The Virginia Herpetological Society would like to thank Occoneechee State Park for their hospitality, all attending VHS members and especially President Susan Watson for planning the meeting and survey.

Herps, the final frontier......
These are the voyages of the Virginia Herpetological Society.
Its continuing mission: to explore strange, new places, to seek out new amphibians, and reptiles, to boldly herp where no one has herped before.

Our survey crew consisted of approximately 30 federation surveyors. Several of us beamed down on Friday afternoon for reconnaissance and to set turtle and amphibian traps. Fortunately, the weather was much better than that forecasted.


Marbled Salamander	Upland Chorus Frog	Red-spotted Newt	Fence Lizard	Ground Skink

Copperhead	Upland Chorus Frog	Black Racer	Box Turtle	Ringneck Snake

Doh! I could of had a V8!	Retrieving Amphibian Trap	Black Racers	Looking for Critters	Mating Box Turtles

Setting Turtle Traps	Striking a Captain Morgan Pose	Snapper	Hardcore Herping !?	Subadult Eastern Ratsnake

Mini-herpers	Nancy, Robert & Rosemary	The camera crew	The Gibson Gang	Monster Snapper

Looks as if the VHS whiskey still produced a good batch	Brew master JD examines the product	JJ overhears some use the genus "Rana" and expresses his discuss	Jeremy & Libby	Snapper

Libby with a box turtle shell	Wes with his little friend	Kory and a Snapper	Taking snapper measurements	Despite waiting several hours my Mom did not stop