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- November 10th, 2019, 12:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Lonely" American terrapin in Europe, but which one? ID?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5202
Re: "Lonely" American terrapin in Europe, but which one? ID?
Looks like T. s. s. to me
- April 4th, 2019, 10:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: [Video] - Send Diego 2k19 - Spring Break Herping
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4229
Re: [Video] - Send Diego 2k19 - Spring Break Herping
Nice vid, I enjoyed it. That is a full on adult boa, nice one too. Good job!
- January 4th, 2019, 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8701
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Interesting read. A lot of conclusions made based on one sided lineage. It would appear based on that study that quite possibly X. acanthognathus may be deemed invalid and/or the white/yellowish nape be more prevalent in X. shaeferi. In any case, to have found something that has rarely been observed...
- January 4th, 2019, 9:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8701
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
I’ll check it out.
- January 3rd, 2019, 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8701
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Great post!
Question, what differentiates your Xenophidion schaeferi from Xenophidion acanthognathus?
Question, what differentiates your Xenophidion schaeferi from Xenophidion acanthognathus?
- November 30th, 2018, 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rubber Boas in Monterey County
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10844
Re: Rubber Boas in Monterey County
E-mail sent.
- October 24th, 2018, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Desert lions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 26653
Re: Desert lions
I saw one at the enterance to Whitewater years ago. I pulled in and a group were spotlighting it going up the hill. Pretty cool to see. When I say years ago it was about twenty or more.
- October 23rd, 2018, 11:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ID help - New Jersey
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11092
Re: ID help - New Jersey
Hatchling to yearling Black Ratsnake. No question.
- October 10th, 2018, 10:05 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Man dies from seasnake bite
- Replies: 2
- Views: 14576
Re: Man dies from seasnake bite
Perspective. Well done!
- May 26th, 2018, 1:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Mystery of the granted green Pseudacris
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8468
Re: The Mystery of the granted green Pseudacris
Because they do morph, the pseudacris, doesn’t a morph make.
- February 20th, 2018, 9:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: SoCal Catalog
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4279
- July 12th, 2017, 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
- Replies: 66
- Views: 44670
Re: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
When I was in the first or second grade. About four in a hundred people are colorblind, mostly males.Kelly Mc wrote:I wonder if Porter has a different ability to see colors - if a person can be color blind maybe the opposite is true.
When did you find out you were color blind?
- July 12th, 2017, 6:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
- Replies: 66
- Views: 44670
Re: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
Haven't noticed in any animals I've kept in the past where the opacity isn't evenly distributed pre-shed dulling the overall appearance of the snake. Certainly none of it in the eyes, and no pre-shed wrinkles noted. Still you could be right. I have noticed it early on in the process, that the opaci...
- July 11th, 2017, 6:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
- Replies: 66
- Views: 44670
Re: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
Haven't noticed in any animals I've kept in the past where the opacity isn't evenly distributed pre-shed dulling the overall appearance of the snake. Certainly none of it in the eyes, and no pre-shed wrinkles noted. Still you could be right.
- July 11th, 2017, 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
- Replies: 66
- Views: 44670
Re: Fluorescent CA Kingsnake
Porter beautiful Kingsnake. I see what you mean, the color does stand out brightly in contrast to it's base color, no question. As far as the color it looks somewhat green. That being said I'm colorblind so no doubt it's yellow, and very striking, it' pops. Kelly, I see the iridescence like appearan...
- May 25th, 2017, 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
Walking a shoreline checking fishing licenses involves checking people who are fishing or in possession of fishing gear. LE are not leaving fishing rods on the beech hoping someone picks one up and starts casting. Great analogy. Like I stated "While I don't necessarily disagree with you...&quo...
- May 24th, 2017, 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
Very edge of the their range I suspect, but certainly makes sense. Plenty of water in good years, not to mention the ponds on the other side of the crossing with fish. Interesting on the e-mail, never been approached in that manner. Been approached on the road with an obvious upper desert boa before...
