Three Black Kingsnakes, all under debris close to the tracks.  All with the typical nigerXholbrooki patterns that we like to call 'Shawnee Kings".

Shawnee King

A very large Yellowbelly-Copperbelly intergrade sharing a log with a Shawnee King.  I grabbed the king and Tracey grabbed the water snake.  This snake exhibited the nice salmon-pink ventrals of a typical Copperbelly, though Smith and later Conant show this area to contain intergrades.  We decided to call it a Copperbelly, since none of us had seen one before.  A fitting snake to end this day's herping as the light faded.

Species Observed:

Eastern Ribbon Snakes Thamnophis sauritus sauritus
Midland Water Snake Nerodia sipedon pleuralis
Yellowbellied Water Snake Nerodia erythrogaster flavigaster
Copperbelly Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta
Black Rat Snake Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta
Northern Redbellied Snakes Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata
Midland Brown Snake Storeria dekayi wrightorum
Black King Snakes Lampropeltis getula niger X holbrooki
Copperhead Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix X mokasen
Western Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma
Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Fivelined Skinks Eumeces fasciatus
Northern Fence Lizard Sceloporus undulatus hyacinthinus
Ground Skink Scincella lateralis
Fowler's Toad Bufo woodhousii fowleri
Southern Leopard Frog Rana sphenocephala
Bronze Frog Rana clamitans clamitans
Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi
Spotted Salamander Ambystoma maculatum
Marbled Salamander Ambystoma opacum
Northern Slimy Salamander Plethodon glutinosus
Central Newt Notopthalmus viridescens louisianensis