On the way to the ASIH/HL/SSAR meetings, my graduate/undergraduate students and I legally collected specimens for various phylogenetics projects in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.  Here are some of the pics from that trip.

Agkistrodon piscivorus from Florida: Columbia Co.

Hyla squirella from NC: Chowan Co.

Students at Dismal Town in the Dismal Swamp.  They are (from L to R): Frank Fontanella, Samy Saker, Cynthia Jimenez, and Magdalena Petrov

Sistrurus miliarius from FL: Columbia Co.

Sistrurus miliarius from FL: Columbia Co.

Thamnophis sirtalis  from FL: Columbia Co.

Hyla femoralis from NC: Craven Co.

Notophthalmus viridescens from VA: Shenandoah Co.

Diadophis punctatus from Maryland: Cecil Co.

Plethodon glutinosus from WV: Hardy Co.

Agkistrodon piscivorus from NC: Jones Co.

Storeria occipitomaculata from VA: Shenandoah Co.

Pantherophis alleghaniensis from SC: Union Co.

Lampropeltis triangulum from VA: Shenandoah Co.

Lampropeltis getula found near Tampa, Florida by Greg Caldwell-Watkins

Cemophora coccinea from SC: Union Co.

Rhineura floridana from Florida: Citrus Co.

Plestiodon inexpectatus from VA: Surry Co.

Terrapene carolina from NC: Craven Co.

DNA Vultures tissue a Pantherophis alleghaniensis found dead on the road.  The vultures are (from L to R): Sammy Saker, Magdalena Petrov, Cynthia Jimenez, and Frank Fontanella