Monday, September 3, 2007

Species list grows



I added three new species to the vertebrate list today. They were Great Blue Heron, Oak Toad ( Bufo quercicus ) and Worm Lizard (Rhineura floridana), which is pictured above, courtesy of animalnetwork.org image (I didn't have a camera with me at the time). These discoveries occurred in the course of clearing the fire lane. I thought the herps were likely here; I just hadn't found them. Birds are a matter of luck. By the way, the bird list here is up to 52 species, the herp list is 21 species/subspecies and the mammal list is 10 species and the fish list is 0 species because there's no water.