- May 24th, 2017, 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
They are. Don't recall ever seeing one there.
I recall the enyo thread.
A friend found a pine snake there also.
I recall the enyo thread.
A friend found a pine snake there also.
- May 24th, 2017, 3:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
While I don't necessarily disagree with you (semantics I guess), FG is checking for licenses, no different than walking a shoreline checking fishing licenses, no baiting required...by them. It is more newsworthy to them to use this baiting scheme to promote that people are poaching wildlife rather t...
- May 24th, 2017, 3:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
Ha, well this turned into something that I haven't seen here in quite sometime. Reminds me of the old days of the forums.
As far as Species of Special Concern goes they have no legal status of protection so as long as you are otherwise legal, interact as you wish.
As far as Species of Special Concern goes they have no legal status of protection so as long as you are otherwise legal, interact as you wish.
- May 22nd, 2017, 11:37 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
No.
- May 19th, 2017, 1:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern California - Winter / Spring 2017
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5634
Re: Southern California - Winter / Spring 2017
I've always adored the night sky when in Borrego, nice shot. Thanks for sharing them all.
- May 18th, 2017, 4:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Large aggregation of painted turtles
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3119
Re: Large aggregation of painted turtles
Used to be a great place for waterfowl hunting back in the day.
- May 18th, 2017, 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
It's a Red spotted toad. Whitewater red spotted toads: http://www.fototime.com/5BD2A3BC8323E44/standard.jpg http://www.fototime.com/24583BA83E7FD02/standard.jpg http://www.fototime.com/035C10E836235A0/standard.jpg Here is one from either Arizona or the Kingstons, I don't recall and could be another ...
- May 16th, 2017, 11:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: whitewater
- Replies: 75
- Views: 67614
Re: whitewater
It's a Red Spotted Toad. Very common there.
- April 24th, 2017, 12:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A lizard with a blue spot
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2807
Re: A lizard with a blue spot
That looks like it's in the skin not on the skin. Most likely a scar. Looks more grey to me.
- April 9th, 2017, 9:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: turtle ID, Albuquerque, NM
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2284
Re: turtle ID, Albuquerque, NM
My guess is Trachemys scripta scripta, otherwise known as the Yellow Bellied Slider. A real old one.
- March 25th, 2017, 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Unusual behavior of amphibians
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5259
Re: Unusual behavior of amphibians
It's a male thing.
Interestingly, that looks like the same Salamandra infraimmaculata you posted on March 5th from your trip in Feb.
Interestingly, that looks like the same Salamandra infraimmaculata you posted on March 5th from your trip in Feb.
- March 24th, 2017, 10:49 pm
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Aquatic animal ID
- Replies: 20
- Views: 58906
Re: Aquatic animal ID
The long flipper is why I settled on Sea Lion also.
- March 23rd, 2017, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Aquatic animal ID
- Replies: 20
- Views: 58906
Re: Aquatic animal ID
Sea Lion most likely.
- March 19th, 2017, 9:51 pm
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Aquatic animal ID
- Replies: 20
- Views: 58906
Re: Aquatic animal ID
No way that's a harbor seal. The thing that gets me about this creature is the separation from body to fin. It's a funny angle to be sure but there is something about it that doesn't make sense, otherwise I would go with Orca. If that is a dorsal fin that would be the only animal I can think. The ot...
- February 27th, 2017, 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with ID from Thailand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2852
Re: Help with ID from Thailand
In all likelihood.Naja Bungarus wrote:Hi.
This is most likely a Oligodon sp., it's not the rice paddy snake
Out of curiosity where in Thailand was the picture taken?
- February 26th, 2017, 10:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with ID from Thailand
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2852
Re: Help with ID from Thailand
Possibly a Rice Paddy Snake.
