Amphibians and Reptiles

[crabnebula143]

each for two years. So I won't be able to compete in it again

Neither will I. But thanks for telling me.

Good bye, A+R.... I reps... GOOD BYE!! byee!

[sewforlife]

lol same. I tricked up my field guide so much! it literally grew from 2 inches to 3!

[Liv]

This really stinks, maybe I will bury my field book.

[jolzgrafe1]

hey, im kinda new here, and to scio. do y'all have any tips on identifying woodland salamanders and brook salamanders. They look very similar to me. Also, king/milk snakes are very hard for me to distinguish from rat/corn/fox snakes. Any help? Thanks!

[crabnebula143]

Lampropeltis look like Elapidae (coral snakes). You can also distinguish Lampropeltis + Elaphe from the head.

I think you can distinguish woodland + brook salamanders by the fatness of their bodies and their tail.

[sewforlife]

hey, im kinda new here, and to scio. do y'all have any tips on identifying woodland salamanders and brook salamanders. They look very similar to me. Also, king/milk snakes are very hard for me to distinguish from rat/corn/fox snakes. Any help? Thanks!

for the salamanders you should look at the different patterns and colors to see what is similar/dissimilar

[Liv]

Same you mostly want to think about colors and scales.

[Flavorflav]

hey, im kinda new here, and to scio. do y'all have any tips on identifying woodland salamanders and brook salamanders. They look very similar to me. Also, king/milk snakes are very hard for me to distinguish from rat/corn/fox snakes. Any help? Thanks!

It's not always easy to tell this, but Elaphe have a body shape like a loaf of bread - flat on the bottom. Most other snakes, including Lampropeltis, are round in cross-section.

[sewforlife]

SO? How was the Nats A+R test? not to bad I hope?

[Celeste]

The national Herpetology test for division C was really poorly organized. We had a bunch of different stations to go to, but no set time or order in which to go to them. Near the end, my partner and I had two stations left, but they were both full, so we had nothing to do except sit there and give death glares to the judges. We got 44th, though, which is still ok by me.