Observed during research collection process
Found DOR crawling out of a dense, closed-canopy swamp. Same habitat on the opposite side of the road and as far as the eye could see.
A friend found another one nearby and stated that the habitat was unremarkable.
I didn't pick it up since I figured it would be nasty (in both senses of the word), so I gently put my foot on it to detain it. Yeah that was a bad idea, now my shoe will smell like nerodia for the rest of its existence.
roadkill -- 1st record for Victoria Park
Broke my heart to find it like this...
DOR :-(