Florida Herping, Orlando & Merritt Island

[ExcessiveHerps]

I just got back from a few days in Florida for a family reunion and found some time to do some herping within Orlando where my parents live and Merritt Island where my Grandmother lives. These first pics are from Orlando and verious lakes and ponds
Sunset

Sunrise

Great blue Herons

River otter

 

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Ibis

Wood pecker

Dragon fly

 

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And the rest of th pics are from Merritt Island
3 Stripe mud

Florida softshell

 

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I watched this one lay a clutch of eggs D

Brown Anole

Alligators

 

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Leopard frog

Gopher tortoise

 

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Cooter not sure which species most likely a pennisula or Florida red belly

Grey squirrel

Caught these guys in the small ditch behind me within 50 feet of each other

Upclose of the RES

 

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And one of the Florida Snapper

Thise guy got atleast one story worth tell with battle wounds like these

amd my 2 favorite pic

 

[Jedi Master Bruce]

Nice Pics!:main_thumbsup:

 

[silentjohn]

Awesome scenery. Awesome finds.

 

[StormGecko]

This is exactly why we moved to Florida! Nice pics!

 

[Jeanne]

Wow, Those are some awesome pictures! Don't suppose you saw any pectinatas (Spiny Tail Iguana) down there?

 

[ExcessiveHerps]

Wow, Those are some awesome pictures! Don't suppose you saw any pectinatas (Spiny Tail Iguana) down there?

Nope sure didn't I think I'd need to be more south to see them, I think they where introduced around Miami

 

[Ian S.]

Very cool pics! Looks like you had a fun time.

 

[brandy101010]

Beautiful pics! looks like you had a blast!

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Nice pics. I love those turtle shots.

 

[moosassah]

Wow, thanks for taking the time to post all those pics

 

[KiKi]

awesome pics