Field Herping: Apalachicola and Croatan Herps

[11bot11]

haha that lil guy was ridein with u guys that's cool

[hahaha4426]

that is a grey ratsnake u dumqueer ur not a real herper if u don even know the basics i find alotttt of grey rats cus theres no yellow rats in alabama!

[TheSnakeLibrary]

Mediterranean Gecko! My house is covered in them. I feed them moths at night.

[BAMITsJACOB]

the rough green snake looked like it was dancing



[RemHunter85]

Cool soundtrack to a cool adventure!

[Denom98]

hey where do u go when u went to florida over spring break bc i want to go and find some snakes with you and im 12 turnin 13 and not some weirdo kk

[Transamboy18]

Hey guy Ive got a Question to ask. I live in NC near Raleigh and have been wanting to find rough green snakes but havent had any luck. Any tips?? Thanks

[TBATproductions]

@Transamboy18 They are active primarily during the daytime and are common in areas with dense vegetation surrounding water. Because they blend in so well with the vegetation in which they live, rough green snakes are often difficult to find. that came from herps of nc.org. its pretty reliable to me u should check it out.

[darkstarwarp]

on 4:27 its a pickeral frog not leopard

[xxxHERPERxxx]

@darkstarwarp No, Pickerel frogs have squared blotches and yellow patchs on the hind limbs

[zacharge13]

awesome shots of the native sarracenia. do i spy a S.luecophylla?

[christkid316]

Cool man! i just spent last weekend in the Apalachicola nat'l forest in the Camel Lake campground. Unfortunately it was incredibly cold for florida (Lows of 24 and 27) and the herps were miniscule. We did see a yearling scarlet king though. It's a beautiful park. If you ever go back you should check out Tate's Hell State Forest

[paulcliftonevans]

@christkid316 Been to Tate's Hell herping. It is pretty awesome.

[MudDobber247]

heah whats up buddy im a florida native and just wanted to remind ya that the snake in 3:51-4:16 isn't a yellow rat it's a grey rat. im not trying to be a smartass or enything because we find lots of both, thanx for the vid. keep on herp'n.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Grey Ratsnakes arent found in NC so theres no way it is. All ratsnakes as neonates looks like the grey rat. Even black rats looks like that.

[727joeyg727]

what part of florida

[linykmartin]

3:39 is it a venomous snake?

[xxxHERPERxxx]

@linykmartin nope, that'd be a harmless snake

[drake1314]

I live in Canada In Oakville and i only find black moccasins i've only found one though

[xxxHERPERxxx]

There are no Cottonmouths if thats what you mean. Are you talking about Black Rat Snakes?

[migzz909]

are you not scared

[KevColubrid]

I like the style of this video a lot, your vids have really improved as of late! Get a video of a coachwhip on there for me, the Carolina ones are pretty things.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I really hope I can. They are not the most common snakes here. I saw one this year but could not catch it. I hope to get one next year if I visit the sand hills.

[MaxorZoo]

How did you catch the Five-lined skink?! They are insanely fast around here! And they tend to hide inside unmovable rock crevices !

Awesome video! :)

[xxxHERPERxxx]

There are no rocks in Florida, and are farely easy to catch with patience.

[Ashockenberry]

Great Video ! Are there Copperheads in Apalachicola?

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yep, that is the only area in florida you can find them.

[XecutiveMr]

wow those are some good finds. i dont know how you do it, i live in florida, and every day i go out looking for snakes and such and i lucky to find one black racer. do you have any tips?

[xxxReptileLordxxx]

hey im goin to north carolina near the croatan to go herping, could u tell me some good places to go

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Indeed they are a secretive species,

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Rough Green Snake

[dontclickma]

that dead snake looks kinda like a rigneck snake but larger maybey its in the same family

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Nope, they are no where near releated.

[tomastomas11]

great taste in music !

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks man!

[FooootballFreak]

the y ratsnake looks alike cat snake, (telescopus fallax) ! XD

[JDCBreptiles]

hey man i got aton of field herpin gear, but when ever i go field herping we dont fing shit :( where should i look?

