A Chronological Look Back at 12 Months of Herping Highlights in My Home State in 2019 (Part 4)

An early Autumn DeKay's Brown Snake.

A Red-ear Slider/Midland Painted Turtle combo.

My herping buddy Pepper and an Eastern Milk Snake that we found.

An American Bullfrog that I saw on October 7th.

Northern Ringneck Snake.

A female Green Frog in Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

A sharp looking Midland Painted Turtle.

An October backyard Redback Salamander.

A Common Snapping Turtle out for a stroll at Canalway Center.

Triple bullfrog goodness at the edge of the Ohio & Erie Canal.

It's nice to be able to find Two-lined Salamanders in my backyard, like this one.

A day-before-Halloween Dekay's Brown Snake on the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.

An Autumn Green Frog.

A November Midland Painted Turtle surrounded by Fall leaves.

In December there were still herps to be found, like this two-days-before-Christmas Midland Painted Turtle (note ice in foreground).

A post-Christmas juvenile Red-ear Slider.

A late December American Bullfrog.

A Mallard and Midland Painted Turtle sharing a log.

An adult Red-ear Slider at the edge of the Ohio & Erie Canal in late December.

My last snake of 2019 - an Eastern Garter Snake on December 27th.

Midland Painted Turtles are the reptile that you have the best chance of seeing in Winter in northern Ohio.

A Common Snapping Turtle catching some rays in a spot where the ice has melted.