I'm thankful for the shared opinions of experienced folk.Brendan wrote:A little late to the party but looks abyssus to me as well.
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- January 30th, 2016, 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rattlesnake ID
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4871
Re: Rattlesnake ID
- October 10th, 2015, 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Horned Lizard ID request
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10241
Re: Horned Lizard ID request
Interesting observations. From page 22: "The variability in morphology and color pattern noted in ornatum seems indicative of the postulated mixed ancestry of this form. It is generally accepted that introgressive hybridization is an important source of genetic variability for adaptive evolutio...
- October 8th, 2015, 3:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Horned Lizard ID request
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10241
Re: Horned Lizard ID request
It would be great to find an academic interested enough in this stuff, to get the funding and the students and the permits to actually challenge this purely-morphological arrangement with some molecular information. Info that's more current than just mtDNA. I guarantee numerous academics would be i...
- October 6th, 2015, 7:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rattlesnake ID
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4871
Re: Rattlesnake ID
Sounds like C. o. abyssus is the favored ID. Thanks, folks! And to clarify, Coyote Gulch is quite a bit north of the Paria drainage.
- October 6th, 2015, 7:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Horned Lizard ID request
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10241
Re: Horned Lizard ID request
Read the Montanucci paper to understand what his revision means regarding the composition of P. ornatissimum as currently understood. Figure 6 on page 24 provides distributions of the taxa.
- October 5th, 2015, 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Horned Lizard ID request
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10241
Re: Horned Lizard ID request
For clarification, P. ornatissimum does not occur in Utah. In the Navajo Res. area, however, individuals are supposedly hybrids between P. hernandesi and P. ornatissimum.
- October 4th, 2015, 9:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rattlesnake ID
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4871
- October 4th, 2015, 9:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Horned Lizard ID request
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10241
Re: Horned Lizard ID request
Montanucci recently published a taxonomic revision for this group (http://squamates.blogspot.com/2015/09/new-taxonomic-arrangement-for-short.html), and that has led to some changes in species numbers within Utah (e.g., P. brevirostris ). He also documents P. douglasii in Box Elder Co. http://i85.pho...
- June 12th, 2015, 2:24 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Anyone working with L.t.gigae
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3265
- July 3rd, 2014, 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first Western Groundsnake
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3109
Re: My first Western Groundsnake
There are records from Carbon and Uintah - is your hint Sanpete Co.? Never heard of them from there.
- May 26th, 2014, 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lizards Gallore
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2578
Re: Lizards Gallore
excellent photos and gorgeous animals.
- May 12th, 2014, 12:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: a few Zion National Park backcountry herps
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2130
Re: a few Zion National Park backcountry herps
yowza! the subway... so jealous.
- March 16th, 2014, 8:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Two species of garters are up in northern Utah.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1698
Re: Two species of garters are up in northern Utah.
nice find. very cool.
- December 4th, 2013, 10:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: If you were to go rediscover a Herp, which one would it be?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18451
Re: If you were to go rediscover a Herp, which one would it
Abronia mitchelli
Re: Toad ID
i'm on board with Anaxyrus microscaphus.
- June 7th, 2013, 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Utah herping
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2027
Re: Utah herping
Sagebrush lizard is the only Sceloporus in those parts.
- June 7th, 2013, 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Spadefoot species is this?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4124
Re: Which Spadefoot species is this?
S. intermontana has also been considered S. hammondii in the past. My guess is that the "S. hammondii" records west of the Colorado River refer to S. intermontana, but that is speculative, of course.
Confusing but interesting group of frogs.
Confusing but interesting group of frogs.
- June 7th, 2013, 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Spadefoot species is this?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4124
Re: Which Spadefoot species is this?
2a. seems to fit: low boss with a almost round paratoid. Where did you get your distributional info?
- June 6th, 2013, 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Spadefoot species is this?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4124
Re: Which Spadefoot species is this?
As far as I know, S. multiplicata is only known from San Juan County in Utah. While I'm no expert, I see no reason to think it's anything but S. intermontana. In which county was that found?
- June 2nd, 2013, 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South-central Utah (same as main forum) *updated
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5769
Re: South-central Utah (same as main forum)
i think this is quite a ways northeast of coral pink sand dunes.
- May 31st, 2013, 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South-central Utah (same as main forum) *updated
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5769
Re: South-central Utah (same as main forum)
Nice! Great photos. Love the insects, spadefoot, etc. Great stuff.
- April 1st, 2013, 4:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4721
Re: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?
i'd guess fence lizard...
- February 1st, 2013, 9:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wanted: elusive critters of the West
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3948
Re: Wanted: elusive critters of the West
i've found a couple utah lyres. now wish i would have appreciated them more at the time.
- November 5th, 2012, 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 1200 mi, 40 hrs, 1 lifer
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1946
Re: 1200 mi, 40 hrs, 1 lifer
That alligator lizard appears to be E. multicarinata rather than E. coerulea shastensis.
- September 18th, 2012, 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Couple Utah Lizard ID's?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2795
Re: Couple Utah Lizard ID's?
some great finds there. makes me jealous.
- September 12th, 2012, 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern Utah trips (pic heavy)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6103
Re: Southern Utah trips (pic heavy)
fun pics. were your iguanas actually in utah? what county were those spea from? also, i think that your s. graciousus and s. tristichus might both be u. stansburiana.
- August 28th, 2012, 10:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2012
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9179
Re: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2012
i think that the lizard on the road is likely a gravid female s. hunsakeri.
- August 13th, 2012, 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Couple Utah Lizard ID's?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2795
Re: Couple Utah Lizard ID's?
keep your eyes open for horny toads, too.
- August 11th, 2012, 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Couple Utah Lizard ID's?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2795
Re: Couple Utah Lizard ID's?
#s 1, 4, 6 & 7 appear to be uta stansburiana. #s 2 & 3 sceloporus undulatus. #5 urosaurus ornatus.
- May 31st, 2012, 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Southwestern Utah
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1775
Re: Herping in Southwestern Utah
small lizard is a baby desert spiny. the toad with the spade is likely the arizona toad, a. microscaphus. in what general area did you see the treefrogs?
- May 26th, 2012, 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Pygmy Short-horned lizard vocalization (REPOST)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1321
Re: Pygmy Short-horned lizard vocalization (REPOST)
me asusta, pero me gusta!
- October 22nd, 2011, 2:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Live Birth of Sidewinder in Utah
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3802
Re: Live Birth of Sidewinder in Utah
me asusta, pero me gusta!
very cool post.
very cool post.
- August 28th, 2010, 10:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Backpacking in Southern Utah
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4557
Re: Backpacking in Southern Utah
Any closer shots of the Crotaphytus? They look rather like C. bicinctores.
- July 28th, 2010, 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Texas Desmognathus Found
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2538
Re: Texas Desmognathus Found
that's a pretty exciting find. so.... who get's the dna?
Re: Toad ID
say! that's lovely!
- June 15th, 2010, 10:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Cold June Weekend in Eastern Nevada
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3994
Re: A Cold June Weekend in Eastern Nevada
I like your Phrynosoma and, of course, the L. pyromelana is awesome. Nice work.
- June 15th, 2010, 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A trip out WEST
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6662
Re: A trip out WEST
I love the Diadophis and Spea!
- June 15th, 2010, 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Guess what bit me
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6294
Re: Guess what bit me
Not Ridiculous. AWESOME!ALT wrote: Seriously, I have a scar from a Pygopod. Ridiculous.