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by erik loza
May 1st, 2011, 10:42 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: S. graciosus or S. occidentalis ??
Replies: 9
Views: 1776

Re: S. graciosus or S. occidentalis ??

Graciosus always look "smoother" to me than occidentalis, when eyeballing them from a distance.

This is totally non-scientific, just a gut reaction type of thing.
by erik loza
April 29th, 2011, 12:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping the past
Replies: 15
Views: 3808

Re: Herping the past

That is just awesome. Thanks for sharing.
by erik loza
April 29th, 2011, 11:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rattlesnake Myths
Replies: 57
Views: 14867

Re: Rattlesnake Myths

Yes, must be horsehair.

I think there is one about "if you kill its mate, it will come for you", or something like that.
by erik loza
April 29th, 2011, 10:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rattlesnake Myths
Replies: 57
Views: 14867

Re: Rattlesnake Myths

Just remembered this one: Rattlesnakes will not cross a rope laid on the ground.

Not sure if it was already mentioned.
by erik loza
April 28th, 2011, 12:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rattlesnake Myths
Replies: 57
Views: 14867

Re: Rattlesnake Myths

hocico de puerco

That is how the farmer whose pasture we were looking in, in Jalisco, referred to polystictus as.
by erik loza
April 28th, 2011, 11:32 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rattlesnake Myths
Replies: 57
Views: 14867

Re: Rattlesnake Myths

Crotalus wrote:Everywhere I've been "alicante" is Pituophis.
Ditto...

Coachwhip is "Chirrionera" and Crotalus is always "Cascabel" or "Vibora de Cascabel"
by erik loza
April 28th, 2011, 10:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Yes Virginia, South TX Looks Like a Giraffe
Replies: 21
Views: 4024

Re: Yes Virginia, South TX Looks Like a Giraffe

Thanks for the advice.
by erik loza
April 28th, 2011, 9:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Yes Virginia, South TX Looks Like a Giraffe
Replies: 21
Views: 4024

Re: Yes Virginia, South TX Looks Like a Giraffe

Well, most of my time has been spent in Jalisco. I live closer to the border now, so the MX border states are within driving distance and have always thought it would be interesting to explore Tamaulipas, for example. But I am aware of all the cartel violence, so thought I'd ask another herper their...
by erik loza
April 28th, 2011, 8:55 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Yes Virginia, South TX Looks Like a Giraffe
Replies: 21
Views: 4024

Re: Yes Virginia, South TX Looks Like a Giraffe

Out of curiosity, is it just NOT safe to go exploring in Mexico any longer due to cartel activities?
by erik loza
April 28th, 2011, 7:06 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rattlesnake Myths
Replies: 57
Views: 14867

Re: Rattlesnake Myths

Talusman wrote:Hot chicks have no interest in rattlesnakes.
Hahahahahaa....
by erik loza
April 27th, 2011, 1:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rattlesnake Myths
Replies: 57
Views: 14867

Re: Rattlesnake Myths

That the babies crawl into the mother's mouth for protection.

That it gets one button for every year of its life.

If it has a triangular head, it is a viper or rattlesnake.

They always rattle before they strike.

That the one he killed on his property was 7' long.
by erik loza
April 22nd, 2011, 9:31 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: --VIDEO-- Herp Nation LIVE, The Gift of Zonata - WATCH HERE!
Replies: 26
Views: 11839

Re: --VIDEO-- Herp Nation LIVE, The Gift of Zonata - WATCH H

Great stuff, Rick.

I love the cactus garden.
by erik loza
April 22nd, 2011, 9:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Costa Rica 2011, LOTS OF PHOTOS, ID help requested on frogs
Replies: 36
Views: 9259

Re: Costa Rica 2011, LOTS OF PHOTOS, ID help requested on fr

What fantastic photos, thanks for sharing.

Are you sure your Oxybelis is not actually a Parrot Snake (Leptophis)?
by erik loza
April 20th, 2011, 9:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malta
Replies: 14
Views: 2857

Re: Malta

Those wall lizards are out of this world.
by erik loza
April 17th, 2011, 6:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cal King pic
Replies: 13
Views: 2867

Re: Cal King pic

...If people gave out that kinda information on the forum Hubbs would be starving cause no one would need to buy his books :lol: Ummm.... There was a time when you could count the number of people who had caught and bred Blackbellies on one hand, and one of those fingers was "me". In fact...
by erik loza
April 17th, 2011, 6:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cal King pic
Replies: 13
Views: 2867

Re: Cal King pic

Mike Waters wrote:
erik loza wrote:Beautiful Cal Kings.

