Reptiles and Amphibians Saturday 29APR06

Native snakes, salamanders, turtles, toads, frogs, and more. Behavior, habits, and identification were covered then students got to take it into the field for more hands on learning!


The first cue line of the year!




Two Line Salamander Eggs


The fairly fast turtle is called a Spotted Turtle (lemmys guttata)



Studens of all ages are engaged via hands on exposure to native fauna

A fine specimen of the Central Mottled Sculpin (Cottus bairdi)

Some came equipped with their own nets even!




Snake time sssSSsss..... A Black Rat Snake specifically.
Those are this salamanders eggs. Look close and you can see the baby ones in the eggs. The green is a unique form of algae that has a symbiotic relationship with the eggs.
The hard to find Spotted Salamander or Ambystoma maculatum as I like to say.

One of my favorite... crayfish.

A Yellow Bellied Slider ( trachemys scripta) Note the missing front legs.
And finally a Garter Snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis) caught and released out back by some of Moebius's most entrepid explorers!!