43 Snakes on Snake Road | Field Herping Illinois
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- What an amazing day on Snake Road, Illinois! We had 43 snakes which is a huge day for us. There were plenty of Cottonmouths, but we had some excellent variety with 7 different species. The highlight was probably the Copperhead, but those Ribbon Snakes certainly were exciting too.
Here's the list of what we saw.
2 Dekay's Brownsnakes
30 Northern Cottonmouths
5 Rough Green Snakes
1 Plain-bellied Watersnake
3 Western Ribbon Snakes
1 North American Racer / Black Racer
1 Eastern Copperhead
American Toad
Green Tree Frog
Southern Leopard Frog
Bobcat
Tricolored Bat
Tons of Armadillo
Be sure to check out Zeev's Instagram at @z_e_herping
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And as always, if you want to learn how to identify what you see in the field, check out Schechter Natural History's Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians.
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43 snakes, what a day! Plus a bobcat as a bonus. Another smasher of a trip to the road. Nicely done.
Thanks so much. First time getting a bobcat on film. There was a ton of mammal wildlife there. Can't wait to go back and find more.
Nice video Greg! That copperhead was a cool way to end your Snake Road adventure! I won't forget the pure excitement of finding our first copperhead on the road. We've found 6 or 7 since that time and it just never gets old! Until next year......
Glad you enjoyed it! The copperhead was really cool and.. (spoiler alter) it wasn't the only one I saw this trip
@@SchechterGuides Wow, gotta get really lucky to find multiple coppers! Was the first one a lifer?
It was for Zeev but I had seen them in Louisiana before
My neck of the woods! About 50 miles from my house! Been down the road and it’s awesome.
That's super lucky. Definitely wish I was close enough to go often
This made me so happy to see! The first salamander on video was a Longtail. Hard to tell the difference, from a Cave but the lateral marks on the tail are the key. They are very similar and even have been recorded interbreeding.
Oh you're so right! Thanks for the correction and the tip.
I just heard about this herper's paradise today and now I cannot wait to go!!❤🎉 Planning on coming up next spring!
Have fun! It's amazing how easy it is to see such a large number and variety of snakes. It's the best herping spot I've ever been to.
My granddaughter loves your video.
Wow, thank you so much! That makes my day.
I got this video as an ad and really enjoyed it.
Quick question, what's your favorite type of snake? I dont know alot of snakes but i like hognose snakes and ball pythons.
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed the video. It's hard to pick a favorite but I'm always excited when I flip up a Rosy boa or a Ring-necked in California
Awesome video! Made my first ever trips out there this fall (10/12 and 10/24) and it was amazing! Can't wait to go back in the spring!
Looks like you had a great time and found a lot of cool animals (super jealous about the bobcat). A lot of good info as well, though I do believe that the toad at 19:54 is actually a Fowler's toad. The blotches on American toads typically contain one or two warts while Fowler's toad blotches often have three or more. Just subscribed and look forward to more videos!
Thank you so much. Glad you enjoyed the video.
I had a bit of trouble identifying this toad. As I'm sure you're aware they hybridize and can be variable on the wart field mark. I usually like to use a few different field marks for the identification and without picking it up I was mostly guessing since I thought I could see a few dark markings on the stomach. Giving it a closer look I think you're right, Fowler's Toad!
I’m going next weekend helpful on the tips thank you!! First time goom
Cool. Spring is a great time to go. Hopefully you’ll see some frogs and salamanders we missed. Fingers crossed you’ll see a milksnake or something else cool. I hope you find a ton!
Great Vid. I love Larue. The "secret" tree Frog hidey hole is actually not so secret. I am eagerly anticipating Spring 2023 to arrive. I still have 10 species to see there. On a side note, that's me in the orange shirt when you are being shown the Black Racer (at about the 21 minute mark). Small world.
Thanks so much for visiting the channel! And thanks for showing me that Black Racer. That was the only one we saw all weekend although we did find a Eastern Yellow-bellied Racer in Missouri on our last day. I hope we can bump into one another on snake road again. Which species are you hoping to see in spring?
@@SchechterGuides Milk Snake, Eastern Black Kingsnake, Mud Snake and Hognose top the list. Also would love to see a Red Bellied, Smooth Earth and Flat Headed Snake.
Good luck. I hope you find them all
Those are some awsome finds
Thanks. We really had an awesome day on the road. Can't wait to get back
Can’t wait to make a trip out there myself!
It's great. And once you've been you'll want to go back every year
3 Words: Snake and Chips!!
Tastes like chicken apparently
I didn't think you can get that in Illinois. But I've seen it on the menu in Texas.
What you need to do is go down into the Florida. Everglades, they found 2 juvenile Nile crocodiles, which are a far different creature than the American crocodil. Everybody wants to try and forget about him saying that they're an anomaly. But they are juveniles. Juveniles come from somewhere. God forbid they actually establish themselves in the Everglades between that and the African rock python, which everybody seems to have forgotten about also.
You might have a lot to talk about
It's high on my list of places to visit. Lots to see there. Maybe I'll make it out there next year.
Oh, and did I mention Florida?Fishing wildlife as a shoot on-site order on Nile crocodiles.Why would they do that if it wasn't an issue
Funny I grew up on a big farm in east central Missouri running barefoot and catching every snake that I saw and never saw a venomous snake.... There was lots of water and lots of big water snakes no cottonmouths. Years later I saw my first venomous in Missouri, a copperhead, on a bluff above the Gasconade river.
That's cool. You're very close to some great places to go herping. Snake Road is amazing if you haven't been yet. Good luck finding stuff
Are the tree frogs able to escape?
Yep. We sometimes see them at the top of the opening. They have no issues climbing the sides of the pipe.
That is a lot of cottonmouths
Sure is. It's impressive how many live there.
@@SchechterGuides for years I saw reports that denied cottonmouths lived that far north. I know better. Even caught one in Ohio many years ago.
Do cats on the road now
No cats on this road. Might be hard to survive with all the venomous snakes
no rat snakes. surprising
We had a road kill one that I didn't include. They're definitely around but I haven't been lucky enough to see one on Snake road yet.
Hey guys, there's a lots of healthy snakes. What country it's that?
This is in the United States