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- November 20th, 2015, 7:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica '15, surfing crocs, bunches of Bothrops and more
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11177
Re: Costa Rica '15, surfing crocs, bunches of Bothrops and m
Josh, not permanently but I will be back and forth(possibly for extended periods). I am leaving this Thursday on a new tropical adventure, then back to Fl, then back to CR soon after
- November 19th, 2015, 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica '15, surfing crocs, bunches of Bothrops and more
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11177
Re: Costa Rica '15, surfing crocs, bunches of Bothrops and m
Thank you for the replies! Kyle, the great whites were actually very calm and not the least bit aggressive, it was a lot of fun. bgorum that seal shot was one of my favorites too! Chris, as you know those snakes can be just awful to photograph, I took that shot before touching it and the ensuing mad...
- November 16th, 2015, 11:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica '15, surfing crocs, bunches of Bothrops and more
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11177
Costa Rica '15, surfing crocs, bunches of Bothrops and more
I spent the two months of September and October on the central Pacific coast of Costa Rica working on a crocodile conservation project, and was able to get a little bit of herping in on my free time. I have realistically done more herping on a one week trip than this 2 month period since almost all ...
- September 16th, 2014, 12:15 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica Inverts
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3347
Costa Rica Inverts
Costa Rica Invertebrates Hello all, I wanted to share some photos of some of the invertebrates I have encountered over my last 5 trips to Costa Rica. Considering I know next to nothing about identifying invertebrates in this area, this will be a lot of photos with very little commentary or descripti...
- September 16th, 2014, 7:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Re: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
There's too much to give a thoughtful comment on here. This looks like you had a great time. Are you taking special precautions with your camera gear? BTW you are just killing it with the closeups. The King Vulture, wow I have wanted to see one for so long. The herpetofauna was great I am going to ...
- September 8th, 2014, 8:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Chameleon exploration
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8934
Re: Chameleon exploration
Isn't this information open to the public? If you google a little more... Eddmaps gives specific locations for all kinds of exotics. I wouldn't be surprised if this information is out dated as populations seem to disappear and pop up in other areas. Yeah... I don't think you're gonna find any in th...
- September 8th, 2014, 11:42 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Touch-me-not Stick Insect (E. nolimetangere)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4723
- September 8th, 2014, 11:42 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Florida Invertebrates
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6271
Re: Florida Invertebrates
Did you find any guiana striped scorpions in south Florida and the keys? Those fellas are in the top 10 on my life list for Florida inverts. I have not, or at least if I have I didnt know it from a hentz! I had no idea they were here, interesting to know! I enjoy photographing inverts but am pretty...
- September 4th, 2014, 10:48 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Florida Invertebrates
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6271
Re: Florida Invertebrates
Thanks!! They're photogenic little guys.LouB747 wrote:Great stuff. Love the dragonfly pics. The eyes look so cool.
- September 3rd, 2014, 6:45 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Florida Invertebrates
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6271
Florida Invertebrates
Hello all, I am not an entomologist but do enjoy photographing all manner of creepy crawlies. I wanted to share some of my Florida invertebrate photography over the years, and do my best at identification but corrections and comments are welcome. I'm posting them in no real order, chronologic or oth...
- September 3rd, 2014, 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hypermelanistic Gopher Tortoise
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3073
Re: Hypermelanistic Gopher Tortoise
I see ones like this all the time, not unusual or uncommon at all.
- August 23rd, 2014, 2:28 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Tropical Spiders!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4078
Re: Tropical Spiders!!!
Wow, exceptionally clear photos!
- August 23rd, 2014, 2:27 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Colorful Tropical Bugs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3803
Re: Colorful Tropical Bugs
Great photography! I especially like that tiger beetle, they can be difficult
- June 7th, 2014, 8:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Re: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
By the way, the weird looking homopterans sure look like Derbidae to me. I see something similar in Malaysia except the Malaysian species carry "tusks". Fantastic again, Christopher! Love White Hawks and King Vultures. The Osa is just such a fantastic place. I spent 5 weeks there way back...
- June 7th, 2014, 9:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10056
Re: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
Awesome photos! I can't even comprehend how you even went about taking those underwater shots of the gators, let alone how you mustered the courage for that. Truly impressive - I'll have to make a point of spending a weekend down near Big Cypress and the Everglades once it gets cooler this year. Th...
- June 7th, 2014, 9:27 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Mojave Desert
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8845
Re: The Mojave Desert
Awesome! Great job, and great photos
- June 6th, 2014, 1:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica Herping, 2012.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3252
Costa Rica Herping, 2012.