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Everywhere

[Ozark187]

Amazing video, you are definitely more prepared for a career in herpetology than I am. CCR is great too.

[spycspider]

good shots of the pitcher plants too!

[RatTv2]

im going to croatan national forest this summer idk when hope i see you there

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Just send me a Pm when you come over. I will be there.

[ForkbeardSvein]

Again, I haven't had much success in my area. Perhaps I should try other ones. Also, its getting kind of dangerous in my area, we have black bears, coyotes, mountain lions and the occasional moose.

Great choice of music, awesome video

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks man, I love CCR. We have bears, cottonmouths, copperheads and rattlesnakes which are really the only danger. But just learn to accept them as your outdoor neighbor.

[psychosnake23]

where were you in the last part of the video?

that really looked like a gray rat snake and not a yellow rat. you sure that it was a yellow rat?

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I was in North Carolina. All baby Obsoletus species look like Grey Rats. We dont have Grey Rats in North Carolina.

[evolutionfilmer]

Have you ever caught an adult black racer? like picked one up? because that's the only snake ive seen around here that's worth catching. im scared to pick it up though.

[psychosnake23]

i caught two durring spring break. im trying to get a video up but they are pretty aggressive.

[evolutionfilmer]

Yeah, i have a book on snakes and stuff, and it says black racer bites feel like briar thorns so i might pick one up

[xxxHERPERxxx]

They dont hurt to bad. I just take the bite. It's just the assumption that it's going to hurt that makes people scared.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I have, they try to climb up thier bodies to bite your hand. They also try to bite your face.

[evolutionfilmer]

I've caught lots of lizards and skinks, around my area, ( but still no snakes ) and when they bite they only feel like pinches that is why i like lizards.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Snakes feel like a thorn bush on your hand. It hurts at the moment but goes away, unless they chew, which hurts!!

[GRHerping]

hey cool ,hemidactylus turcicus we have lots of these in greece

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thats where they belong, some ship carried them over here and they have since become an invasive species.

[GRHerping]

ya  i know but you can't imagine how many they are lol

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Oh probably thousands. I dont mind them though, no other reptilian species doesent compete for them accept for some treefrogs. But med geckos dont usually stray from homes.

[RIPcortes27]

Apalachicola was discovered by Dr. Bruce Means..... his book is one of the most interesting things i have ever read about herpetology.

"Stalking the plumed serpent".. amazing book

[xxxHERPERxxx]

He dident discover the park, he discovered the kingsnake called the Apalachicola Lowlands Kingsnake. Not the Apalachicolan kingsnake.

[reptileguy12345]

:( i saw a dying chineese water dragon at the pet store when i was getting crickets

:( i feel realy bad but its nature :|

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thats not nature, it's not in the wild for that to happen, they ether stressed the animal out, or they werent doing something right.

[turtlesrock527]

Me and My friend will just caught a rough green snake!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Congrats man! Is it your first one?

[turtlesrock527]

Second within the last two years but still a really nice find!

[TheSuperHerper]

Oh yeah I got the davidson video up!

[reptileguy12345]

nice vidio man at 1:30 that kinda looks like a lepard gecko but i can tell its not

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah those geckos are alot smaller though.

[reptileguy12345]

i have a gecko hes realy small hes a leopard gecko and hes a baby so any advice?

[WildlifeKeegan]

nice vid brandon 5/5

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks Keegan

[monsterdawg77]

awesome video. i've never gone field-herping but is sure looks like fun. I have a question though... isn't the snake at 3:55 a Gray Rat Snake (Elape obsoleta spiloides)? just wondering. but i'm pretty sure that's not a yellow rat...

[xxxHERPERxxx]

We dont have grey ratsnakes in North Carolina, it's a baby. All baby ratsnakes look like grey rats. Everybody always get's that mixed up but it's alright. Field Herping is great.

