Field herping in northeast ma, and southeast NH?

[RhacBreeder]

Anybody starting yet? Anybody have any tips? I haven't gone field herping around here and was wondering when a good time to start might be? It's been pretty warm so I thought maybe some snake species might be stretching out their scales and leaving their dens. Anybody have an idea? I found a spotted salamander in my yard today, so I am hopeful. -Joe D.

[Tammy]

We found some frog eggs...
Does that count?

[Kitt]

LOL -- Tammy, I heard peepers RIGHT outside of NERD/Zoo on Saturday. I was so excited. First peepers of the season that I'd heard!

An' I think frogs count!! ;) ;) (not sure about the eggs...)

[r0ck3rgUrL1992]

Well, if there's any out they probably went back in today! Snow in April...not supposed to happen. LOL. For the herps around here, (Ok, I know, I'm in RI, but the area your looking for isn;t too far away) I've seen some frogs, and I've also seen garter snakes. I'm not very sure about any other species...but you can always find out somewhere. Try doing a google search for "native new england reptiles" and you might get something. If not google, then I'm sure someone here can help.

[BPYTHON]

caught my first garter snake of the season over the weekend. i was in CT. and was hoping to spot some timber rattlers or copperheads for some nice pictures but all i found was a baby garter. oh well at least it was a snake.

[bloodpython_MA]

Nothing yet..just salamanders... And the snow today didnt help much either....but once the season starts, i usually find Garter snakes, Ribbon snakes, brown(dekay's) snakes, Eastern milk snakes and northern water snakes.
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