Do you ever experience a horrible burning sensation when you’re out looking for frogs? Usually all over your legs and arms? I do … quite frequently come to think of it. Please don’t tell me I am on the only one!
This weekend was one of those weekends when you learned the hard way to make sure you always have your camera gear with you, even for what you think is going to be a quick walk. Why? Because sometimes you just never know what you’re going to stumble across and usually when you are unprepared, it’s a spectacular sight that you are going to be unable to capture properly (and will kick yourself repeatedly for afterwards).
The weather forecast this past weekend was looking good, so a closer inspection of one of our favorite adder spots was definitely in order. Unfortunately, upon arrival it was slightly cooler and significantly more overcast than expected. After walking several kilometers withouth spotting anything there appeared to be a fat worm laying on a moist forest sand track. Oh, wait a minute…that’s not a worm…it’s a small adder! YES!
A short video featuring one of the adders found this past weekend! You’ve gotta see this snake … wow!!!
After keeping a close eye on the weather forecast over the week, the decision was made yesterday morning to visit a bog area in the eastern part of The Netherlands to search for adders (Vipera berus).
A few weeks with hardly any rain at all seemed to have resulted in a near complete halt of the amphibian migration. Since there was plenty of rain during the day, a visit to ‘Toad Road’ seemed to be appropriate.
This weekend while out looking for snakes, I ended up finding a little something different under a piece of wood that I was hoping a snake was hiding underneath. Instead of a snake … I found snake food … or a deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus)… depends on how you look at the food web out in nature!
Bite-sized Bufo bufo … aka Mini Toad! Whatever you want to call them (and technically this is a Common European Toad) … we can’t wait to find and photograph more of these guys.
Yes, we sat there like perverts watching, filming and photographing these two American toads (Bufo americanus) making mini toads. There’s no privacy when The Herparazzi are around! Photographed in Southern Ontario, Canada.
With the unusually warm weather that has been sweeping through parts of southern Ontario, Canada it seems that frogs, among other amphibians, have decided it is a good time to emerge from hibernation in Southern Ontario. And we are extremely excited to share with you the first find of the season in the frog department: a Green Frog (Rana clamitans)!
This was a day we will never forget because on this day last fall, we found lots of these neonate Smooth snakes (Coronella austrica) in a single spot! It was definitely grounds for a celebration then as these are the rarest snakes in The Netherlands! And if you want to see something really cool, check out our video, The Smooth Snake special! You’re in for quite the surprise!
The red-backed salamander (Plethodon cinereus) is found throughout Eastern North-America and South-Eastern Canada. Because they are found in such large numbers and are spread over a wide geographic range, this particular North American amphibian is currently classified as a species of “least concern”.
Quiet on the set! 3 … 2 … 1 … ACTION! A European Adder (Vipera berus) that we spotted on a track in The Netherlands last year. This is one of our trademark Herparazzi shots … a sort of behind the scenes look to our filming work out in the field.
It was overcast and 10C last night. There were no salamanders on the roads tonight but the toads (Bufo bufo) were definitely out in force and ever so often, a green frog (Pelophylax ssp.) was found!
The King of the Woodpile: Bufo bufo (Common European Toad or Brown Toad)! You can check out lots more photos, watch one of our videos featuring this toad, and learn more about this species here!
Two for the price of one! Woohoo! A stunning pair of Garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) we found last year during our field expedition in Southern, Ontario Canada!
Yes! Just what we’ve been waiting for … another amphibian species to emerge from hibernation. It might be called a Common Toad (Bufo bufo), but for us, we never cease to get excited when we see one … or a hundred!
The Herparazzi is back in action! We’ve got big plans for this year and we hope you’ll join us as the filming and field herping season gets underway once again!
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