Herping in the Month of May in My Home State in 2014

An Eastern Milk Snake on May 1st.

Midland Painted Turtles basking in Cuyahoga Valley National Park on May 5th.

I found this DeKay's Brown Snake on the 6th of May.

A Gray Treefrog in Brecksville Reservation on May 10th.

Another with a background of Bleeding Heart.

A juvenile Midland Painted Turtle seen on May 11th.

It was very cool to see these combating male Common Snapping Turtles in the Ohio & Erie Canal on May 13th.

A fine looking Northern Ringneck Snake found on May 13th.

A found a couple of American Toads on the same day as the Ringneck.

There's no time like Toad Time.

Gray Treefrog close-up.

An Eastern Garter Snake "on the crawl" on May 14th.

This DeKay's Brown Snake was seen along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.

A late May juvenile Eastern Garter Snake.

A fine looking Eastern Milk Snake.

Can a discarded shoe be herp habitat?

A May 29th Pickerel Frog.

Splendid Earth-boring Beetles aren't herps - but they are pretty cool.

I closed out the month by finding this large female American Bullfrog.