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- January 8th, 2021, 5:53 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Need day old pinkys in SF South Bay Area
- Replies: 2
- Views: 101
- December 23rd, 2020, 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 'Twas the night before herping
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17051
Re: 'Twas the night before herping
Merry Christmas Brian.
Cheers to all, regardless of your seasonal holidays.
Cheers to all, regardless of your seasonal holidays.
- December 12th, 2020, 11:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Disease in Wild Green Anoles?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 430
Re: Disease in Wild Green Anoles?
Also, I recieved a comment from a person who has a bit more experience in such things, and he graciously commented: Yes, this looks like an individual parasitized by sarcophagid fly larvae as well. You can see the small hole with black bordering that is typical of this. They also sometimes have some...
- December 11th, 2020, 5:10 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Disease in Wild Green Anoles?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 430
Re: Disease in Wild Green Anoles?
Was the overnight temp below freezing?
The black spot behind the eye was typical in central Florida when they were caught by a sudden, freezing cold snap and died.
The black spot behind the eye was typical in central Florida when they were caught by a sudden, freezing cold snap and died.
- December 7th, 2020, 4:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Etymology of snake genera
- Replies: 12
- Views: 352
Re: Etymology of snake genera
Gotcha
Maybe a help:
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
ISBN-13: 978-0874840537
ISBN-10: 0874840538
Maybe a help:
Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
ISBN-13: 978-0874840537
ISBN-10: 0874840538
- December 7th, 2020, 4:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Etymology of snake genera
- Replies: 12
- Views: 352
Re: Etymology of snake genera
Are you looking for the synonyms over the years like? https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Gonyosoma&species=oxycephalum or how the herpetologist decided on a particuar genus name? or the Greek or Latin origins of the genus name? This may help also: https://www.iczn.org/the-code/the-i...
- November 27th, 2020, 5:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South Florida
- Replies: 3
- Views: 353
Re: South Florida
even a few loose alien species is quite exciting for me. SE Florida = nothing but alien species. Just being out of the hotel you will most likely see Brown Anoles, Peters's Rock Agama ( Agama picticauda ), Brown Basilisk ( Basiliscus vittatus ) especially around canals, Northern Curly-tailed Lizard...
- November 25th, 2020, 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2020 EOY Report - Arizona
- Replies: 14
- Views: 765
Re: 2020 EOY Report - Arizona
All super...
Especially the "in situ" shots.
The C. molossus in the tree was special.
Especially the "in situ" shots.
The C. molossus in the tree was special.
- November 25th, 2020, 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South Florida
- Replies: 3
- Views: 353
Re: South Florida
Do you have any specific areas of South Florida (SW, SE, Central, extreme south, keys, etc.) or any specific target species?
- October 28th, 2020, 5:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 75+ species in 5 square miles
- Replies: 2
- Views: 391
Re: 75+ species in 5 square miles
WOW!.. Just WOW!
- October 23rd, 2020, 7:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 720
- October 22nd, 2020, 2:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 720
Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
A DOR is a herp that is "Dead On Road".
Yes there are AORs
Yes there are AORs
- October 20th, 2020, 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 720
Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
I've not witnessed live ophiophagous behavior in Cottonmouths but have occasionally found water snakes in the gut of DORs. From the 1907 edition of The Reptile Book by Raymond L. Ditmars where he describes herping in a swamp in South Carolina during a drought : “The drying up of the water appeared i...
- October 17th, 2020, 7:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wisconsin Bullsnake observations 2020
- Replies: 6
- Views: 694
Re: Wisconsin Bullsnake observations 2020
Very impressive pics and animals
- October 17th, 2020, 7:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 603
Re: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
More good stuff, Mike.
Jeff, any idea of their decline in LA?
Jeff, any idea of their decline in LA?
- October 17th, 2020, 7:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wisconsin turtle observations 2020
- Replies: 1
- Views: 228
Re: Wisconsin turtle observations 2020
Excellent glimpses of our northern turtles
- October 14th, 2020, 11:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake Road and Surrounding Area October 3-9
- Replies: 2
- Views: 373
Re: Snake Road and Surrounding Area October 3-9
Excellent, Tim.
Worthy of the best SR post we've seen.
Addition of all things nature, not only herps, gives the meal extra seasoning.

Worthy of the best SR post we've seen.
Addition of all things nature, not only herps, gives the meal extra seasoning.




- October 10th, 2020, 9:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
- Replies: 20
- Views: 941
Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
You and I.....
And I'm not sure about you!

PM sent
And I'm not sure about you!



PM sent
- October 6th, 2020, 7:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
- Replies: 20
- Views: 941
Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Many herp faceted interests used this as a central place for cussing and discussing. It was entertaining, enlightening and brought together research folks, hobby herpers, delicup herpers, etc. Facebook seriously impacted this by separating the groups, enabling like thinkers to consolidate. Final nai...
- October 4th, 2020, 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
- Replies: 20
- Views: 941
Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Perfect...
Let us know when all is finished.
Let us know when all is finished.
- October 4th, 2020, 8:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
- Replies: 20
- Views: 941
Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Be interesting to preview a sample, Hans.
