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  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Habitat & Range: Sandhills, Pine-hardwood forests, Maritime forestsS & suburban settings of Southeastern & Central USA
    Elaphe guttata_Pete_Oxford1.jpg
  • Corn Snake (Elaphe guttata) Detail CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Habitat & Range: Sandhills, Pine-hardwood forests, Maritime forestsS & suburban settings of Southeastern & Central USA
    Elaphe guttata_Pete_Oxford19.jpg
  • Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Hardwood & pine forests, swamps, hammocks, tidal wetlands of Eastern USA north to New Jersey
    Lampropeltis_getula _Pete_Oxford3.jpg
  • Canebrake or Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Juvenile CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal Habitat. South Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus_Pete_Oxford47.jpg
  • Canebrake or Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Juvenile CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal Habitat. South Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus_Pete_Oxford70.jpg
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southern United States
    Crotalus_adamanteus_Pete_Oxford20.jpg
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) Body Detail<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southern United States
    Crotalus_adamanteus_Pete_Oxford95.jpg
  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Rattle(Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southern United States
    Crotalus_adamanteus_Pete_Oxford102.jpg
  • Black Pine Snake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi) CAPTIVE<br />
Southern USA<br />
Habitat & Range: Open longleaf pine & oak forests with loose sandy soil.  Originally native throughout Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
    Pituophi_ melanoleucus_lodingi_Pete_...jpg
  • Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanouecus mugitus) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Pine-oak woodlands, longleaf pine forests and sandhills of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Special Concern
    Pituophis_melanouecus_mugitus_Pete_O...jpg
  • Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanouecus mugitus) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Pine-oak woodlands, longleaf pine forests and sandhills of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Special Concern
    Pituophis_melanouecus_mugitus_Pete_O...jpg
  • Florida Pine Snake (Pituophis melanouecus mugitus) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Pine-oak woodlands, longleaf pine forests and sandhills of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.<br />
IUCN STATUS: Special Concern
    Pituophis_melanouecus_mugitus_Pete_O...jpg
  • Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis ruthveni)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Longleaf pine habitats of the southeastern USA. Indigenous to west-central Louisiana and eastern Texas.<br />
IUCN STATUS: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    Pituophis_ruthveni _Pete_Oxford10.jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) feeding on Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi_Crotalus_adamante...jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) feeding on Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi_Crotalus_adamante...jpg
  • Cypress Swamp (Taxodium distichum)<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA
    Taxodium_distichum _Pete_Oxford1.jpg
  • Canebrake or Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Adult, MANIPULATED, CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal Habitat. South Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus_Pete_Oxford4.jpg
  • Canebrake or Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Adult, MANIPULATED, CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal Habitat. South Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus_Pete_Oxford8.jpg
  • Canebrake or Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) Adult, MANIPULATED, CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal Habitat. South Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus_Pete_Oxford14.jpg
  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:  Deciduous or mixed forests, also open grasslands and pastures. Texas throughout the southeast and north to Michigan and southern Massachusetts.
    Terrapene_carolina_Pete-Oxford10.jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata )<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal regions of Eastern USA
    Elaphe_obsoleta_quadrivittata _Pete...jpg
  • Longleaf Pine Forest (Pinus palustris)<br />
Once dominated the southern landscape. Now only 3% of natural forest remains.<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA
    Pinus_palustris _Pete_Oxford19.jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi _Pete_Oxford81.jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) at Gopher Tortoise burrow<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi _Pete_Oxford142.jpg
  • Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Male at burrow<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Threatened species in Georgia<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Longleaf pine & oak forests & sandhills & areas of good ground cover. Southeast USA
    Gopherus_polyphemus_Pete_Oxford46.jpg
  • Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Male plastral projection - highly developed.<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Threatened species in Georgia<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Longleaf pine & oak forests & sandhills & areas of good ground cover. Southeast USA
    Gopherus_polyphemus_Pete_Oxford83.jpg
  • Tubing Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) & Chris Jenkins safe handling<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southern United States
    Crotalus_adamanteus_Pete_Oxford106.jpg
  • Tubing venomous snake for safe handling<br />
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southern United States
    Crotalus_adamanteus_Pete_Oxford113.jpg
  • Heat sensory pit of pitviper - below eye<br />
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southern United States
    Crotalus_adamanteus_Pete_Oxford134.jpg
  • Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata )<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal regions of Eastern USA
    Elaphe_obsoleta_quadrivittata _Pete...jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) body detail<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi _Pete_Oxford235.jpg
  • Prescribed Burn in longleaf pine forest.<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA
    Prescribed_Burn_Pete_Oxford5.jpg
  • Prescribed Burn in longleaf pine forest.<br />
Amy Clifton<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA
    Prescribed_Burn_Pete_Oxford81.jpg
  • Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) Male in burnt area<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Threatened species in Georgia<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Frequently burned longleaf pine & oak forests & sandhills & areas of good ground cover. Southeast USA
    Gopherus_polyphemus_Pete_Oxford73.jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) at river<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi _Pete_Oxford117.jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi) at river<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi _Pete_Oxford128.jpg
  • Three-lined Salamander (Eurycea guttolineata)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
ENDEMIC TO USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Temperate forests of Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia, Florida panhandle, Alabama, Mississipi, Louisiana, Tennessee & Kentucky.
