Now, I wouldn't stint this forum of the full report, its just a different format so it takes a bit-- here's Part I:

Chad and I shot down to Oklahoma last weekend to hunt Friday night and Saturday. We hoped to see the pigmy rattlesnake, scarlet snake and hognose. A whirlwind trip to Oklahoma City and then to Tulsa, and home. Some great herps seen and a new camera broken in (pardon the pic OD I was playing with the camera the whole time).

We had to fight through DORs, leopard frogs and turtles (not really a bad thing, but they were everywhere), to find some of our targets, but we pulled most of them out by sheer determination before we were done.

After several DORs the first night we finally started seeing AOR copperheads. We missed a big beauty because of cars behind us, but got to this guy before he could flee the road:

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Broad-banded copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus

After taking this picture, we discovered that this snake had actually been clipped near the end of his body, likely chased down

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Broad-banded copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus

Although sad that we just missed saving this fellow (he was still moving when found), it was a great find and one of our targetsÂsorry for the DOR shot:

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Northern Scarlet snake, Cemophora coccinea copei

Many of these seen that night, along with other anurans:

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Eastern/Cope's Gray Treefrog - Hyla versicolor/chrysoscelis

The next morning, this scene would repeat itself continually:

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We saw and saved many a turtle that day

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Ornate Box Turtles - Terrapene o. ornata

Not many lizards seen on this trip but this wetland-dwelling racerunner managed to give me zoom practice as he would not let me near him:

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Part II, Tulsa and the day of venomous to come (this will be the better of the two posts)Â

With so many anurans on the road, was it raining or had it just rained?

Yes Bob, it had rained the day we arrived in the AM. I think it triggered a lot of animal movement as it had been dry and very hot for several days before that.