Excellent write-up, Kevin! Congrats to you and your colleagues on the new species!
-Mike
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- July 7th, 2022, 7:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: a new species of Kurixalus treefrog!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1344
- January 20th, 2016, 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post your 1 best photo from 2015!
- Replies: 61
- Views: 49386
Re: Post your 1 best photo from 2015!
I liked how this one turned out. Isla Santa Catalina in the Gulf of California, Baja Sur, Mexico. This Crotalus catalinensis was several feet off the ground and slowly making its way through a bush. We spent the night on the island and had the chance to observe a number of these snakes foraging in t...
- January 10th, 2016, 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thailand, december 2015. Khao Yai National Park and Jomtien
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9380
Re: Thailand, december 2015. Khao Yai National Park and Jomt
Wonderful shots of the vipers and the monitor!
-Mike
-Mike
- January 10th, 2016, 2:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 8, Southern Eyre Peninsula
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14908
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 8, Southern Eyre Peninsula
That was a field-herping juggernaut, John
- January 10th, 2016, 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Georgia (US) with The Orianne Society
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3749
- January 8th, 2016, 7:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 7, Northern Eyre Peninsula
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9858
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 7, Northern Eyre Peninsula
Male Peninsula Dragons are just so cool - really different and striking patterns and colors.
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 6, Wilpena Pound to Arkaroola to
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12471
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 6, Wilpena Pound to Arkarool
Wow, that King Brown!
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 5, Flinders Ranges National Park
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16127
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 5, Flinders Ranges National
Red-barred Dragons!
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 6:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 4, Adelaide to Flinders Ranges
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8207
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 4, Adelaide to Flinders Rang
Remarkable!
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 3, West MacDonnell Ranges
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7538
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 3, West MacDonnell Ranges
The Finke River looks like a great place to spend some time.
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 6:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 2, Alice Springs to Yulara
- Replies: 25
- Views: 16527
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 2, Alice Springs to Yulara
What can I say but congratulations?
Moloch, Strophurus, Nephrurus.... so cool.
-Mike
Moloch, Strophurus, Nephrurus.... so cool.
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 5:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Prelude and Part 1, Sydney area
- Replies: 21
- Views: 18972
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Prelude and Part 1, Sydney area
awesome - and this is just the hors d'oeuvres
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happy New Years from the Bay Area
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3600
Re: Happy New Years from the Bay Area
Some pics didn't load, but those Santa Cruz sallies are awesome!
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 4:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Andrea and Mike's 2015 Species Seen (xposted from NE Chapter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8719
Re: Andrea and Mike's 2015 Species Seen (xposted from NE Cha
Most excellent. I love-love-love the spotted salamander poking through the leaves
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 3:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: We're Not Out of The Woods Yet (TX,LA,MS,AL,FL): 2015 EOY
- Replies: 34
- Views: 31895
Re: We're Not Out of The Woods Yet (TX,LA,MS,AL,FL): 2015 EO
Holy crap, Kyle. I needed a cup of coffee and a pee-break to finish this epicness.
Dang.
Dang.
- January 8th, 2016, 2:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Flipping over 2015 (La, Tex, Miss, Ala, Fla. Co.) EOY
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6504
Re: Flipping over 2015 (La, Tex, Miss, Ala, Fla. Co.) EOY
awesome! Great pics - herp overload
-Mike
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sea Turtle Stranding Beach Patrol (Cape Cod, MA) - Xpost NE
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8129
Re: Sea Turtle Stranding Beach Patrol (Cape Cod, MA) - Xpost
This makes me wanna drive to the Atlantic and walk the beach.
If there's an Epic Post forum, this needs to end up there.
-Mike
If there's an Epic Post forum, this needs to end up there.
-Mike
- January 8th, 2016, 2:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: COMING SOON! - Field Herp Forum Radio
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5493
Re: COMING SOON! - Field Herp Forum Radio
Hey, cool! Can't wait to see how this goes.
-Mike
-Mike
- January 12th, 2015, 8:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Exploring Texas 2014: An East Texan forges new Trails (EOY)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13506
Re: Exploring Texas 2014: An East Texan forges new Trails (E
Thunderation! What else can I say? I miss that S. TX thornscrub. Is there anything better than a Texas Speckled King? Son of a gun. I challenge anyone to show me a prior picture of three coachwhips sitting pretty in a row like that. Holy cow. thanks for taking an entire week to put this thing togeth...
- January 10th, 2015, 11:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2013 and 2014 review. Slow years. CA, AZ, and a little St. L
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5255
Re: 2013 and 2014 review. Slow years. CA, AZ, and a little S
Awesome photos - the coral shots especially.
