As I may or may not have mentioned before, I'm working on a project this summer. I'm trying to get all of the herps in this area (around Erie, PA) on camera. No real reason, I just want to see if I can do it. When I was doing work for the PA Herpetological Atlas a few years ago, it really opened my eyes as to how many reptiles/amphibians were out there that I have never even seen.
For as much as I'm outside though, my luck at finding any of them stinks. Anybody have any advice they can offer? I know about going out around dusk, flipping logs/boards/rocks, etc. Anything other than that? I know there are more out there obviously, and I'm barely even finding many representatives of the most common species.
I'm also working at the Erie Zoo. Part of what I do is a reptile show. The head reptile keeper has been giving me advice as far as specific locations to look for certain hard-to-find species...so I go there and still don't find anything, not even the common ones!