FLORIDA
December 2011
2 of 2
FLORIDA
December 2011
2 of 2
A late afternoon hike. Welcomed with open, uh, claws, by a crawfish, and greeted by a grinning Water Snake.
Night falls and we go cruising.
A nice surprise, a species we hadn’t seen for a long time. Mud Snakes are always a special treat, and always a
challenge to photograph. Part of their defensive response is to keep twisting themselves into weird positions, poking
with their sharp-pointed tail, and constantly trying to hide their head. We finally say to hell with it and just take
pictures as is.
Another Mud, only this time, a turtle.
Ron and my daughter Shoshi taking photographs of a Ribbon Snake.
Don’t get quite as close taking pictures of this one.
On the other hand, hands-on with this one.
We finish up with one of the prettiest Pygmies I’ve ever seen in the Glades.
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Corn Snake
Elaphe guttatus
Eastern Garter Snake
Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Southern Toad
Bufo terrestris
Burmese Python
Python bivittatus
Florida Water Snake
Nerodia faciata pictiventris
Eastern Mud Snake
Farancia abacura abacura
Florida Mud Turtle
Kinosternon steindachneri
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius barbouri
Florida Cottonmouth
Agkistrodon piscivorous conanti
