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Blue Lake and Rocky Shore...

Red-sided Garter Snake

Garter snake den, or hibernaculum

Like the song says... the Land of the Silver Birch! Great to be back in Ontario!

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2006

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Here's a look at a red-sided garter snake.

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2006

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Here's a few garter snakes that have arrived at the hibernacula early. Later in the year, and then...

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2006

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Narcisse Snakes Dens

Red-bellied Snake

The day's catch...

Here I am at the snake dens!

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Uploaded on Aug 22, 2006

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Red-bellied snakes are the smallest Canadian snake species, and are found through much of eastern...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Here's a close up of some of the skinks we were able to find- it was a very good day for...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Jory with skinks...

Prairie skink in hand

Prairie skink close up

Jory is a student at Brandon University who is working on a project with Dr. Rutherford to study...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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This juvenile prairie skink sat still on my hand for a little while, which allowed us to get a few...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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A head shot of a juvenile prairie skink. You have to be very gentle holding these creatures!

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Adult prairie skink getting weighed

Recording data

Prairie Skink research with Dr. Pamela Rutherford

These aren't big lizards- this is an adult! Placing them in ziploc baggies allows for easy and...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Dr. Rutherford records weight and length measurements for a specimen.

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Dr. Rutherford is using a GPS to record the capture location, while her student, Jory,...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Barred Tiger Salamander

Short-horned Lizard

Plains Gartersnake 2

Here's a species we weren't expecting to find in southern Saskatchewan, especially since it had been...

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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We finally found a short-horned lizard on our last day in the Grasslands area!

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Uploaded on Aug 20, 2006

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Plains garter snake on the side of the road! Note the orange dorsal stripe.

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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006

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Plains Gartersnake on the road

T-Rex Tooth

Meet Scotty!

Plains garter snake, dorsal view. This is the first live plains garter we've seen, all the others...

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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006

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This is how big the teeth are- and this one wasn't the biggest, but the picture of the biggest one...

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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006

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Or rather, a replica of what an artist estimated his head to look like when he lived, many millions...

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Uploaded on Aug 16, 2006

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