Keep us posted when all is complete.
Keep us posted when all is complete.
- September 4th, 2020, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Amen Brother
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3962
Re: Amen Brother
Scott,
I know we've gotten pretty lean with herp tales, but this load of crap needs to go to board line.
This country is so great where everyone has the right to believe what they want, but not dump it on this section of the forum.
I know we've gotten pretty lean with herp tales, but this load of crap needs to go to board line.
This country is so great where everyone has the right to believe what they want, but not dump it on this section of the forum.
- September 4th, 2020, 2:35 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: God is an octopus 🐙
- Replies: 5
- Views: 748
Re: God is an octopus 🐙
Scott,
I know we've gotten pretty lean with herp tales, but this load of crap needs to go to board line.
This country is so great where everyone has the right to believe what they want, but not dump it on this section of the forum.
I know we've gotten pretty lean with herp tales, but this load of crap needs to go to board line.
This country is so great where everyone has the right to believe what they want, but not dump it on this section of the forum.
- September 2nd, 2020, 6:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Golden Guide
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1458
Re: Golden Guide
Jeff In several professional correspondences with Hobart Smith Hobart Smith was apparently a real human. I wrote a letter to him in Ubana in 1958 and he responded to this nobody, 10 year old, 1500 miles away. Reflecting on these years later, I was impressed that this Professor/Author took the time. ...
- August 31st, 2020, 11:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Golden Guide
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1458
Re: Golden Guide
herper1:
Maybe you had to be in a certain location or financial group, but the "golden" was the start for me also, then Pope and Ditmars from the library, and the coveted 1958 edition of the Conant Field Guide...I think most of our love of herps started from this book.
- July 30th, 2020, 6:37 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I-10 Chronicles
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3525
Re: I-10 Chronicles
Jimi:
I turned into a "camping" wus in old age and now my wife and I use this:
Yup.Good to hear from you. I had to chuckle at your discovery that tent camping in the SE USA in July is f*ckin rugged. I got my ass handed to me in the Boy Scouts. Taught me good. Ha ha ha.
I turned into a "camping" wus in old age and now my wife and I use this:
- July 30th, 2020, 6:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I-10 Chronicles
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3525
Re: I-10 Chronicles
Dave, Glad you got to make your trip, considering our national state of health siege. You know this in your home area, even a less successful trip; you learn things about areas you haven't experienced. Then there are the side experiences of non herp discoveries. Plan another. PS I've herped the Big ...
- July 19th, 2020, 4:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Possible Country Records for the US
- Replies: 193
- Views: 98474
Re: Possible Country Records for the US
On the subject of GPS
A very useful phone APP we use in the east, but probably works out west, is "HUNTSTAND".
It's useful because it can show who's land you are on.
A very useful phone APP we use in the east, but probably works out west, is "HUNTSTAND".
It's useful because it can show who's land you are on.
- June 20th, 2020, 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I-10 Chronicles
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3525
Re: Future I-10 Chronicles
Smart man...
Especially that time of year.
Let us know how you do.
Especially that time of year.
Let us know how you do.
- June 20th, 2020, 10:00 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Paraguay : Herp guide or structure that can help
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1038
Re: Paraguay : Herp guide or structure that can help
Not much help here. I guess you've seen this: http://www.faunaparaguay.com/litherpetology.html I am obligated to say, as a Dad and Granddad, if you have no field guide going in, treat every snake as venomous, till you can verify no fangs forward or rear! In my life I've herped tropical zones that ha...
- June 20th, 2020, 4:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I-10 Chronicles
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3525
Re: Future I-10 Chronicles
Yes I know the mosquitoes are deadly this time of year in the Glades but I'll have to deal with it.Yes I know the mosquitoes are deadly this time of year in the Glades but I'll have to deal with it. Worse yet in some areas of Florida, especially around mangroves, are the No-see-ums (biting midgies,...
- June 7th, 2020, 6:41 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Climate change revisited
- Replies: 173
- Views: 131456
Re: Climate change revisited
On Harper August 2015 Leading climate-sceptic academic, Professor William Happer, agreed to write a report for a Middle Eastern oil company on the benefits of CO2 and to allow the firm to keep the source of the funding secret. In emails to reporters he also revealed Peabody Energy paid thousands of ...
- June 7th, 2020, 6:37 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Climate change revisited
- Replies: 173
- Views: 131456
Re: Climate change revisited
Richard, know that I have utmost respect for your work on herpetology, but that doesn’t just transfer automatically to other subjects. Hoyer: Now I can foresee individuals using the same tiresome ploy of indicating that CFACT is funded by conservatives, the fossil fuel industry, etc. thereby dismiss...
- June 2nd, 2020, 5:13 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Climate change revisited
- Replies: 173
- Views: 131456
Re: Climate change revisited
$$$$$$$$ Dr. Richard S. Lindzen ( b. February 8, 1940) is the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology[1] He is funded by fossil fuel interests, such as Peabody Coal.[2] Lindzen is perhaps best know...