[monsterdawg77]

oh cool. yeah your videos are extremely entertaining and you are definitaly going to become a herpetoligist when you get older!

[petsgalore12]

SWEET vid man 5*

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Mmmmm Snapping turtle. Never had it.

[smetlogik]

lol! nice choice of music in the beginning, building the excitement. great vid brandom, keep 'em coming.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks Rob, will do.

[ReptileNews]

Nice finds! I guess you could say Flordia is herping paradise!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah it's alright, dident like it as much as N.C though.

[despeleta]

sweet brandon! those tree frogs in the florida part, were really striking!

awesome vid!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah I saw acouple other species like Squirrel Treefrogs but they look just like Green treefrogs.

[BerkoKaitlin]

Awesome vid =) I can't wait to go to FLA. Herpers paradise. Hell, I can't wait to be a herpetologist. I'm a cheater though with latin names. My memory is absolutely terrible, so I have to carry around books. And good job describing sirens lol. "...like those eels things" 5 stars.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah I mean that's what they are I guess. I ment to say aquatic salamanders. Rainbow snakes eat eels mainly not salamanders.

[edgirallenjoe29]

What a great video man, i always enjoy 'em.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks!

[snakelover325]

neat video!!!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks!

[xxxSNAKExMASTERxxx]

i went somewhere other than my house sunday first time for 09. short spirings tullahoma TN. found a million sallys and about 6 snakes. ring necks northern bandeds and midwetern wormsnake. i was climbing ou a waterfall and a banded watersnake fell on my head.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Lol, sounds funny, Watersnakes do that though, almost all of the cases with snakes falling into people's boats while fishing are watersnakes. Cottonmouths dont climb into trees.

[reptilewranglers]

Great video. Aren't rainbows really hard to find? You must have been really fortunate to even see a DOR.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah they are very hard to find. I am going to set up some traps where I found that one. Thanks Jake.

[Devincool2]

racerunners look just like small tegus lol

[xxxHERPERxxx]

They do! this one was a juvenile so it's way smaller than an adult would be.

[Herper666]

i went field herping the other day and only found newts and tadpoles. i am so unsuccessful its unreal!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I'm telling you man, go talk to some of those UK folks on the FFH.

[joefarah06]

This is a really great video, Brandon! Lots of nice eye candy! I loved the little yellow rat snake and that black racer too! The part where you roll that couch over had me cracking up... i miss florida...

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Hey, yeah I thought it would be funny if I just laid on the couch. But I flipped it and found that oak toad. I had a really great time in florida. Do you visit much?

[Boomer1949]

I very much enjoyed your video and I learned what a "herping" is. I had never heard the term. As it turns out I know a couple!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Lol, I find the term "herp", and "herping" alittle strange myself. It sounds alittle to much like herpes. I think a change of terms is in order.

[turtlesrock527]

sometimes if you type in herps it comes up as herpes so yeah.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

True, I just call it snake hunting, turtling, etc.

[gabejordan1]

kool vid ...........RIP the rainbow snake =( i find a lot over here and they not even native

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Are you sure they are not native? I havent heard of any introductions of this species. Ether way, they wouldent survive without amphiumas and sirens.

[TimeSplittersChimp]

Nice vid

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks man.

[Zelnicky]

Excellent Video Brandon !

Really liked hearing the CCR music along with it .

I was hoping to make it to Apalachicola this weekend, but did not get to go. Hopefully, my friends who went there had some success.

Best Regards

John Z

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks John,

CCR had to go with this video.

To bad, I think the drought is having it's effects on the wildlife.

[SalineSnakeGuy85]

God, that Rainbow is a heartbreaker...If it makes you feel any better, I found a dead Kirtland's Snake over the weekend =(

Besides that, great video!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Ah man. Is the Kirtland's Snake like something unique or what? So much different then other snakes. Thanks Nick.

[Oxgunter]

lol hitchhiking skink

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah I thought that was halarious.

