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This past weekend I had the privilege of herping on the Savannah River Ecology Lab near Aiken, SC with some other people from my college, Davidson.

Friday night we did a bit of walking around the swamp and managed to catch several young cottonmouths. The following morning we returned to the same area to help a Davidson graduate and another researcher at SREL check their minnow traps for Seminatrix that they're doing a study on.

We caught a ton of Seminatrix, quite a few (including some incredibly attractive) Nerodia fasciata, and two of the greatest snakes in the country....a mud and a rainbow. Being from Pennsylvania, I've never had the opportunity to see either of these species in the wild before. As you can tell in the picture, I was thrilled.

Overall it was a great trip and I’m very grateful to have been able to go on it. Hopefully I’ll be making several trips back to SREL in the years to come.

Regards,
Wes

Wes Anderson – Davidson Herp Lab

Cool. I like the green.
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Justin

I can't believe you got an erytrogramma, especially on your first trip there...AND a Mud. I've checked JD and Chris's traps with them on quite a few occassions and nary a Farancia.

Good stuff for sure. I am very jealous.
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Pierson Hill

Yeah im jealous also !! that is awesome ! Love the rainbow ! I have found western and eastern muds but never ever a rainbow snake ! great work..

zach..

Pierson,

I thought you'd like to hear about the Farancia. We're heading down to Kiawah this weekend. Hopefully my luck holds out and we'll see something cool there. Have a good one.

Regards,
Wes

Do you have pics of the fasciata you saw?

Nope...I didn't bring my camera with me out into the field. We were just about to leave when I realized that I needed some pictures of the Farancia. I didn't think to take any of the fasciata.

Regards,
Wes