    Eurycea_guttolineata_pete_Oxford16.jpg
  • South American Bushmaster (Lachesis muta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Equatorial forests east of Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil and Trinidad
    Lachesis_muta _Pete_Oxford13.jpg
  • Mang Mountain Pitviper (Trimeresurus mangshanensis) CAPTIVE<br />
ENDEMIC to China<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Mt. Mang (Mangshan), Pingkeng District, Yizhang County, Hunan Province, China, elevation 700-900 m.   <br />
IUCN STATUS: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    Trimeresurus_mangshanensis_Pete_Oxfo...jpg
  • Guatemalan Palm Viper (Bothriechis aurifer)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cloud forest at 1200-2300 meters in eastern Chiapas of Mexico and northern Guatemala<br />
IUCN STATUS: VULNERABLE
    Bothriechis_aurifer _Pete_Oxford10.jpg
  • Guatemalan Palm Viper (Bothriechis aurifer)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cloud forest at 1200-2300 meters in eastern Chiapas of Mexico and northern Guatemala<br />
IUCN STATUS: VULNERABLE
    Bothriechis_aurifer _Pete_Oxford11.jpg
  • Prairie Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Dry areas with moderate vegetation coverage and rocky areas serving as den sites.<br />
Native to western USA, Southwestern Canada and Northern Mexico
    Crotalus_viridis _Pete_Oxford15.jpg
  • Grand Canyon Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus abyssus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Grasslands, desert scrub, Grand Canyon, rolling hills, pinion-juniper woodland and pine forests. Only in northwest and north-central Arizona.
    Crotalus_oreganus_abyssus _Pete_Oxfo...jpg
  • Grand Canyon Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus abyssus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Grasslands, desert scrub, Grand Canyon, rolling hills, pinion-juniper woodland and pine forests. Only in northwest and north-central Arizona.
    Crotalus_oreganus_abyssus _Pete_Oxfo...jpg
  • Twin-spotted Rattlesnake (Crotalus pricei)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: USA and MEXICO
    Crotalus_pricei_Pete_Oxford3.jpg
  • Mexican Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina mexicana)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
MEXICO<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    PO10927 Mexican Box Turtle.jpg
  • Bog Turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii) CAPTIVE<br />
USA. ENDEMIC to Eastern United States.<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Calcareous wetlands, meadows, bogs, marshes often on edge of woods.  Eastern USA<br />
IUCN STATUS: ENDANGERED SPECIES
    PO11168 Bog Turtle.jpg
  • Flat-tailed Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR<br />
IUCN STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
    Pyxis _planicauda _Pete_Oxford11.jpg
  • Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata)Shell detail<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Native to Southern & Western Madagascar<br />
IUCN STATUS: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
    Astrochelys_radiata _Pete_Oxford1.jpg
  • Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Wooded areas. Hibernates in dens with copperheads and timber rattlesnakes.  Throughout Eastern and Central USA and Lower Ontario, Canada.
