A thread for all them big beautiful amphibians and reptiles you’ve seen while /out/. Snakes, frogs, turtles, lizards, and toads. I miss seeing frogs and toads. When I was a kid you could let ride your bike down the road without seeing dozens of pancaked toads on the road… it’s been decades since I’ve seen that now.This big bastard casually strolled through my lawn one morning so I captured it and let it go at the lake. I do not need any snappers hanging around.
>>2873283That should be >could not ride your bike.Hoping this guy post more turtles and froggers.
>>2873286Soft shell turtle that was sitting in the road. I slid him back iver to the bank of the pond.
>>2873327Another pond turtle.Was digging in the road like it was going to lay eggs. Sometimes they make fake nests to throw off predators.
The most recent Scarlet Snake I found.The scarlet are cool but the Scarlet Kinsnakes (Milksnakes) are absolutely breathtaking. Ive only found one and dont have pics of it on this phone.
>>2873330Was going through pics and found 5 bix turtles that I forgot about that didnt make it into the book yet.
lots of beautiful lizards here in arizonathere is a mountain named after this genus of lizards in the Chiricahua mountains
When we first got together the wife and I went to a cookout at my cousins and he was bragging about his pond but lamenting he had no turtles and made the off hand comment “you can’t just go grab turtles out of the lake anymore.” So on the way home I said “hey let’s stop at the lake and grab a turtle”. So we did. His name was George because I will hug him and squeeze him and love him and I will call him George. We let him go after about a year when we got a cat and he was getting too big for the container.Only blurry photo I have unfortunately.
Moved a pot and found this little garter the other day.
I found one more of the big snapper before I took it to the lake.
>>2873283I feel like being reincarnated as a turtle wouldn't be so bad. You'll live a long time and no one will hurt you and you can swim all day or just walk around.
>>2873347Turtle life is tough.Hes been hit by a car.
Dumpin some turts from last year.
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>>2873335I think this was a Dekay's Brown Snake.
>>2873389Fat Eastern Toad.I have dozens in the yard this year.Hognose is probably happy, this is their main diet.
Whats sad...I had a colony of hummingbirds.I tried counting one day on my porch and it was like 120 birds.It was insane.(I had about 30 feeders that year).Then a late season hurricane came through the gulf when they started migrating.Then another mid migration.Then another at the end.The next year it was lean but they were trying. 3 years building back.Then a hurricane direct shotted us.This year I have 1.A female.I hope to God im just on the edge of her range and she found a male next door or something
>>2873389Looks more like a rough brown snake to me, every dekays I've seen has more patterns and coloration.
>>2873475Bro put some sunscreen on.
>>2873476I was just a little flushed from the heat and humidity.Here's an example of a wonderful dekays from a few years ago.
>>2873390Little box turtle I found in the rain.
Anons how do I stop being scared by snakes. Ill see a snake on a hike and im always afraid its gonna bite me despite me knowing it almost definitely wont. Im in the Midwest so they're almost definitely garter snakes
>>2873476He's already getting enough poison from the goystraw.
>>2873487start jacking off to anthro snake porn to pavlov yourself into liking them. though this may bring forth a different issue.
