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| This is one of our crown snakes, of that, I am pretty sure. However, there are about 3 crown snake species in Florida, and I haven't had a chance to check it out. This little guy was under a chunk of concrete. He wasn't visible when I turned it over, but a quick rake of the newly exposed dirt with my fingers brought him up wiggling and squirming. |
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| This little frog was under the same piece of concrete. What a cutie, right Dani? |
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| I think it might be one of the cricket frogs, but am open to ID advice on that. Again, my schedule is keeping me from a good look-up session, and it's not a frog I encounter that often. |
He was squeaky, unlike a lot of frogs that don't say a word when you catch 'em.
I let him go in the leafy, mulchy, goodness of the flower bed next to the house, during a predawn rain yesterday.
Apparently, I will be getting a MACRO-HERP today, courtesy of an elementary student at my school.
If she and her Dad follow through, I will share it here this weekend.
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I never knew there were snakes so small, well I guess there are baby ones, but I had one similar to this but dark and smaller in the house the other day not sure how it got in but my cat unfortunately played with it before I noticed and it went to snake heaven.
I recognize that snake!
I think the 2 that I saw at our place were Southeastern Crowns, but reading the descriptions they are a bit too close for me to know the difference I'm basing it on the most common region for them. ;-)
Aww what cuties! A handy guide to florida's crowned snakes.....http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/fl-guide/tantillarelicta.htm
Linda your snake sounds like it might have been a ringneck snake...
In the lawn? Under 5 inches? We calls'em little "yard snakes." Let 'em be, good for aerating the soil.
I'm no expert, but the frog might be Eleutherodactylus planirostris, an exotic from Cuba.
Never even heard of a crown snake before so it is quite cool to see and hear of one. Thanks
Dan's right, the frog is a Greenhouse Frog, E. planirostris. It's the only frog in Florida that doesn't lay its eggs in water. The snake is a crowned snake, but not enough of its crown is visible to positively identify it beyond that: if the black on the head is broken by a pale collar (which would be my guess, from the photo) it's a Peninsula Crowned Snake and if not it's a Central Florida Crowned Snake.
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