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A Quick Scouting of Mount Pleasant Special Management Area

7/30/2020

 
Author: Ty Smith
County: Amherst  
Survey Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Basic Weather: Clear, Temps in the 80’s
Party Members: Ty Smith & Evan Spears

We had some spare time while in Amherst Co. this day to check out some areas and hopefully find a Timber Rattlesnake. Driving up the mountain, the habitat looked great. After reaching the top, we explored the trails a bit and found a nice seap to search for Salamanders. We found:

Northern Dusky  (Desmognathus fuscus) {3}
A few individuals (mostly juveniles) present in ditch of the seap.

Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola) {5}
In the seap with Northern Duskies.
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Timber Rattlesnake  (Crotalus horridus) {1}
A spectacular black phase male found basking 5 feet from my car door. The specimen was photographed for several minutes and audio of rattling was obtained.

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