#herps

UNEXPECTED NIGHTTIME PARKING LOT TOAD! #herps 🌿

May I offer you a teeny tiny toad in these trying times? (American Toadlet) #herps 🌿

May I offer you a teeny turtle in these trying times? (Newly emerged Diamondback Terrapin baby heading out to the water for the first time) #herps 🌿

I mean... if the snake is just gonna stay put, I'm just gonna keep on taking pics! #snake #gartersnake #nokings #Seattle #reptiles #herps #nature #goodnight #pnw #photography

Vietnamese Mossy tree frogs are both arboreal and aquatic. They wade in moss-covered puddles for camouflage and climb about the canopy in rainforests. #naturephotography #nature #wildlifephotography #wildlife #macrophotography #macro #amphibian #treefrog #frog #herps #eastcoastkin #photography

Hold on to your butts, Amphibian Season is coming. #herps #anaxyrus

Red-eared sliders lined up on a log, heads up, looking alert #Herps

It's the time of the year when all the tadpoles in our pond are maturing at the same time and we're gonna have a frogjam! This video is from a previous year. #frogs #wildlife #smallwonders #photography #nature #PNW #Seattle #frog #herps #life #animals

I look forward to my next stint watching over sea turtle nests. This is one of my favorite photos from a previous year of a hatchling first emerging from her sandy birthplace. Look at those eyes and beak! #herps #turtles #seaturtle #nature #love #nokings #BeKind #photography

From yesterday, a hatchling Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta), found in an open field hundreds of feet from a wetland. This tiny turtle overwintered in the nest, waiting for spring rains before emerging from the egg (note the white egg tooth). #herps #turtles 🌿

Got a call from one of my sons today. He wanted advice to remove this lovely Eastern Kingsnake from his basement. I was able to coach him in using a plastic storage bin and a broom to coax the snake into containment and then take it outside for release. This is a cool snake to find! #snake #herps

LOOK WHO I SAW AT THE MARSHES TODAY. IT'S THE TEENIEST TINIEST SNAPPING TURTLE PROBABLY HATCHED RECENTLY!!!!! It was less than two inches long and SO CUTE! #herps 🌿