Some herps from my fall break camping trip

Well I just realized that I hadn't posted any of these pics yet.
Over the fall break my family and I went somewhere new for us, Lake Keystone.
While there Lydia and I did some herping (although it was mainly pretty cool temps). We didn't find a lot, but anything is better than nothing!


Here's a Blotched Water Snake that we got out form under a rock under the water.


Same water snake.


A Woodhouse's Toad we found under a big rock on the lake's sandy shore.


Brown Snake


Ribbon Snake


Fence Lizard


This is a Giant Ichneumons. I had never seen one before, but there were several together on a tree. I think it looks really cool!

Just thought I'd share these with you guys! Oh, and this spring it sounds like I will be able to help with some various herp related studies at OSU! I am excited!

NICE !!
Good group for cool weather.

Thanks!
Yeah I was surprised with what all we could find those few days! We also saw a nice looking and big Prairie King, but it was sadly DOR.

Great Pics Cameron!!!! That wasp is cool lookin!!

PatHigdon wrote:Great Pics Cameron!!!! That wasp is cool lookin!!

Yeah, I sure thought it looked awesome! It was pretty big also!

Awesome pics Cameron. Lake keystone is a cool place. I use to go striper fishing there a lot in the past. When I would fish below the dam, I would occasionally see some herps if the water was low.

Nice pics Cameron!! I saw a dead watersnake out on the road the other day. I can't believe there are that many herps out and about! Crazy!

Coopman23 wrote:Nice pics Cameron!! I saw a dead watersnake out on the road the other day. I can't believe there are that many herps out and about! Crazy!

Actually, I think that Ribbon snake was from when I was at Bioblitz! So it was found before fall break.
But the other stuff was out, and the lake water that the water snake was in was so cold!

Bryan Arens wrote:Awesome pics Cameron. Lake keystone is a cool place. I use to go striper fishing there a lot in the past. When I would fish below the dam, I would occasionally see some herps if the water was low.

Yeah, I really liked it there. I especially liked that there weren't too many people camping and being loud around us while we were there. I just don't enjoy camping trips as much when the sites are crowded and loud!
It was a really beautiful place as well!