Becky Hileman, a freshman at Southeast Missouri State University majoring in biology education, holds a Mud snake as the snake makes a migratory trek from a nearby swamp, across the scenic LaRue Road to a den area for winter hibernation near Wolf Lake, Ill., in Union County, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003. On this U.S. Forest Service road in far southern Illinois, officials call it the only road the government owns that’s closed to vehicle traffic in order to protect reptiles and amphibians as they cross. (APPhoto/Charles Rex Arbogast) (CHARLES REX ARBOGAST, AP)
One of best things I ever did with my older boys was an overnight trek to Snake Road to view creatures ‘‘that creepeth upon the earth,’’ as it is called in Genesis.
That was the first memory and thought that came into my strange head when I opened the second edition (updated after 20 years) and first paperback version of ‘‘Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois,’’ which was released Tuesday.
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