Costa Rica February 2012 In 2012 I made two trips to Costa Rica in February and again in May. These trips focused around my involvement in working with American crocodiles at the wonderful Si Como No resort. This amazing resort is right outside Manuel Antonio National Park and has dedicated a large ...
- June 6th, 2014, 8:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A few frogs from Selangor, Malaysia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4601
Re: A few frogs from Selangor, Malaysia
Great photography!
- June 6th, 2014, 8:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Re: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
Excellent photos. I would've let nature take her course with the croc and the dogs though. Dogs loose on the run is never a good thing anywhere as they'll attack and eat not just birds and mammels but herps as well. Craig And that's funny about the wild dogs, I was in Ecuador on a surf trip a while...
- June 2nd, 2014, 9:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10056
Re: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
Yeah Lloyd we should try to shoot for it!Lloyd Heilbrunn wrote:Chris, I know you usually work weekends when I can get out, but maybe with daylight savings we could meet after you get out of work one Saturday.
- June 2nd, 2014, 8:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Re: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
WOW this is some insane stuff! Been looking at the golfo dulce area to visit. I was hoping that you had gotten into the gulf to find some yellow belly sea snakes. We tried!! We thought it'd be as easy as heading down and just renting a boat on the last day, no luck! We tried walking the shores/tida...
- June 1st, 2014, 9:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rough Green capturing a spider...link to my youtube video.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2559
- June 1st, 2014, 8:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: LA TX NM AZ CA NV - roadtrip 2014
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6106
Re: LA TX NM AZ CA NV - roadtrip 2014
Great job Jeroen! Looks like a great time, beautiful photos! And no one got bit by a coral snake!
- June 1st, 2014, 7:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Israel in 60 Hours – or No Sleep till B... en Gurion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7024
Re: Herping Israel in 60 Hours – or No Sleep till B... en Gu
Wow! Great work in short time, that is unbelievable you found so much with so little time. I, of course, love the Cerastes cerastes, that must be so amazing to see in the wild! Thanks for sharing
- June 1st, 2014, 7:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Re: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
Both noted, thanks!Jeff wrote:I agree with Chris -- the Liophis is Ninia maculata,
and the juvenile Dendrophidion is a Mastigodryas melanolomus
These are noted for purposes of records only --- the photography and variety are spectacular.
Jeff
- June 1st, 2014, 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Re: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
I've been thinking about that since I first visited!LouB747 wrote:Wow. Awesome post. Great photos. Makes me want to move down there.
Thanks Mike!
- June 1st, 2014, 12:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica herping report, Osa
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20768
Costa Rica herping report, Osa
In furthering my effort of "catching up" after my FHF absence, here is a report from a trip to the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica back in 2011. After this I have to do Costa Rica 2012 and 2013! On this trip I was with my good friend Mario, we have been friends for years and have worked togeth...
- May 31st, 2014, 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10056
Re: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
Chris, we've had some fun hanging out and herping with you when we've been down. Kevin, Nate, and I were saddened by not being able to make the trip last year, but we'll definitely try again in the future. And I think the vine snake you snagged that night (which, by the way, was one of the all-time...
- May 30th, 2014, 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10056
Re: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
Thanks Josh, yeah I find a lot of cool herps while on location for filming, but thats in real time so its not filmed lol. The newts were all underwater and pretty small, I think the same as you're saying. Thanks captainjack0000 Thanks Asnyder, I love using fill flash in the day, I know a lot of peop...
- May 30th, 2014, 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Guyana snakes- a photolog
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21384
Re: Guyana snakes- a photolog
I know I have plenty more Melanosuchus shots but that seems to be the only one that I have posted to Flickr. I just get so behind it seems like. I've seen a ton of adults down there, this individual was seen every night that we were at this particular site, coming in to dine on the fish carcasses. ...
- May 30th, 2014, 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Guyana snakes- a photolog
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21384
Re: Guyana snakes- a photolog
I've been to Peru 4 times, looks like I need to catch up! I need to post my last Peru trip on here as well haha. I would love to go to Guiana though, looks like you have a great time out there! 3 durissus, man I am jealous. I also LOVE the melanosuchus in your other post, I have caught a few babies ...
- May 30th, 2014, 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Guyana snakes- a photolog
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21384
Re: Guyana snakes- a photolog
Wow, absolutely mind blowing assortment of snakes! Excellent work, how long were you there for? I have spent a bit of time in amazonion Peru and found a fair amount of the same animals but am extremely jealous of the Lachesis and durissus. Looks like an amazing time, and great photography to boot!
- May 30th, 2014, 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10056
Re: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
Mark I have only picked up a few scolopendra, pretty much like pinning a snake, and have not been tagged by one *knock on wood*. I dont make a habit out of either activity though lol.
