This past weekend I went down for Jim Harrison and Kristen’s wedding (of KY reptile zoo) and spent a GREAT 24 hours in eastern KY (Daniel Boone forest region, on Sat eve and Sun morning). Lots of finds…a total of 19 subspecies, including 10 amphibian subspecies and 9 reptiles. On Friday eve, it was raining lightly, and I went road-cruising and found lots of amphibians.
Saturday morning, I went out with the Frevola clan (Marc, Melissa and their 3 girls) and we did great!
Here’s the list of amphibians that were found and photos of each (scroll down, there’s a lot…these are all the actual animals we found!)
American toad (hundreds, literally)
Pickerel Frog (20 + too many to count)
Green Frog (10+)
Spring Peepers (audible only)
Seal Salamander (3)
Northern or Mountain Dusky Salamander (1)
Red Eft (transitional, terrestrial stage of eastern newt) (3)
Cave Salamander (2)
Slimy Salamander (1)
Kentucky Spring Salamander (1)
Red Eft (transitional, terrestrial stage of eastern newt…found 2 on road, and 1 near stream)
Seal Salamander (found on road)
Kentucky Spring salamander (found on trail at dusk)
Kentucky Spring salamander (pic2)
Slimy salamander (found on road)
Cave Salamander (found on road)
Cave Salamander (found at small cave entrance)
Dusky Salamander (Mountain or N. Dusky?, anyone?) found near stream
Pickerel Frog (lots of these guys on roads at night in light rain)
American Toad …so many on roads at night it was hard to avoid running them over!
Green Frog
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Amphibian eggs of ?? anyone?? (found in ditch on trail)
Frevola girls holding their slimy finds (Danie with red eft and Nichole with Dusky salamander)
