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Yearly Firsts
Each year, people are encouraged to submit their first finds of the year. If you are the first to make an observation for any of the recorded categories, your observation will be credited here. Scroll to the end of this page to see the rules.
Year 2008
Year 2007
Year 2006
| First...
| Species
| Date
| Time
| Location
| Submitted By
| | Snake
| Western Rat Snake
(Pantherophis obsoletus)
| 05-JAN-2006
| 1600 hours
| Piggott,
Clay Co.
| Jamie Randolph
| | Nonvenomous Snake
| Western Rat Snake
(Pantherophis obsoletus)
| 05-JAN-2006
| 1600 hours
| Piggott,
Clay Co.
| Jamie Randolph
| | Frog
| Fowler's Toad
(Bufo fowleri)
| 08-JAN-2006
| 1345 hours
| Burns Park,
Pulaski Co.
| Cyndi Porter
| | Turtle
| Eastern River Cooter
(Pseudemys concinna)
| 08-JAN-2006
| 1415 hours
| Burns Park,
Pulaski Co.
| Cyndi Porter
| | Salamander
| Ozark Zigzag Salamander
(Plethodon angusticlavius)
| 08-JAN-2006
| 1600 hours
| Bella Vista,
Benton Co.
| Kory Roberts
| | With Special Status
| Ozark Zigzag Salamander
(Plethodon angusticlavius)
| 08-JAN-2006
| 1600 hours
| Bella Vista,
Benton Co.
| Kory Roberts
| | Alligator
| American Alligator
(Alligator mississippiensis)
| 28-FEB-2006
| ?
| Pond Creek NWR,
Sevier Co.
| Ed Black
| | Lizard
| Five-lined Skink
(Plestiodon fasciatus)
| 02-MAR-2006
| ?
| Flippin,
Marion Co.
| Glen Chapman
| | Venomous Snake
| Western Pigmy Rattlesnake
(Sistrurus miliarius streckeri)
| 14-MAR-2006
| 1130 hours
| Fayetteville,
Washington Co.
| Glenn Manning and
James Van Dyke
| | New County Record
| Redbelly Snake
(Storeria occipitomaculata)
| 28-APR-2006
| PM
| Logoly State Park,
Columbia Co.
| Kory Roberts
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Year 2005
| First...
| Species
| Date
| Time
| Location
| Submitted By
| | Snake
| Rough Earth Snake
(Virginia striatula)
| 01-JAN-2005
| AM
| Texarkana,
Miller Co.
| Ed Black
| | Nonvenomous Snake
| Rough Earth Snake
(Virginia striatula)
| 01-JAN-2005
| AM
| Texarkana,
Miller Co.
| Ed Black
| | Frog
| Southern Leopard Frog
(Rana sphenocephala utricularius)
| 02-JAN-2005
| 1400 hours
| Bell Slough WMA,
Faulkner Co.
| Cyndi Porter
| | Salamander
| Dark-sided Salamander
(Eurycea longicauda melanopleura)
| 03-JAN-2005
| 1420 hours
| Bella Vista,
Benton Co.
| Kory Roberts
| | Turtle
| Three-toed Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina triunguis)
| 18-JAN-2005
| 1400 hours
| Elkins,
Washington Co.
| Tyler Olcott
| | With Special Status
| Three-toed Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina triunguis)
| 18-JAN-2005
| 1400 hours
| Elkins,
Washington Co.
| Tyler Olcott
| | Venomous Snake
| Southern Copperhead
(Agkistrodon contortrix contortrix)
| 21-JAN-2005
| 1135 hours
| Norfork,
Baxter Co.
| Glen Chapman
| | Lizard
| Northern Green Anole
(Anolis carolinensis carolinensis)
| 04-FEB-2005
| 1500 hours
| Ferndale,
Pulaski Co.
| Cyndi Porter
| | Alligator
| American Alligator
(Alligator mississippiensis)
| 21-FEB-2005
| ?
| Bois D'arc Lake,
Hempstead Co.
| tsh71730
| | New County Record
| Southern Redback Salamander
(Plethodon serratus)
| 26-FEB-2005
| 1500 hours
| Ferndale,
Pulaski Co.
| Cyndi Porter
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Rules
- Specimen MUST be observed in Arkansas.
- Specimen MUST be wild; NOT captive or newly released.
- Specimen MUST be alive or DOR at time of observation.
- Specimen MUST be identified to the species level. (Exceptions would be visually identical species, such as "Gray Treefrog", "Slimy Salamander", etc.)
- Specimen MUST be identified by sight, NOT by call only.
- Specimen MAY be captured so that it is "in hand", but this is not mandatory. (Species that are venomous or with special status should NOT be touched or aggravated at all.)
- Specimen MAY count for more than one category, such as "First Snake" and "First Nonvenomous Snake".
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