Pigeon Mt Georgia

[kenya_1977]

I went out on a little excursion on Saturday.. ran across a couple herps.

Just a garder snake and a plethodon.

 

[the moof]

ooh, very nice shots though!

regards,
*the moof*

 

[ptenopus]

nice photos!!

 

[nephrurus7]

Nice pics. i love that moss!!!

 

[kenya_1977]

Thanks guys. Had fun taking them. I found the garder snake up in the falls area, brought him down so he could pose for me. He did quite well.

 

[Hazpat]

Thanks for the post, and those are some great pics. did you use your bosses camera or your own?

 

[Bowfinger]

Great proof of what to see from Malaysia!

 

[kenya_1977]

Thanks guys. My camera, bosses 50mm macro lens (which I might borrow for this trip).

 

[miguel camacho!]

nothing quite like some appalachian herps! as for the salamander...are you sure that's not a desmog? one of the ID characteristics for desmogs is the line that runs from the eye to the corner of the jaw.

anyhow, ill be in the nantahala forest sometime soon walking what will be a 20 mile transmission line, looking for wetlands and threatened/endagered species. i cant wait, just the prospect of seeing some endangered salamanders is getting me all excited!

 

[kenya_1977]

It's been so long since I've done my salamanders here in TN, I went pleth due to what one of my bosses said. I didn't look at it further into it. Looking at the range maps (since I don't have him to key out), I'd have to say that Desmognathus monticola is a possibility.

 

[miguel camacho!]

yea, it's been about a year since i learned all my NC salamanders, but i know monticola was one of em that was fairly common in the mountains. we also found a few in my fish biology class trip in the mountains when we were electro-shocking for trout, etc. the teacher got a lil disappointed when some of the herp people (a few of us were taking the herp class at the same time) were more interested in the salamanders popping up as we shocked than the fish!

im really hoping to come across some aneides aeneus (if i spelled that right, the arboreal green salamander, which is threatened or endangered here),

 

[kenya_1977]

Yeah, it's been at least 5 years since I took the herp class here in TN (which I believe has the most salamanders in the SE). I've thought about sitting in on the class just as a refresher. I've got a better handle on remembering scientific names than I did when I was younger.

 

[miguel camacho!]

well, i think i remember my professor telling me the mountains of NC were the salamander capitol of the world. but as you know, western NC and eastern TN share those mountains, so it's a toss up.

 

[kenya_1977]

Yeah, the great majority of our diversity is in the mountains also. Most of the stuff found on the ridge span in both NC and TN. It's probably a close toss up.