Hi,
Wonderful pictures! Sad to hear what might become of the area. I hope with all of my heart that it does not become torn up, but in my own experiences, with business, there is little you can do. Transporting some herps to a similar nearby area would be a wonderful idea.
The smallest rotting log can obviously contain a surreal community of wriggling redbacks, slimys and ringnecks. Thank you very much for sharing this exciting field experience and photographs. I love how delicate the duskys are, yet so agile when uncovered from a flat stone at the water's edge. I found quite a few last summer in Southern Ohio on a chilly October day. It's neat to know that so many people can walk right by a log or stone, not knowing about the tiny things that live underneath it. Once again, thank you for posting the pictures of these diminutive herps, and I look forward to seeing more.
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DAVE
1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads
1.0 American bullfrog
0.1 Spanish ribbed newt
0.0.1 Eastern ribbon snake
1.1 red-cheeked mud turtles
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
0.1 rough green snakes
1.1 giant African black millipedes
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
0.1 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
0.0.1 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
0.0.1 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.1 Western hognose snakes
1.2 fire salamanders
1.1 scarlet kingsnakes
0.0.1 Argentine horned frog
1.1 Southern ringneck snakes
0.0.2 Western hooknose snakes
0.0.1 Florida brown snake
0.1.1 Northern brown snakes
0.0.2 Western/ Midwestern worm snake intergrades
