Yakima Indian Res. WA
Went camping with a couple friends and our significant others over Memorial Day weekend. Found a new spot on a stream with a good variety of landscape and herps.
I already posted these on the Field Notes & Observations forum, but I figured you guys might appreciate a couple of these so I’m re-posting here. The melanistic wandering was seriously interesting.
Parts were rocky
Parts were forest-y… Free car?
Pacific Chorus Tree Frog
In addition to the always-common Western Fence Lizard, we also found a bunch of these smaller lizards with orange throats. Not sure on the ID.
There were quite a few northwestern garters. We also found a couple that were actually interesting.
T.S. Fitchi, that I first thought was Concinnus
Melanistic Wandering. First one I’ve ever seen in the wild.
A couple of large Northern Pacifics found between two pieces of sheet metal
A good looking NorPac that was sitting near a shaded stream. This one was much lighter than the other two.
Where’s Waldo?
I’m pretty sure this Alligator Lizard is a Southern as opposed to the live-bearing Northern even though we were at the very edge of the Southern’s known range.
