of the racers I see are always near brackish water. The black rat in that photo was the biggest I think I will ever see. I know in new jersey they say that they only get six feet...but this thing was huge and extremely...

Here is my take on the collecting thing when it comes to corns in new jersey, and all reptiles really. If they weren't that common 50 years ago, and they are pretty rare now I don't know how much this has to do with collecting. Thanks to the internet and modern day shipping methods it is much...

Bob, personally I think a collector will take whatever he can find. He may get 100 for a pretty one, and 50 for the less brilliant one. But if it means avoiding employment he'll take whatever he can get.

I go to a place in cumberland county were they are suppose to be. I've heard that they like railroad ties which this place has. However, I'm not a snake guy and just getting my feet wet so hopefully in the coming years I will come across one. In your expierience what kind of weather do they...

I could see one crossing the watergap were it narrows. I'll buy the escaped pet thing and the fact that they may be breeding is possible. Grendel, I thought you were saying that there was wild ones still here, captives are a possibility.

Brandon, did you find the spotted in atlantic county? Suprised you have found no racers I see about a half a dozen different ones every time out, in the same general area though. This is only the second black rat I've seen, and I doubt I will every see a more heatlhy specimen. The nice thing...

I've heard people say this before. While the pine barrens are remote, for new jersey, and undisturbed for new jersey. In the big picture it is about the size of a thimble. Male cougars have a home range of over 100 square miles. They require undisturbed wilderness, such as the west. There...

I thought it was an old male in its breeding orange. It had no black dorsolateral stripe of a ground skink.

May I ask how you def know there are cougars in new jersey. If there are cougars I find it hard to believe. South jersey is soooo tiny and cougars need large areas to hunt. If they are in south jersey they would probably also be in most of the northeast since there are tracks of woods much...

Went out hiking today got out around 10:30 in cumberland county. The first hour I was out there turned out to be my best ever. First stumbled upon this smallish racer, he was the first of six I would see and the 18th in three trips. Next I saw these two female boxies they were very heavy...

Probably someones escape pet, I would be absolutely shocked if they're were cougars in new jersey. I hope they don't kill it.