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Blue-striped Ribbon Snakes only occur along FL’s NW Gulf Coast in the Big Bend Karst region where lowland hammocks and flatwoods meet a vast network of swamps, rivers and streams. During the last interglacial period, this area was completely submerged.

Another day another brewery. This "nano" brewery in DuBois had a couple great beers. A really good milkshake IPA that was lighter on the lactose and mild grapefruit flavor. Now to tipsily hike for herps.

New cat is the best traveler. 24 hours from Florida to Maine and after 20 hours this is how she chills.

On of several Short-headed Garters found in a damp meadows in western Pennsylvania.

My childhood snake from Maine; the Maritime Garter Snake.

Travel cat taking a rest stop nap on the 24 hour ride from Maine ti Florida. She's the best traveler.

A healthy and substantial Canebrake Rattlesnake found a few nights ago after an ungodly hot day in north Florida.

As I sit at home under an asphyxiating heat dome that envelopes my herping hiatus bubble, I have to remember to take time for the critters that call my home, their home. This Southern Toad sits under my porch light every night to feast of on night-flying insects.

A couple of months ago I spent a long day in search of the lesser known, and rarely encountered, Dunes Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) with an old friend in the Permian Basin. After hours of hiking in the dunes they call home, we found this male in a shrub near the car.

Way up in the northern reaches of the midwest the maple toad’s (Canadian toad’s) range creeps southward. I had ideal weather this morning for these warty anurans in Minnesota and North Dakota.

This is, what used to be considered, Rana pipiens burnsi; a variation of the northern leopard frog that has blotches on the hind/forelegs and nearly no dorsal markings.

First annual Hellbender Festival in Spruce Pine was a roaring success.

Hiking with some good folks and old friends. The first in line being the newly minted Dr. Josh Holbrook.

A favorite. Been going here for ~10 years now and the beer still hits just right after a long hike. Lazy Hiker Brewing

Not much beats looking for mudpuppies in the summer heat in a cold Minnesota creek.

“One should always travel to the tops of mountains to see what they can see” - The Bear

Ancient. Rocky. Stonehengey.

Going to the UK I knew I wanted to see this snake above all others. Walking a nice heathland in southern Britain resulted in 3 basking gravid female Adders.

The Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) is one of three native salamanders in the UK. When found outside the breeding season, the males lack the fancy, frilly dorsal crest for which their common and specific names derive.