A friend and I from Herpetology class went out to Congaree National Park a couple weekends ago to find some herps. We were hoping to find some snakes, but were unsuccessful. However, we did find some really nice salamanders and skinks! We saw a lot of broadhead skinks, Plestiodon laticeps, and five-lined, Plestiodon fasciatus, including a huge one that ran through the grass and up a tree. There were many young five-lined with really nice blue tails. We also found a lot of marbled salamanders, Ambystoma opacum, including a cute chubby one. The best find of the day however was a Eurycea guttolineata, three-linded salamander. There were two together under a log. One of them was missing a tail.

Kimberlee Lisicki