    Elaphe_obsoleta _Pete_Oxford12.jpg
  • Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) - Black & Yellow morph<br />
MANIPULATED<br />
near hibernation den<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Deciduous forests in rugged terrain and open, rocky ledges. Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus _Pete_Oxford45.jpg
  • Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) - Yellow morph<br />
MANIPULATED<br />
near hibernation den<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Deciduous forests in rugged terrain and open, rocky ledges. Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus _Pete_Oxford34.jpg
  • Timber Rattlesnakes (Crotalus horridus) - Black & Yellow morph<br />
MANIPULATED<br />
near hibernation den<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Deciduous forests in rugged terrain and open, rocky ledges. Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus _Pete_Oxford57.jpg
  • Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) - Black morph<br />
MANIPULATED<br />
near hibernation den<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Deciduous forests in rugged terrain and open, rocky ledges. Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus _Pete_Oxford30.jpg
  • Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) - Yellow morph<br />
MANIPULATED<br />
near hibernation den<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Deciduous forests in rugged terrain and open, rocky ledges. Eastern USA
    Crotalus_horridus _Pete_Oxford38.jpg
  • Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
Blue Ridge Mountains in back. Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forested habitats but most common on rocky, wooded hillsides in the mountains and along swamp and river edges. South eastern USA
    Agkistrodon_contortrix _Pete_Oxford1...jpg
  • Northern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor constrictor)<br />
MANIPULATED<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Open areas & pine & hardwood forests.
    Coluber_constrictor_constrictor_Pete...jpg
  • Blue Ridge Two-lined Salamander (Eurycea wilderae)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
ENDEMIC TO USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Mountain steams in mixed hardwood & spruce forests. Often terrestrial habitats.  Southern Appalachians, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia.
    Eurycea_wilderae_pete_Oxford1.jpg
  • Ocmulgee Slimy Salamander (Plethodon ocmulgee)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
NATIVE to Nothern Eastern USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Mature hardwood forests, old pine stands and river floodplains using terrestrial objects and rotting logs as shelter.  Central and eastern Georgia.
    Plethodon_ocmulgee_pete_Oxford9.jpg
  • Seal Salamander (Desmognathus monticola)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cool freshwater streams, well aerated water in hardwood forests, rocky substrate and gravel bars. Western Virginia and eastern Kentucky through Appalachian and Blue Ridge mountains of Northern Georgia and central Alabama.
    Desmognathus_monticola_pete_Oxford13.jpg
  • Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cool streams of Appalachian Mountains. Virginia to nw South Carolina, Northern Georgia & Alabama, ne Mississippi and e portions of Tennessee and Kentucky.<br />
Threatened Species in Mississippi
    Gyrinophilus_porphyriticus_pete_Oxfo...jpg
  • Seepage Salamander (Desmognathus aeneus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Seeps and moist areas around small streams, moist leaf litter, moss, under logs. Southern Appalachian Mountains of se Tennessee, sw North Carolina and n Georgia and Alabama
    Desmognathus_aeneus_pete_Oxford2.jpg
  • Ocoee Salamander (Desmognathus ocoee)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: High-elevation seeps, first-order streams, wet rock faces & mixed hardwood forests adjacent to streams, often on mosses. Southern Tennessee, sw North Carolina, Southern South Carolina & Georgia
    Desmognathus_ocoee_pete_Oxford15.jpg
  • Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Hardwood &  mixed deciduous forests. Usually beneath ground level but pond nearby needed for laying eggs. Eastern United States.
    Ambystoma_maculatum_pete_Oxford21.jpg
  • Chattahoochee Slimy Salamander (Plethodon chattahoochee)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Burrows & root tunnels and terrestrial under surface objects. Blue Ridge mountains of Northern Georgia and Cherokee County of North Carolina.
    Plethodon_chattahoochee_pete_Oxford4.jpg
  • Spring Salamander (Gyrinophilus porphyriticus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cool streams of Appalachian Mountains. Virginia to nw South Carolina, Northern Georgia & Alabama, ne Mississippi and e portions of Tennessee and Kentucky.<br />
Threatened Species in Mississippi
    Gyrinophilus_porphyriticus_pete_Oxfo...jpg
  • Red Salamander (Pseudotriton ruber)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
North Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Hardwood forests with wet areas caused by natural seeps, streams, floodplains. New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indian & southeast states.
    Pseudotriton_ruber_pete_Oxford9.jpg
  • Pigmy Rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Endemic to USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Coastal plains, sandhills, pine forests to wet or seasonally flooded forests.
    Sistrurus_miliarius_Pete_Oxford3.jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum) <br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: They inhabit scrubland, succulent desert, and oak woodland, seeking shelter in burrows, thickets, and under rocks in locations with ready access to moisture.Native to South west USA & northwestern Mexico.
