It was blazing hot the whole time, but I still found a few herps out.

One day I went down to the sandhills region for more diversity, and on my way through the Uwharrie NF I found this black rat snake crossing the road in the late morning.




My target species for the trip was an eastern king, which I love, but dont get to see too often. I found this one under a railroad tie in South Carolina near the state line.







Here's a habitat picture of a SC swamp.




And here's a canal a little south of the sandhills.




Can anyone ID this toad? I found him sitting along some RR tracks in Robeson County, NC.




I was fixing to head back to Salisbury when I found this guy crossing the road. Boy, he was grouchy. Since it was dark out, I didnt bother situating him for a good picture. Beautiful snake, though.




Over the next day or so I only turned up another copperhead and a gravid midland brown, despite roadcruising for endless hours in the Uwharrie NF.


Found under a RR tie.




Found under a carpet

Also, I got back last week from a road trip through the South. If you want to see herp pictures from that trip, go to http://churchcreek.net/rt_south.htm

Thanks for looking...

Thanks for the photos and the link to your website. Your trip South sounded great. But most of all, thanks for the Eastern kingsnake photos. We have Black kingsnakes here in Nashville and we have Black and Black/Speckled intergrades where I'm originally from in western Ky. But I've never had the pleasure of finding an eastern in the wild and yet it's probably my favorite species. I need to head east sometime and find one. Beautiful snake, thanks again.

Evan