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The Missouri Herpetological Association held its fourth annual fall field trip on Sunday 27 September 2009 at Coy Bald, Hercules Glades Wilderness, Mark Twain National Forest, Taney County, Missouri. Habitats searched included glades, wooded hillsides, shady ravines, and a portion of Long Creek.

Twenty (20) members, representing six different institutions, caught or observed more than 116 individual reptiles and amphibians, representing a total of 18 species.

The entire weekend was characterized by cool temperatures, including the morning of the field trip. The total species list along with numbers of individuals can be seen below. The racer, slider, and box turtle were represented solely by individuals found dead on the access road to Coy Bald. Spring peepers were heard calling in several places and a freshly-hatched southern leopard frog egg mass was found in a roadside puddle.

Species Common Name Number Photos
Plethodon albagula Western Slimy Salamander 8 Photo Photo Photo
Anaxyrus americanus American Toad 2 Photo Photo Photo
Acris crepitans Cricket Frog 2 No photo from this location
Pseudacris crucifer Spring Peeper 5+ No photo from this location
Lithobates sphenocephalus Southern Leopard Frog 50+ Photo
Terrapene carolina Three-toed Box Turtle 1 No photo from this location
Trachemys scripta Red-eared Slider 1 No photo from this location
Crotaphytus collaris Eastern Collared Lizard 1 No photo from this location
Sceloporus consobrinus Prairie Lizard 10 No photo from this location
Aspidoscelis sexlineata Six-lined Racerunner 1 No photo from this location
Plestiodon fasciatus Common Five-lined Skink 1 Photo
Scincella lateralis Ground Skink 10 Photo
Carphophis vermis Western Wormsnake 6 Photo
Coluber constrictor North American Racer 1 No photo from this location
Diadophis punctatus Ring-necked Snake 5 Photo Photo
Sonora semiannulata Variable Groundsnake 1 Photo Photo
Virginia striatula Rough Earthsnake 11 No photo from this location
Agkistrodon contortrix Copperhead 1 Photo

Group Photograph

Fall Field Trip 2009 Group Photograph

Front row (kneeling and standing): Brian Edmond (MSU), Nora Humfeld, Rob Humfeld, Dayna Glanz, Emily Blaine, Drew Blaine, Pete Blaine.
Second row (standing): Carl Gerhardt (UMC), Caleb Humfeld, Sarah Humfeld (UMC), Michael Reichert (UMC), Flavia Barbosa, Trisha Crabill (USFWS), Jessica Wood (UMC).
Third row (standing): Mitch Tucker (UMC), Richard Daniel (UMC), Jeff Briggler (MDC), Katy Klymus (UMC), Robert Aldridge (SLU), Glenn Manning (UAM).
Key: MDC=Missouri Department of Conservation, MSU=Missouri State University, SLU=Saint Louis University, UAM=University of Arkansas at Monticello, UMC=University of Missouri at Columbia, USFWS=US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Front row (kneeling and standing): Brian Edmond (MSU), Nora Humfeld, Rob Humfeld, Dayna Glanz, Emily Blaine, Drew Blaine, Pete Blaine.
Second row (standing): Carl Gerhardt (UMC), Caleb Humfeld, Sarah Humfeld (UMC), Michael Reichert (UMC), Flavia Barbosa, Trisha Crabill (USFWS), Jessica Wood (UMC).
Third row (standing): Mitch Tucker (UMC), Richard Daniel (UMC), Jeff Briggler (MDC), Katy Klymus (UMC), Robert Aldridge (SLU), Glenn Manning (UAM).
Key: MDC=Missouri Department of Conservation, MSU=Missouri State University, SLU=Saint Louis University, UAM=University of Arkansas at Monticello, UMC=University of Missouri at Columbia, USFWS=US Fish and Wildlife Service.

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