    Heloderma_suspectum _Pete_Oxford7.jpg
  • Black-tailed Rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Rocky mountainous areas; among rimrock and limestone outcrops, wooded stony canyons, chaparral, rocky streambeds Southwestern USA & Mexico
    Crotalus_molossus _Pete_Oxford2.jpg
  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
    Drymarchon_couperi _Pete_Oxford111.jpg
  • Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhinos)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sandy or loamy soils of upland forests including sandhills, pine and hardwood forests. Eastern USA
    Heterodon_platirhinos _Pete_Oxford1.jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)<br />
The Orianne Society - CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
Range & Habitat Native to sw USA and Mexico's Senora state where they live in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland.
    20120426_Gila_Monster_17_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)<br />
The Orianne Society - CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
Range & Habitat Native to sw USA and Mexico's Senora state where they live in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland.
    20120426_Gila_Monster_19_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)<br />
The Orianne Society - CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
Range & Habitat Native to sw USA and Mexico's Senora state where they live in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland.
    20120426_Gila_Monster_35_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)<br />
The Orianne Society - CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
Range & Habitat Native to sw USA and Mexico's Senora state where they live in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland.
    20120426_Gila_Monster_41_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)<br />
The Orianne Society - CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
Range & Habitat Native to sw USA and Mexico's Senora state where they live in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland.
    20120426_Gila_Monster_71_©Pete_Oxfor...jpg
  • Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)<br />
The Orianne Society - CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
Range & Habitat Native to sw USA and Mexico's Senora state where they live in scrubland, succulent desert and oak woodland.
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  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
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  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
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  • Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
Threatened species in Georgia<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Longleaf pine & oak forests & sandhills & areas of good ground cover. Southeast USA
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  • Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)<br />
Little St Simon's Island, Barrier Islands, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
RANGE: Southeastern United States.<br />
Venomous pitviper.<br />
It is the heaviest venomous snake in the Americas and the largest rattlesnake.
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  • Louisiana Pine Snake (Pituophis ruthveni)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Longleaf pine habitats of the southeastern USA. Indigenous to west-central Louisiana and eastern Texas.<br />
IUCN STATUS: ENDANGERED SPECIES
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  • Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Long leaf pine sandhills of central plains of Georgia, southern South Carolina south through Florida and west to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama that are populated with Gopher Tortoises.<br />
Federally listed as THREATENED SPECIES
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  • Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon)<br />
Clayton, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near and in water throughout eastern and central USA
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  • Northern water snake (Nerodia sipedon)<br />
Clayton, Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near and in water throughout eastern and central USA
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  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:  Deciduous or mixed forests, also open grasslands and pastures. Texas throughout the southeast and north to Michigan and southern Massachusetts.
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  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:  Deciduous or mixed forests, also open grasslands and pastures. Texas throughout the southeast and north to Michigan and southern Massachusetts.
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  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:  Deciduous or mixed forests, also open grasslands and pastures. Texas throughout the southeast and north to Michigan and southern Massachusetts.
    Terrapene_carolina_Pete-Oxford_37.jpg
  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near streams and rivers form Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Virginia.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
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  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near streams and rivers form Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Virginia.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
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  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near streams and rivers form Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Virginia.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
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  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near streams and rivers form Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Virginia.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
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  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near streams and rivers form Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Virginia.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
    Glyptemys_insculpta_Pete_Oxford_53.jpg
  • Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near streams and rivers form Nova Scotia to Minnesota and Virginia.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES
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  • Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Hardwood &  mixed deciduous forests. Usually beneath ground level but pond nearby needed for laying eggs. Eastern United States.
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  • Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Hardwood &  mixed deciduous forests. Usually beneath ground level but pond nearby needed for laying eggs. Eastern United States.
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  • Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Damp woodlands, forests and soft dirt. Flooded areas for breeding only. Eastern United States<br />
Threatened species in Massachusetts & Michigan. Protected species in New Jersey.Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Damp woodlands, forests and soft dirt. Flooded areas for breeding only. Eastern United States<br />
Threatened species in Massachusetts & Michigan. Protected species in New Jersey.
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  • Marbled Salamander (Ambystoma opacum)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
The Orianne Indigo Snake Preserve<br />
Telfair County. Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Damp woodlands, forests and soft dirt. Flooded areas for breeding only. Eastern United States<br />
Threatened species in Massachusetts & Michigan. Protected species in New Jersey.
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  • Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
Northern Georgia<br />
USA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forested habitats but most common on rocky, wooded hillsides in the mountains and along swamp and river edges. South eastern USA
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