2010 Finds

[Red Earth Exotics]

i found a striped bark scorpion in my bathroom, does that count?

[coopman23]

i found a striped bark scorpion in my bathroom, does that count?

I'd count it! Now the real question is were you on the hunt for it, or was it on the hunt for you?..... DUN DUN DUN!!!

I went out tonight for about 45min road crusin and found a run over ribbon snake and a couple of pancake toads. I also saved a pretty big one in the middle of Hwy 9 on the way home. I thought id enjoy it in my greenhouse for a little while. It just sat in the cup holder the whole way home, as content as could be!

[gatsu7]

Found another little ringneck tonight, and almost caught a blotched water snake that was in the pond at the park, but it got away.

[coopman23]

Today I went out around the south side of Lake Thunderbird and found some Dwarf American Toads calling and mating in a small cove accompanied by several Southern Leopard Frogs. I noticed several of the toads were in the process of calling,mating and laying eggs. I collected a pair and they layed eggs in the deli cup! Thought it'd be fun to show my wife the life cycle from egg to toad.
Male Dwarf American Toads calling



Pair I collected and string of about a couple hundred eggs.



Female Southern Leopard Frog FULL of eggs!



And the woodhouse toad I saved last night found a new home in a hollowed out log in the greenhouse.

[okie alice]

Benj, you are a one-man Discovery Channel. Very cool video, sounds and still pics. Wow!

[okherp]

Nice pics! That bullfrog is huge, but I would lean toward female, full of eggs. It has a rather small tympanum for a male. A male's tympanum should be at least twice that size.

[coopman23]

Nice pics! That bullfrog is huge, but I would lean toward female, full of eggs. It has a rather small tympanum for a male. A male's tympanum should be at least twice that size.

Yeah orignally when I saw her tympanum thats what I thought also. I even wrote in the post it was a female until I checked the guide book and showed the pic saying adult male. so I editied the post and switched it to male. I guess I should've gone with my instinct and put female since I've caught both sexes before and know the difference. Thanks though Richard, always good to get a teachers confirmation!

[tandy]

I haven't got to do any active hunting, but I've seen 1 bullsnake and one orange ribbon snake HBC, one live bullsnake (what a beauty!), one black rat, one rat snake intergrade, and saved a RES from the highway. Also, found a Great Plains Toad HBC. I hate HBCs!

Tandy

[gatsu7]

I haven't got to do any active hunting, but I've seen 1 bullsnake and one orange ribbon snake HBC, one live bullsnake (what a beauty!), one black rat, one rat snake intergrade, and saved a RES from the highway. Also, found a Great Plains Toad HBC. I hate HBCs!

Tandy

I don't think I know what HBC stands for

[tandy]

I haven't got to do any active hunting, but I've seen 1 bullsnake and one orange ribbon snake HBC, one live bullsnake (what a beauty!), one black rat, one rat snake intergrade, and saved a RES from the highway. Also, found a Great Plains Toad HBC. I hate HBCs!

Tandy

I don't think I know what HBC stands for

Sorry, HBC-hit by car

Tandy