HERPS Spotted turtle (Clemmys gutatta)Maple Hill, North Carolina Little Brown Skink (Scincella lateralis)Maple Hill, North Carolina Carolina Box turtle (Terrapene carolina)Croatan National Forest, North Carolina Neuse River Waterdog (Necturus lewisii)Cary, North Carolina an Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) a juvenile Common Slider (Trachemys scripta) Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum)Croatan National Forest, North Carolina Queensnake (Regina septemvittata)Chimney Rock, North Carolina Gray-cheeked salamander (Plethodon sp. complex) Juvenile salamander, unknown sp. Florence Nature Preserve, North Carolina Yonahlossee salamander (Plethodon yonahlossee) White-spotted slimy salamander (Plethodon cylindraceus) a Red-spotted newt (Notopthalmus viridescens) in Brevard, NC a juvenile (assumed to be) Three-lined salamander (Eurycea guttolineata) Common Side-blotched (Uta stansburiana) hiding under a Creosote bush a chunky Chuckwalla lizard (Sauromalus ater) at Fossil Falls, CA a Whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis sp.) at the Desert Tortoise Natural Area a Mojave Desert Tortoise (likely male, Gopherus agassizii) enjoying the sun the lovely carapace of a Mojave Desert Tortoise near California City, CA a handsome Desert Horned lizard (Phrynosoma platyrhinos) in the Mojave