SOUTH CAROLINA
March 2014
2 of 5
This season’s Rattlesnake project picked up where it left off in 2013, wanting to concentrate on the area where
last year’s juvie Diamondback was found, but we had to wait for a prescribed burn to clear out the thick vegetation. In
the meantime we focused on other promising areas that were already black. Turned up a nice supporting cast, but not
the main attraction.
Finally the fire gods smiled. We hit the hot spot, hard, and found EDBs at last, four days in a row!
Number 1:
Number 2:
Number 3:
Number 4:
Now we had proof of a surviving population, and enough momentum to keep the project going. The most
suitable snake was outfitted with a transmitter, and his movements monitored for the rest of the season, pointing the
way to next year.
Eastern Hognose Snake
Heterodon platirhinos
Corn Snake
Pantherophis guttatus
Eastern Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula
Rough Green Snake
Opheodrys aestivus
Southern Black Racer
Coluber constrictor priapus
Carolina Pygmy Rattlesnake
Sistrurus miliarius miliarius
Spotted Turtle
Clemmys guttata
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
Crotalus adamanteus
SOUTH CAROLINA
March 2014
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