- January 24th, 2017, 7:29 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Famed snake trackers from India latest weapon in Florida war
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20313
- January 21st, 2017, 10:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
That is true. Therein lies the rub.Kelly Mc wrote:Money is one epic anomaly that makes us different from everything else alive
- January 21st, 2017, 9:04 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
All respects. Humans are aberrant in almost every way in their relationship to other organisms and natural systems on the planet. We have willfully divorced ourselves from being a part of nature to being a super-parasite. I don't disagree with that statement (parasite) we are to some degree I suppos...
- January 20th, 2017, 9:35 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Glad I wasn't drinking something when I read that. In life, all life, there is a balance in nature required for it to perpetuate. If we as humans wish to determine what actions are necessary to prevent it's extinction and it's allowable take we have to have the objective data to support the actions ...
- January 14th, 2017, 9:48 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
How do you determine what's true without data?One camp wants to protect them, the other camp wants to use as many as they can for their own purposes, if we value some of our neurons more than others we wait for data while ignoring whats really true.
- January 12th, 2017, 4:29 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Thank you both. I have read some dialog as Ernie has pointed out and other reports over the years and there is it seems some contradictions to conclusions that have been made and the evidence to reach those conclusions. My interest in this is purely to get grasp what the documented data sets show. B...
- January 11th, 2017, 1:22 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Thanks Bryan. Ecology of fear was precisely the point. It seems logical that it would be a preservation of life mechanism. I'm sure we've all made a wrong turn at some point in our lives and instinctively knew we will never go there again. With animals the repeated "spook" effect by predat...
- January 10th, 2017, 5:10 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Naive, no. Complete understanding, no of course not. That's why I brought it up to learn and/or be convinced otherwise. It's the peoples responsibility to question government. I don't recall the premise being mentioned before or reading a study that specifically mentions it. Can you point me in the ...
- January 10th, 2017, 3:52 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Im wondering if what you are saying is that the actions of these are to blame for the snakes leaving an area and promoting the appearance that something else is to blame for their absence? That is the premise. If those doing the studies suggest that there is a population decline in a given study ar...
- January 10th, 2017, 1:29 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
If scientists were coming to my den site repeatedly, clipping my scale, drawing blood, tagging me, painting my tail...I would find another site to drop my litter too.
- January 9th, 2017, 11:06 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
I didnt mean to sound riled. But I have held alot of stuff back here in discussions, and I also have had my own interior reckonings. Im not overly enamored with our liberties as humans when it comes to animals. It is an unpopular and easily, rampantly critiqued view I have that I cant help after a ...
- January 9th, 2017, 11:04 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Fair enough. To prove your point I don't know that you didn't take that snake. I'll take your word that you didn't. You can assume it's happening, but to denigrate people with this rhetoric and/or implement regulation without evidence to properly define the problem you will have no idea if that reg...
- January 9th, 2017, 10:35 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Ive been privy to alot of things you havent. If you think Im going to get messy on Scotts site you're wrong. And yeah its free money when you steal something to sell. I have grown into the opinion that most of the time collecting animals in the wild is a form of stealing. Its also my business who I...
- January 9th, 2017, 9:19 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
We both know it's not free money. Quantify a lot of dirt bags involved with reptiles?Kelly Mc wrote:There are and has been alot of dirtbags involved with reptiles and they see reptiles in the wild as Free Money.
- January 9th, 2017, 7:45 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Meaning what exactly?
- January 9th, 2017, 7:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
There are no other vertebrate animals easier to capture, more convenient to conceal in silent compact storage for a significant time frame without care support. None. To not recognize how exploitable those factors are shows either denial or lack of insight. No one is questioning the ease of which t...
- January 9th, 2017, 7:04 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Poaching in Arizona
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25812
Re: Poaching in Arizona
Fair enough. To prove your point I don't know that you didn't take that snake. I'll take your word that you didn't. You can assume it's happening, but to denigrate people with this rhetoric and/or implement regulation without evidence to properly define the problem you will have no idea if that regu...