Everglades Herping

[Austin236]

I had great luck today, went to a few spots around dusk and caught, 6 Juvenile Brown Water Snakes , 1 Juvenile Green Water Snake, and a Brown Ribbon Snake.

[Austin236]

Here are a few pictures of the Juveniles i decided to keep, and to add to it all three ate some decent sized minnows today.

Juvenile Brown Water Snake




Juvenile Green Water Snake




Juvenile Eastern Ribbon Snake

[Austin236]

All 3 snakes have a healthy appetite and aren't feisty, very calm and beautiful snakes. What do you guys think?

[mommanessy247]

nice but are you allowed to catch and keep snakes outta the wild like that?

[Emilio]

Very nice I want to do some field herping soon, I'm right next to the glades and still haven't gone.LOL

[The Hedgehog]

nice but are you allowed to catch and keep snakes outta the wild like that?

It's Florida haha. I used to do it all the time with my buddy who is studying for his Zoology and Herpatology degrees. We used to just keep them for a couple of weeks at a time though. If you saw just how many lizards, frogs, toads, snakes, and anything else we could get our hands on, you'd probably crap a brick.

That ribbon snake is gorgeous! So are the water snakes. They make decent pets for sure. I miss herping in the everglades. Which coast are you on?

Nvm, I just saw where the newspapers are. I just moved from Ft. Myers myself. Where did you live?

[slitheryz]

You had a good day, It's hatching season here in florida. Good times, good catches....

[ice#1]

i must be going to the wrong places when down there all i ever find is tree frogs, snails, 2 geckos, and crap loads of anoles. well do see tons of gators but never tried to catch any and and saw a scarlet king in a pool at the resort we were at but everybody on staff wouldn't let anybody go out there cause they said it was a coral snake but its pattern was red touching black

any hints to some good places when we go down there again we are usually in the Miami area was thinking of the big open lot across the street from the resort but they had warning signs for rattle snakes up all over it

did try herping on one of the keys not sure of name it's been years ago but it had camp grounds on it saw a huge gecko not sure of type it was high on the wall in the showers and only came out late at night but did catch a skink when we rolled up our tent it was under the tent so went home with close to 50 anoles couple different

[DutchHerp]

You're not allowed to collect from a national park. The mods should take action against this poster. As to "The Hedgehog," bragging about how many animals you collect is not a very cool thing to do.

Later, Matt

[The Hedgehog]

You're not allowed to collect from a national park. The mods should take action against this poster. As to "The Hedgehog," bragging about how many animals you collect is not a very cool thing to do.

Later, Matt

Cry me a river. If you actually lived down there you know it's not really inforced, but I understand it's still wrong. You guys get your panties in a wad about people who either own illegal animals or something of that nature. We kept them for a few weeks then released them. I think you missed the part where I said my buddy was studying for Zoology at Auburn. We took them to study their habits and patterns. Then we RELEASED THEM.

"The mods should take action against this poster" ??? SERIOUSLY????
Some people just need to mind their own business.

Everyone needs to chill out. This is seriously the most sensitive forum I've ever been on.

Edit: Also, if this were just in a place called "The Everglades" and wasn't a nationally recognized park, it wouldn't be a problem. I'm assuming you are once again another mis-informed individual about what actually goes on down in that area.