I liked the Cal King supper sequence! The one time I've seen that it was interrupted by a hominid
Good to meet you and your pup!
-Mike
I liked the Cal King supper sequence! The one time I've seen that it was interrupted by a hominid
Good to meet you and your pup!
-Mike
- January 10th, 2015, 11:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2014: Illinois, Missouri, and the Smokies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7803
Re: 2014: Illinois, Missouri, and the Smokies
Great post, Edward! Excellent photos.
I also have to go with the PKs as my favorites.
-Mike
I also have to go with the PKs as my favorites.
-Mike
- January 6th, 2015, 1:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18519
Re: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
thank you John! We're not terribly far apart - I'm sure we'll meet in the field someday. With a current temperature of 19 degrees and windchill at 4, I needed the hot stove. Thank you! Most of us have life lists of creatures we would like to find, but one of my life lists is the people that I would ...
- January 2nd, 2015, 8:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18519
Re: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
Thank you Lawrence - it was a pleasure meeting up with you and Luke and the rest of your local crew. Thanks so much for your hospitality and for letting us tag along on the survey. I won't soon forget those pools of newts in that small stream. -Mike Mike, you are an extraordinary herp magnet and pho...
- January 2nd, 2015, 8:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Andrea & Mike's 2014 Wrap-up - The Snakes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4285
Re: Andrea & Mike's 2014 Wrap-up - The Snakes
I love that shot of the yeller rat poking its head around the tree.
Heckuva snake year!
-Mike
Heckuva snake year!
-Mike
- January 1st, 2015, 2:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18519
Re: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
thanks for all the comments folks - much appreciated!
2014 was pretty pretty good - I'm hoping to at least match my efforts in 2015.
cheers, Mike
2014 was pretty pretty good - I'm hoping to at least match my efforts in 2015.
cheers, Mike
- January 1st, 2015, 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2014 Year in Review: IL, KS, MO, OK, TX
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8017
Re: 2014 Year in Review: IL, KS, MO, OK, TX
I dig the en flagrante snappers!
You got your Crotalus ornatus the same way I got mine, way back in the last century.
-Mike
You got your Crotalus ornatus the same way I got mine, way back in the last century.
-Mike
- December 28th, 2014, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18519
Re: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
thanks, Jim - that meeting was all too brief!JAMAUGHN wrote:Another year, another post-to-end-all-posts. That was spectacular. It was great to run into you in San Mateo Co., if only for a few minutes!
JimM
-Mike
- December 28th, 2014, 8:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18519
Re: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
doh! thanks for catching that!
-Mike
-Mike
Chad M. Lane wrote:Wow! Fantastic post! So many species! Thank you for taking the time to post this!
By the way you've got a Coast Gartersnake listed as a Mountain Gartersnake.
Cheers,
Chad
- December 27th, 2014, 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wet and wonderful Arizona 2014
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5065
Re: Wet and wonderful Arizona 2014
Dang it, AZ is so far away....
Nice to see one of my favorite beetles in there with the other cool stuff.
-Mike
Nice to see one of my favorite beetles in there with the other cool stuff.
-Mike
- December 26th, 2014, 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping, 2014
- Replies: 28
- Views: 18519
Hot Stove Herping, 2014
Time to drop a little stovage down the chimney. Herp love, with a ribbon and a bow. Where better to start than at the beginning (for those of you not familiar with hot stove herping, search this site for those three words). Winter would not let go of central Illinois this year. I kept an eye out fo...
- December 26th, 2014, 5:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2014 rocked! Florida, Illinois, Virginia, and good ol' Texas
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9526
Re: 2014 rocked! Florida, Illinois, Virginia, and good ol' T
Awesome! Nice year.
I don't think I've seen an aquatic hognose posted, ever.
That red-striped ribbon is a top-tier serpent!
thanks!
-Mike
I don't think I've seen an aquatic hognose posted, ever.
That red-striped ribbon is a top-tier serpent!
thanks!
-Mike
- December 26th, 2014, 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Can't Get Tired Yet" 2014 (EOY) Post
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5546
Re: "Can't Get Tired Yet" 2014 (EOY) Post
Excellent post! Some great photos in there. Hard to pick a favorite!
-Mike
-Mike
- December 26th, 2014, 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year in Review PLUS
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6159
Re: Year in Review PLUS
Pretty good year for 'incidental" herping!
Great natural history post, Mister B. You've got your eyes open.
-Mike
Great natural history post, Mister B. You've got your eyes open.
-Mike
- December 26th, 2014, 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Guyana-End of the Year wrap up (Warning LOTS OF IMAGES)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10248
Re: Guyana-End of the Year wrap up (Warning LOTS OF IMAGES)
Just wonderful! It's hard to top a Lachesis, but that Hypsiboas boans "nest" is an awesome thing to see.
