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Gopher Tortoise Survey- Coffee State Park, Douglas Georgia.

My wife and myself were recently fortunate enough to participate in the Gopher Tortoise survey held at General Coffee Park in Douglas (May 20-22). Two of our nephews also came along. We had a great time and there was a great turnout. Thanks again to B.W. Smith for arranging this! Hope we get to do it again soon!

Chad Mintor
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Chad with Gopher Tortoise

Black Racer
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A Black Racer in blue- ready to shed,

Gopher Tortoise
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A highly endangered species- you need a permit just to look at them! LOL

James, B.W., and Park Conservationalist
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Measuring a Gopher Tortoise
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B.W. Smith, Chad Mentor, and a Park Conservationalist

Southeastern Crown Snake
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This snake is hard to find as it only gets 13 inches long!

James and Gopher Tortiose
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Chad Minter, former VP of the Southeastern Hot Herp Society, Took this opportunity to try out his "Gopher Cam". An interesting homemade apperatus that sure did the trick to find one tricky tortoise named Chester (shown in most of the photos above).

Chad puting together the GopherCam
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The test run....
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We actually found Chester in there!

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