With only one week to spare, I booked a last minute flight to join Will and Tommy on a spring trip to Louisiana. We flew into New Orleans and spent 7 days trying to observe as many reptiles and amphibians as we could. While I can’t recall the exact details of this trip, I intend to share this compilation of photos that capture the many exciting finds we made during this trip. A critical detail that is missing from these photos is that we ate Mexican food every day of the trip… Nothing hits the spot more than Mexican food after a long day in the field.

Black-masked racers

Gulf coast toad (Incilius nebulifer)

Scincella lateralis

Speckled kingsnake (Lamropeltis holbrooki)

Anolis carolinensis

Crotalus horridus

Lampropeltis gentilis

Agkistrodon contortrix

Farancia abacura

Western rat snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)

Agkistrodon piscivorus

Storeria dekayi

Western ribbon snake (Thamnophis proximus)

Terrapene carolina

Coluber constrictor