Great photos - those little blackwater creeks really call to me
-Mike
Great photos - those little blackwater creeks really call to me
-Mike
- December 26th, 2014, 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 'Twas the night before herping
- Replies: 33
- Views: 33154
Re: 'Twas the night before herping
A classic!
-Mike
-Mike
- December 12th, 2014, 10:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My real 2014 year in review...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8075
Re: My real 2014 year in review...
I am right there with you. That shot is sick.chad ks wrote:If there was still a picture of the week...I would nominate your eastern coachwhip periscope shot in a heart beat. Great series, outstanding photography.
Great work, Santosh.
-Mike
- December 10th, 2014, 12:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Dream Come True in Borneo!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18966
Re: A Dream Come True in Borneo!
Totally awesome! Wow!
-Mike
-Mike
- December 10th, 2014, 11:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jumping on the year review bandwagon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4901
Re: Jumping on the year review bandwagon
Cool stuff, but the IL emoryi wins the trophy for me!
-Mike
-Mike
- December 10th, 2014, 11:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2014 in Photography (mainly Northern California)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 16656
Re: 2014 in Photography (mainly Northern California)
Wonderful. You've come such a long way in a short time. (No way I can pick a favorite!)
-Mike
-Mike
- October 27th, 2014, 8:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Morocco Herptrip 2014
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9916
Re: Morocco Herptrip 2014
Awesome trip report!
-Mike
-Mike
- March 11th, 2014, 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpmapper is operating
- Replies: 58
- Views: 25669
Re: Herpmapper is operating
So, you want me to find MORE work for you?So anyways yes, I hope to have herpers constantly scrutinizing the species list
-Mike
- February 26th, 2014, 1:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpmapper is operating
- Replies: 58
- Views: 25669
Re: Herpmapper is operating
HerpMapper hit the 25,000 record mark this week.
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- February 26th, 2014, 11:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Part Three of my year (2013) Fall finds!!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8816
Re: Part Three of my year (2013) Fall finds!!
Nice pics, Jeremy! Love the Redbelly shot mostest.
-Mike
-Mike
- February 26th, 2014, 11:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The worst thing thats happend to you while herping
- Replies: 215
- Views: 39980
Re: The worst thing thats happend to you while herping
¡Era la mayonesa del diablo!
azatrox wrote:
Since I last posted, I'll add roadside hotdogs in Mexico to the list of horrible herping experiences....
Montezuma's revenge is a real beotch and most unpleasant.
- Kris
- February 26th, 2014, 6:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Two days in Panama, pre-Peru
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7082
Re: Two days in Panama, pre-Peru
Swank hotels right next to the jungle - that ain't right!
Not bad for just a couple days, John! What a nice selection of critters.
The flashy flutterby - a Satyrid, Pierella sp. maybe P. helvetia.
cheers, Mike
Not bad for just a couple days, John! What a nice selection of critters.
The flashy flutterby - a Satyrid, Pierella sp. maybe P. helvetia.
cheers, Mike
- February 24th, 2014, 10:27 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Peru (with lots and lots o' photos)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22826
Re: Back to Peru (with lots and lots o' photos)
thanks!Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S00 ... ci_arttextMike Pingleton wrote:Any chance you can post the reference for the Oxyrhopus vanidicus /Oxyrhopus melanogenys split
-Mike
- February 23rd, 2014, 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Peru (with lots and lots o' photos)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22826
Re: Back to Peru (with lots and lots o' photos)
Sweet! THAT took a while to get through! :) Great shots, John. You guys saw a lot of great herps. Love those planiceps - spectacular specimens! One trip is far from enough. Two trips does not cover it all. Three trips... :) Any chance you can post the reference for the Oxyrhopus vanidicus /Oxyrhopus...
Re: Cat Gecko
awesome!
-Mike
-Mike
- February 17th, 2014, 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Best of the Midwest: My 2013 Year in Review
- Replies: 31
- Views: 16565
Re: The Best of the Midwest: My 2013 Year in Review
Most excellent. TWO timbers on a random SR visit? Dang dude.
-Mike
-Mike
- February 17th, 2014, 12:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping: 2013 EOY post
- Replies: 41
- Views: 27032
Re: Hot Stove Herping: 2013 EOY post
Jeroen, thanks so much for that link! And thanks for the comments, everyone. -Mike BTW, I believe your Ranitomeya duellmani is R. uakarii . The former is actually a name which has been placed in synonymy with R. ventrimaculata . To add to possible confusion, the more yellow-striped ventrimaculata mo...