Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Clay Bolt / Coachwhip snake (Masticophis flagellum) in coastal dune grassland, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia, USA, May.

Clay Bolt / Tourists photographing Yellow Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoleta quadravittata) Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia, USA, May 203.,

Pete Oxford / Eastern Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) climbing up tree, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) in defensive posture, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum) flicking tongue, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) in defensive posture, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) on road, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Sanderling (Calidris alba) feeding on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Sanderling (Calidris alba) feeding on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing on California Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) trees, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Yellow Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta quadrivittata) in defensive posture, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in defensive posture, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Marsh Rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) wading, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) flying, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) male, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Whelk (Buccinidae) egg casings, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) feeding on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing on California Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) and Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Sand Dollar (Echinarachnius parma) shell on beach, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides) growing on California Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) and Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus) in defensive posture, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Salt marsh, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) on sand dunes, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in defensive posture, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) young, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) feeding on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs from dead female, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea), Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Great Egret (Ardea alba) flying, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) walking, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) juvenile wading, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastem Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) camouflaged in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Rough Green Snake (Opheodrys aestivus), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto) forest, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) group wading, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Willet (Tringa semipalmata) feeding on Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) eggs, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Racer (Coluber constrictor) in defensive posture, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Opuntia (Opuntia sp) cactus flowering, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastem Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) in defensive posture, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) camouflaged in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastem Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in defensive posture, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) in defensive posture, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta) with extended tongue, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) showing 'blue eye' indicating animal is about to molt, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) showing 'blue eye' indicating animal is about to molt, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) dead after stranding during egg laying at high tide, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus) in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) group on shore during mass spawn, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) male clinging to the telson of a larger female, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus) on beach, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus) on beach, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) with extended tongue, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia complanata) growing on Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) with dirt road and cyclist, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia complanata) growing on Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) with dirt road, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) on ribbed leaf, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) parent with young on head, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia complanata) growing on Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) blowing in the wind, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia complanata) growing on Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Spanish Moss (Tillandsia complanata) growing on Southern Live Oak (Quercus virginiana), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) coiled amid grasses, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) head, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Scarlet Snake (Cemophora coccinea), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Cornsnake (Elaphe guttata), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus) head, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) clinging to reed, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) showing rattle, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Common Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulus) coiled in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta) in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus) in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus), Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) digging in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Southern Black Racer (Coluber constrictor priapus) with tongue extended, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) coiled in leaf litter, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in forest understory, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta) hanging from tree, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Pete Oxford / Eastern Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta) with extended tongue, Little St. Simon's Island, Georgia