Friends of the Carlton Reserve
1800 Mabry Carlton Parkway
Venice, FL 34292
How to differentiate coral snake from its "mockups" :
Gary Lute:We also have the native Scarlett snake Cemophora coccinea. It has the same color as the Scarlett Kingsnake but the rings do not extend across the belly. Also the Scarlett snake can have white instead of yellow rings.
Eastern Diamondback
photo by Troy Franson
Spotted this week, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes
Mating and spring time--ride and tread carefully.
Photos by Sherm Stratton and Dave Schaefer
Banded water snakes
(not poisonous)
photographed in the Reserve
by Art Smith
Yellow or eastern rat snake
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
Carlton Reserve
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Tiny grasshopper catches ride on softshell turtle as she goes ashore to lay eggs on the W. Powerline near the Myakka River
click picture to enlarge
President: Linda
Membership: Dan
Information & Website
Park Naturalists:
Meghan Harris Meyer
Link to searchable U.S. map resources with parks, trails, campgrounds, historical sites, marinas, etc.
Sarasota County
Field Guide
to Conservation Lands
(download 64pp. PDF)
