Arkansas Herps Photo Gallery by James Van Dyke at pbase.com

Arkansas Herps

In my doctoral field research and through outings just for fun, I come across a good number of herps in the northwest Arkansas area. Here are some of my recent finds.

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:: Winter Amphibians ::	Elaphe obsoleta (black ratsnake), Crawford county, Arkansas THIS is the aforementioned 5-foot p*sed-off ratsnake	Sistrurus miliarius (western pigmy rattlesnake), VENOMOUS, Benton county, Arkansas	Find the timber rattler (Crotalus horridus), VENOMOUS, Madison county, Arkansas
Here she is!	Carphophis vermis (western wormsnake) hiding head, Washington county, Arkansas	Elaphe obsoleta (black ratsnake), actively crawling, Madison county, Arkansas	Rana utricularia (southern leopard frog), Washington county, Arkansas
Acris crepitans (blanchard's cricket frog), Washington county, Arkansas	black ratsnake close-up	Elaphe obsoleta (male-female pair of black ratsnakes), Washington county, Arkansas	Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (dark-sided salamander), Washington county, Arkansas
Hyla versicolor (grey treefrog), Washington county, Arkansas	Eurycea lucifuga (cave salamander), Washington county, Arkansas	cave salamander close-up	Lampropeltis getula (speckled kingsnake), Madison county, Arkansas
speckled king glamour shot	speckled king	smiling brownsnake	Storeria dekayi (midland brownsnake), Washington county, Arkansas
Lampropeltis getula (speckled kingsnake), Washington county, Arkansas	Trachemys scripta (red-eared sliders) basking on log, Washington county, Arkansas	Eumeces sp. (unidentified skink species), Washington county, Arkansas	Lampropeltis calligaster (prairie kingsnake), Washington county, Arkansas
prairie king 'evil eye'	Opheodrys aestivus (rough green snake), Washington county, Arkansas	rough green displaying its arboreal nature after release	red milk portrait
Lampropeltis triangulum (red milksnake), Washington county, Arkansas	a second red milk	defensive red milk	red milk portrait #2
Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake), VENOMOUS, Madison county, Arkansas	Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake), VENOMOUS, Madison county, Arkansas	Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake), VENOMOUS, Madison county, Arkansas	Agkistrodon contortrix (copperhead), Washington county, Arkansas
Agkistrodon contortrix (copperhead), Washington county, Arkansas	Thamnophis sirtalis (eastern garter snake), Washington county, Arkansas	Storeria occipitomaculata (northern redbellied snake), Benton county, Arkansas	Redbelly close-up
Masticophis flagellum (eastern coachwhip), Madison county, Arkansas	2nd coachwhip	2nd coachwhip	2nd coachwhip
timber rattlesnake foraging posture	pickerel frog	Tantilla gracilis (flathead snake), Boone county, Arkansas	Coluber constrictor (yellowbelly racer juvenile), Boone county, Arkansas
Rana palustris (pickerel frog), Boone county, Arkansas	Nerodia sipedon (midland watersnake), Boone county, Arkansas	midland watersnake closeup	Sceloporus undulatus (northern fence lizard), Washington county, Arkansas
viewed from further away	Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake) arboreal foraging (4 meters high), Madison county, Arkansas	Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake) foraging, Madison county, Arkansas	foraging side view
western pigmy closeup	Sistrurus miliarius (western pigmy rattlesnake), Washington county, Arkansas	Eumeces anthracinus (southern coal skink), juvenile, Washington county, Arkansas	Coal skink closeup
Bufo americanus (American toad) hiding in a rock crack, Washington county, Arkansas	Agkistrodon contortrix (copperhead), Washington county, Arkansas	baby coachwhip closeup	Masticophis flagellum (eastern coachwhip neonate), Washington county, Arkansas
See anything?	Now?	yearling pigmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius)	pigmy
Copperhead, Washington county, Arkansas	Red-eared slider, Washington county, Arkansas	Speckled kingsnake, Carroll county, Arkansas	speckled king
Elaphe emoryi (Great plains ratsnake), Carroll county, Arkansas	great plains rat closeup	Box turtles (Terrapene carolina) copulating	Baby speckled king
Timber rattlesnake surveys territory	Aspidoscelis sexlineata (prairie racerunner), Washington county, Arkansas	Kory and Glenn shoot the racerunner	Ready, Set
GO!	Its dead! (not really)	Eumeces anthracinus (adult male coal skink), Washington county, Arkansas	coal again
Coal skink chin	Mulebrother with a Diamondback watersnake (Nerodia rhombifer)	Rana catesbeiana (Bullfrog), Crawford county, Arkansas	Agkistrodon piscivorous (gravid western cottonmouth), Crawford county, Arkansas
Same cotton	Metamorph Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis (grey treefrog), Arkansas	More metamorph greys	Copperhead in a rock crevice
Copperhead revealed from a log	Neonate hognose (Heterodon platyrhinos) with meal	Hog regurges toad	Terrapene carolina (three-toed box turtle)
Turtles are great for getting kids into nature	Eumeces anthracinus (adult coal skink)	Coal skink numero dos	Sceloporus undulatus (eastern fence lizard)
eye of the reptile	ringed salamander	ringed salamander	copperhead, Johnson county, AR
copperhead, Johnson county, AR	copperhead, Johnson county, AR	hognose, Johnson county, AR	hognose, Johnson county, AR
hognose, Johnson county, AR	Prairie king shedding	Closeup	"true" southern copperhead
Broad-banded watersnake	Amphiuma carcass regurgitated by broad-band	Broad-band #2	Eastern Narrowmouth Toad
Hognose snake death-feigning	Is it safe?	Juvie Mudsnake	Mudsnake
Black Rat	Cottonmouth	Cottonmouth	Western Ribbonsnake
Western Ribbonsnake	Box Turtle	'Nother boxie	Arkansas collared lizard
Who should I bite??

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Bob B.		26-Apr-2006 04:52
D#mn you have a lot of rattler pics. Copperheads too. Interesting shots of rattlers up in the tree. Have not seen that. Other snakes yes. Not at all a comfort! That means that rattlers fall into BOTH categories of snakes; besides being Spring Snakes they are also now Drop Snakes!

berkeley		04-Aug-2005 19:21
GORGEOUS snake pictures. Brings back lots of childhood memories of arkansas!

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