- June 1st, 2020, 5:21 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Climate change revisited
- Replies: 173
- Views: 131456
Re: Climate change revisited
$$$$$$$$ Hmmm $$$$$$$ Jimi, IMHO, I think you're being too hard on these speakers and bloggers. Just like the 90+ % of independent scientists who are concerned with the negative aspects of climate change, these naysayers are just ordinary people who are motivated only by their strong beliefs, nothin...
- May 25th, 2020, 5:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End of Decade Post: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2444
Re: End of Decade Post: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica
Thanks for that one, Mike.
You brought back some of the forum quality from yesteryear!
You brought back some of the forum quality from yesteryear!
- May 17th, 2020, 12:59 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Putting the blame on Asian Wet Markets and Covid-19
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1576
Re: Putting the blame on Asian Wet Markets and Covid-19
Interestingly, he's also an extremely strong advocate of climate change. This is consistent with the "make money on fear" ideology. What he truly thinks, and what he is right or wrong about, we may never know. There's allot of "tell folks what they want to hear, sincere or not, for alternate gains"...
- May 17th, 2020, 8:20 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Putting the blame on Asian Wet Markets and Covid-19
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1576
Re: Putting the blame on Asian Wet Markets and Covid-19
We don't seem to know conclusively where this damn thing came from yet, but be cautious of anyone overtly or subtly trying to answer, who isn't on the front line. If you agree or not, always follow the money to verify the source: Like a political party that seems to be full of folks who value money ...
- April 25th, 2020, 9:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Houston, late April RFI
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1937
- April 24th, 2020, 6:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Houston, late April RFI
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1937
Re: Herping Houston, late April RFI
Chris;
Just some additional candy in the SHNF:Further north still, you get into the Sam Houston National Forest. It can be like finding a needle in a haystack, but you get into timber rattlesnake and pygmy rattlesnake habitat.
- April 18th, 2020, 7:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rought night for peepers: predation by a turtle, bullfrog and beetle.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1556
Re: Rought night for peepers: predation by a turtle, bullfrog and beetle.
Okay, Mike,
Those are great. Capturing each is a "National Geographic" moment.
Those are great. Capturing each is a "National Geographic" moment.
- April 17th, 2020, 12:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Everglades National Park in the rain
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7801
- April 14th, 2020, 12:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some Florida nemesis species
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2981
Re: Some Florida nemesis species
Florida doesn't require any license, Dave, unless you are selling Florida natives. Some restrictions on venomous; permit required for collecting. No touching endangered, threatened, species of special concern, conditional reptiles, or otherwise regulated species. from FWC: https://myfwc.com/license/...
- April 14th, 2020, 7:17 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1948
Re: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge
AEthelred: “I am not a professional scientist by any means and maybe it's just coincidence that there are similarities between snake species of eastern Asia and North America..” First, a disclaimer: My thoughts here are those of an interested lay person. My formal zoological training was many, many ...
- April 12th, 2020, 6:03 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1948
Re: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge
I understand why you may think the land bridge was a factor, but, IMHO , it doesn’t seem likely; timing doesn’t seem to match up. According to ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA, “about 80 million years ago , North America separated from Europe, Australia began to rift away from Antarctica, and India broke awa...
- April 4th, 2020, 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lower Coastal Plain Pine Snakes Advice?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13147
Re: Lower Coastal Plain Pine Snakes Advice?
Though I have found a pine under cover, it was half raised tin not tight to the ground, like you may expect an EDB . In North Carolina I had a "Kauffeld" day in early June with an overcast, warm day with high humidity and hiked up a couple males out cruising. Many Oak Toads were also out. One of the...
- March 18th, 2020, 5:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some Florida nemesis species
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2981
Re: Some Florida nemesis species
Hey, Tom,
PM sent.
I the area in the PM most Corals were found on the crawl in Oct / Nov; males hunting females (about 70%), and about 30% in spring under cover and crawling early AM.
PM sent.
I the area in the PM most Corals were found on the crawl in Oct / Nov; males hunting females (about 70%), and about 30% in spring under cover and crawling early AM.
- February 22nd, 2020, 5:50 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Spidering around Kolkata, E.India !
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3347
Re: Spidering around Kolkata, E.India !
Super cool post, even to us who are "arachnid challenged". :thumb: :thumb: Besides the wonderful photography, I couldn't help be be impressed of the long, carefully searching hours it must have taken to accumulate all these. I'm totally really impressed with the fact that you even found the "bark lo...
- February 22nd, 2020, 5:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Not my board line
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3332
Re: Not my board line
You're a good herping person for even asking this question. Jimi pretty much hit the nail on the head. When forming your personal morality, I'd like to add two things to consider: 1. If you are harvesting, and not just observing, consider that someone else put in many hours and sweat putting the boa...
- December 14th, 2019, 11:27 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: appalachian salamander timing question
- Replies: 1
- Views: 931
Re: appalachian salamander timing question
Rainy nights in March are good here in east Tennessee, provided temps don't plummet to 30s. Night road cruising starts on rainy nights in January when temps stay above 40F for Spotteds. Streamside flipping can be year round in the right habitat. Night hikes are most comfortable on rainy nights April...