Resident Reptiles
She is one of the original snakes kept here at the State Park. She is known for her feistiness and great appetite.
Who is Luna?
The state bird of Georgia.
What is a Brown Thrasher?
This is a type of wetland ecosystem where water covers the ground for long periods of time. It is dominated by herbaceous plants, such as grasses, reeds, and sedges.
What is marsh?
This is a favorite campfire treat made using marshmallows, chocolate, and graham crackers.
What is a s'more?
This is a colored mark painted intermittently along the trail to mark the trail. They are often 2 inches wide by 6 inches long and located on trees.
What is a blaze?
She is a rescue from the Georgia Reptile Society. Although she is missing a leg, that doesn't slow her down.
Who is Patsy?
This is another name for a bird of prey.
What are raptors?
Coastal Georgia has two high and two low ones of these each day.
What are tides?
These are rated with different temperatures so that campers will know they will be warm enough while they sleep at night.
What is a sleeping bag?
This is the number of miles of hiking trails at Skidaway Island State Park.
What is six?
He is the oldest snake kept at the State Park. People mistake him for a Copperhead.
Who is Fritter?
This is what really serious birders call a species that they have seen and identified in the wild for the very first time in their life.
What is a life bird?
This refers to water with a salinity in between freshwater and ocean water.
What is brackish?
Campers at some parks store food and other scented items in containers specially designed to be un-openable by these.
What are bears?
This is a well-known hiking trail that runs 2193 miles from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
This species of snakes can be found all over the state of Georgia and have different color variations.
What is a rat snake?
The male and female of the same species have different physical characteristics such as size or coloration. This occurs in most animals and plants.
What is sexual dimorphism?
This mammal can sometimes be seen from the park in Skidaway Narrows surfacing for air.
What are dolphins?
This is the one season not included in the 3 seasons of a 3-season tent.
What is winter?
Experienced hikers will tell you to avoid clothing out of this material because it does not hold warmth when wet.
What is cotton?
Names of four of our resident reptiles in the Interpretive Center.
Who are Fritter, Scarlet, Mystery, Luna, Sol, Albino, Slate, Severus, Gucci, Obsidian, Ratigan, Poe, Patsy, Syd, Darling, Penelope, Pierre, and Phipps?
This trail is a collection of sites along Georgia's coast where visitors can find excellent birding and also interesting historical sites.
What is the Colonial Coast Birding Trail?
This is the nickname given to the marsh because so many marine species use the marsh during the early part of their life cycle.
What is the ocean's nursery?
This is a piece of material used over a tent to keep rain from getting into the tent.
What is a rain fly?
This angle is the deviation of a compass from true north.
What is declination?