[Oxgunter]

yea red eared sliders woo hoo

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeap, damn invasives.

[CaterpillarGiraffe]

Wicked song, we used to blast this on the way to the cottage!

Here we come, summer!

Great video brandon.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Haha CCR all the way. I love them. Thanks Rainey.

[kevin6390]

Nice! sweet song too

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks Mr. Plitt, I hope I can see this video fo yours soon.

[turtlesrock527]

Ohhh so that was the six lines race runner you were talking about. At my old house (which I'm moving back to in september) Had a pond that would atract tons of lizard because it was in front of my deck which was great for baskin. I saw one of those once.

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah, they are pretty cool lizards, never saw one until then so it was an intresting find,

[GRimmEhx15]

What happen to snake? D;

[xxxHERPERxxx]

The car wheeled over it's head and crushed it's brain which in turn shut off all electrical impulses to the body, including the heart. Which caused heart failure and asphyxiation. No oxygen and electrical waves means no movement or life. In other terms, the snake died from brain trama.

[JuliusTheDragon]

real nice vid......sweet snakes!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks man!

[mcfarlanehunter]

Awesome video as usual! When the racer jumped at the camera, it scared me because I wasn't expecting it. Keep up the good work. Good choice of music too!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Lol, yeah racers are very intresting snakes, they always have a few bites in them.

[leosforlife]

wow right as the singer said bull frog a bull frog came up

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Haha, yeah I liked that part.

[DayLight95]

great vid, nice finds, what did you mean "you didnt find much" i wouldnt find that in a life time were i live

[xxxHERPERxxx]

lol, I was being sarcastic. Even so, I dident find alot of things, thanks.

[DayLight95]

lol yup

[mattdaviestv]

awsome vid shame bout the rainbow snake :( stupid people should look where the driving

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I dont think anybody could have ever saw that thing on the road. But still if the roads werent there in the first place it wouldent have happened.

[mvskokee918]

good shit bro

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks

[252herper]

Nice video ... that wazz ah cool lookin gecko u found

[herps4life007]

are you kidden you call that not alott of finds? thats way more than we have here

[xxxHERPERxxx]

No accually, I usually find way more than that. I dident half of what I would normally.

[herps4life007]

"whistle" thats still way more than what i find but i am starting to go feild herping more and more so who nos maybe i will find stuff like that

[ilovemyboaconstricto]

Great find man! I loved that black racer

5*****

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Me to, I love racers.

[fjm2008]

like the video again dude very creative it took u awhile for a new video dude lol but yeah 5 stars kep them coming

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Yeah, the whole time I've been working on this video. Thanks Fransico.

[HordeFTL]

Nice one dude, Im in FL in June so Ive got all this too see, When ive been before all ive seen is Anoles

[xxxHERPERxxx]

I guess all you have to do is find a really good spot. June is when you have to be out at night to find anything.

[SAsgarters]

Very nice finds. :) Thanks for sharing. :)

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks man, no problem.

[caique114]

nice ratsnake

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks, he was a cute little fella

[Tokay18]

awesome, nice finds

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks bro,

[BallPythonLuver]

5* Really great footage!! Awesome animals, I really liked the hitch-hiking skink LOL

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Haha, thanks man, appreciate the comments. Thanks for watching. It should be better once you can view it in High Quality.

[zucabrasil]

Hey Man,

Thanks for looking at my bad quality videos LOL, I do not have a very good camera and do not go herping as much as i would like too.

I know 2 nice places to find timbers, but i do not have the opportunity to go there so often.

I go more for hiking with my friend Kelly than just herping, but any time i have an opportunity to flip anything to find animals, i certainly do it.

I found some nice animals this 3 last weekends, but i only took some pics, no video.

Best,

Angelo

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Sounds all cool man. No worries about the camera. It's really not easy field herping and video taping it all at the same time.

[rob224a]

nice

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks

[SLE335]

Great video - you found a lot of cool creatures! 5 *s!!

[xxxHERPERxxx]

Thanks man