The month of august

[NJSnakeMan]

August has been unusually nice out, but I haven't been able to get a ride anywhere so i've been restricted to my bike- as usual. Of course though water snakes aren't ever a far ride on a bike to find.
Nerodia sipedon- female

Fliped this male 13" southern ringneck snake under a board

Found this 3' male black racer was trying to bask

Tried getting a head shot.. but that's impossible with a racer,lol. so i pinned him (something i normally don't do)

Don't know if i posted this pic earlier on or not but found this spotted turtle in may or june

Female box turtle found earlier in august

male box

Also found another four-toed salamander under some logs a couple weeks ago

That's it for now, back to school in a week so not a lot of herping anymore!
-brandon

 

[dragoncjo]

nice pics, same things i've been finding. I think i have seen somewhere in between 50-70 black racers this year, I'm really sick of them.

 

[NJSnakeMan]

where the hell do you see all these racers???? down in cumberland county?

in my experience i don't run into them that often, more so black rat snakes!

 

[dragoncjo]

Yeah cumberland county, everytime I've been out this year I have seen at least one and usually 3-6. Don't see too many rats, maybe a 6-9 all year.

 

[snakehunter7]

ive only seen about 3 racers my whole life, and ive seen about 10 black ratsnakes this year, i dont get out much and usually i see them in a short amount of time, like 5 in two days, and this is in millville, menantico area, i dont know how you guys find any racers, maybe its just my luck

 

[dragoncjo]

I find the racers very close to menatico. I've actually seen very little at menatico and spent alot of time back there when i was in high school camping in the summer. I've heard coyotes back there and can't say I've ever seen a snake now that I'm thinking about it. But its been a while since I actually herped menatico.

 

[Teegate]

I saw a box turtle on Monday that had successfully crossed route 70 near the Red Lion circle at midday. It had it's head high as it was leaving the pavement into the grass.

Guy

 

[dragoncjo]

Yeah this last weekend with all the rain got box turtles stirring. I was out yesterday briefly and all turtles were sunning like it was a spring day. Seeing one cross the road on a sunny day like that this time of year is unusual. I never get tired of seeing box turtles reminds me of when I was a kid.