Thanks Mike and Soulsurvivor!
Thanks Mike and Soulsurvivor!
- May 29th, 2014, 7:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10056
Florida herping, catching up after my FHF absence
Hello fellow herpers, it has been quite a while since I posted on the forum, somehow life became a little busy and facebook a little easier to post on, but you really lose the sense of community the forum gives you with viewpoints from like minded and similarly interested folks. Thankfully I've had ...
- August 4th, 2012, 7:22 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: PHOTO ESSAY - August 1 - August 15 - Herps as Art
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5622
- July 27th, 2012, 5:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida 2011 highlights part 1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5236
Re: Florida 2011 highlights part 1
Thanks for the positive replies! Dave S-the first I had ever found down here was JUST hit right in front of me, gravid female writhing with eggs across the road...its a heartbreaker for sure. Dave, I loved the mud covered gator too, it was comical but you felt for him, knowing the water wouldnt last...
- July 25th, 2012, 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida 2011 highlights part 1
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5236
Florida 2011 highlights part 1
Hello all, some of you may remember my posts from a year or two ago, when I used to post often on here, but recently life has gotten in the way of things and I have regressed to lurker status here on the forum, not really having much time to be able to post things between work and filming. Someone m...
- April 24th, 2012, 9:13 am
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Some tiger beetles
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2267
Re: Some tiger beetles
Phenomenal shots, what was your camera set up??? And yeah, how'd you get them to sit still?!
- April 19th, 2011, 6:25 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Suicide by Herp?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2557
Re: Suicide by Herp?
we need a like buttonAlex wrote:Hahaha I find it funny that crocodiles infest rivers, as if they lived their lives else were. Carful with those bat infested caves. And those bird infested trees.
- April 16th, 2011, 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First US herping trip - Everglades National Park april 2011
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7512
Re: First US herping trip - Everglades National Park april 2
You guys were extremely successful! Glad I could help out where I could, it was a pleasure. You found in a few days stuff that would make many locals I know very jealous!
- April 8th, 2011, 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Western Ghats. Agumbe, Land of the king
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7806
Re: Western Ghats. Agumbe, Land of the king
Great post, but by God you have to have more shots of that king and spectacled, put them up!!!
- April 8th, 2011, 9:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snakes Survival after Being Run Over
- Replies: 39
- Views: 33575
Re: Snakes Survival after Being Run Over
I watched a burm(6-7ft) get completely ran over by a big truck with a trailer and boat attatched in the oncoming lane before I could get to it. Totally smashed by all the truck tires and trailer with boat, it was still trying to get away after that so I grabbed it, it still put up a fight with blood...
- April 7th, 2011, 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South Florida 3/25 - 4/03, 2011
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8117
Re: South Florida 3/25 - 4/03, 2011
Great to meet up with ya doc!! Glad you had a good trip down and I could help you nail that target, hope to see you again!
- March 27th, 2011, 7:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How does it work?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1936
Re: How does it work?
I need to count how many people have said something similar...I thought you were wearing a big yellow rubber nose!
- March 27th, 2011, 10:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How does it work?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1936
Re: How does it work?
Dan, how about just filming me doing some cobra "charming"?
- March 27th, 2011, 9:10 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herp & sky landscape pic thread
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6474
Re: Herp & sky landscape pic thread
Everyone posts pics of snakes in hand with a sky background, Tim posts crucified mummy herps...I love it
- March 8th, 2011, 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Varanus niloticus
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4093
Re: Varanus niloticus
I was considering this one too, I think it would work as well. Tie a mouse on the endCrimson King wrote:I think someone could "fish" for them successfully. Seriously, using a fishing rod and a lure of sorts. I heard of a local that did just that with a plug on his baitcaster....
:Mark
- March 7th, 2011, 8:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Varanus niloticus
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4093
Re: Varanus niloticus
I would LOVE to wander cape coral with my .22 and see if I can bag one, but somehow I dont think the locals would appreciate my open fire in the back of their mansions. I have found seven as my best I think in one day there, all seen for a slpit second before they explode out, two of which I may hav...
- March 7th, 2011, 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some Pearl Island Boas...
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8502
Re: Some Pearl Island Boas...
Awesome man. And I didnt cringe at the pics, some were even really good!
- March 7th, 2011, 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China 2005-2009 REDUX
- Replies: 93
- Views: 21105
Re: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China 2005-2009
I like both theories
I've heard the same aggressive at night, passive by day behaviour is exhibited in Lachesis...but I still haven't seen one in the wild so dont know
I've heard the same aggressive at night, passive by day behaviour is exhibited in Lachesis...but I still haven't seen one in the wild so dont know