A Chronological Look Back at My Favorite 100 Herping Memories in My Home State in 2018 (Part 3)

A Green Frog sporting more yellow than usual on June 26th.

The newly metamorphosed American Toads were growing fast.

A Dusky Salamander that I found on the first day of July.

A newly metamorphosed Gray Treefrog.

A Green Frog on a log.

Midland Painted Turtles enjoying the sunny weather.

A tiny Spring Peeper.

An early July Red-ear Slider.

A sharp looking Eastern Milk Snake that I found on July 5th.

A Green Frog found at Hinckley Reservation.

A Yellowbelly Slider on July 12th.

An American Bullfrog in Bratenahl.

Newly hatched Northern Ringneck Snakes are tiny.

A duckweed-covered Common Snapping Turtle in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

An American Bullfrog on July 27th.

Midland Painted Turtles can be duckweed-covered too.

Although not native to this part of Ohio, you have to admit that this is a handsome Red-ear Slider.

An Eastern Garter Snake featuring a bit of orange color that I found on August 7th.

An American Toad that I found in my backyard.

Eastern Milk Snakes were still being found in early August.

A newborn Eastern Garter Snake.