“The beauty of amphibians is that they are cute, small and
slow,” said Mike Clifford, co-author of the book Snakes of Virginia. Clifford
and two other Virginia Herpetology Society members recently led master
naturalists on a herpetology survey on property in Powhatan County.
Armed with a variety of tools, the group headed for the woods,
where they found Fowler’s toads, green frogs, spring peepers, bull frogs, a
five-lined skink and more.
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| A Fowler's Toad showed up for the count. |
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| Frog specimens were briefly bagged for closer identification and then released. |
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| A male box turtle participated in the survey. |
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One herpetologist pointed out the mites attached to a skink. He also explained that researchers are
trying to determine whether or not ticks that feed on certain species of lizards obtain a bacteria that could
inhibit the spread of Lyme Disease.
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