Where were these found?
central CA :roll:
What's with the eye-rolling thing?
by erik loza
April 17th, 2011, 8:59 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cal King pic
Replies: 13
Views: 2867

Re: Cal King pic

Beautiful Cal Kings.

Where were these found?
by erik loza
April 15th, 2011, 8:46 am
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: Invert forum?
Replies: 91
Views: 102842

Re: Invert forum?

Thank you! Now I can label that slide.
by erik loza
April 15th, 2011, 6:51 am
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: Invert forum?
Replies: 91
Views: 102842

Re: Invert forum?

Great idea for a topic. No expert on inverts, just enjoy photographing them... Centruroides margaretiferus : Tabasco, MX http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/erikloza/Inverts/Centruroidesmargeritiferus.jpg Pediodectes haldemani , devouring smaller katydid: Austin, TX http://i75.photobucket.com/alb...
by erik loza
April 13th, 2011, 6:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A good day out, my first NorCal lifer of the year.
Replies: 9
Views: 2227

Re: A good day out, my first NorCal lifer of the year.

That Legless is awesome.
by erik loza
April 12th, 2011, 11:35 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

All this back and forth reminded me of a blurb I heard on NPR, not too long ago. It was about some study linking child immunizations to autism. Apparently, there was (is?) a school of thought that vaccinations somehow caused this affliction in children. According to NPR, a medical school study debun...
by erik loza
April 11th, 2011, 4:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

I just wanted to know what a NV boa looks like... what makes them different. Seems like an odd thing to want to keep private, but it is what it is. Thanks for sharing what you have. Pretty much how I feel. That place is out in the middle of nowhere. It would take a lot of motivation to go spend tim...
by erik loza
April 10th, 2011, 4:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Hill Country Small Town Herping.
Replies: 30
Views: 6741

Re: Hill Country Small Town Herping.

It's been very dry and unseasonably hot so far. I'm sure that has something to do with it. We need to get some rain.
by erik loza
April 7th, 2011, 1:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sidewinder Relocation! Success Story
Replies: 34
Views: 4521

Re: Sidewinder Relocation! Success Story

Cannon wrote:...FYI - I just phoned the Dept of Fish and Game. I am awaiting a return call to ask them about this. I will let you guys all know what I find out.
Thanks.
I lived/herped in CA for 30 years and am thinking the answer will be "no". Regardless, you did the right thing.
by erik loza
April 7th, 2011, 12:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sidewinder Relocation! Success Story
Replies: 34
Views: 4521

Re: Sidewinder Relocation! Success Story

In my opinion, the issue of pathogens is more germaine to releasing animals that were in captivity for a while, where they could have exposed to exotic parasites via other pet snakes. When I lived in CA, there was a local "rattlesnake removal" guy who would relocate snakes miles away. What...
by erik loza
April 7th, 2011, 9:58 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sidewinder Relocation! Success Story
Replies: 34
Views: 4521

Re: Sidewinder Relocation! Success Story

I think that standing by and doing nothing is the bigger crime than acting.

There is no black-and-white in situations like this. It's all gray.
by erik loza
April 6th, 2011, 11:03 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Don't let these pigs destroy your favorite herp site
Replies: 51
Views: 7228

Re: Don't let these pigs destroy your favorite herp site

Wouldn't work that way, I'm afraid. The big predators avoid humans while the pigs do not.
by erik loza
April 6th, 2011, 8:17 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Don't let these pigs destroy your favorite herp site
Replies: 51
Views: 7228

Re: Don't let these pigs destroy your favorite herp site

For folks who have never seen what feral hogs can do to habitat, it is shocking. It honestly looks as if someone took a tractor tiller to the patch of land they decided to forage on that night. Not sure about other parts of the country but here in TX, most of this activity appears to be limited to b...
by erik loza
April 6th, 2011, 7:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Hill Country Small Town Herping.
Replies: 30
Views: 6741

Re: Hill Country Small Town Herping.

What a great post, thanks for sharing.

Can you comment on the county? Have always wanted to find a hognose around here.
by erik loza
April 3rd, 2011, 6:16 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Drymobius margaretiferus..
Replies: 26
Views: 6483

Re: Drymobius margaretiferus..

Great pics, thanks for sharing. My wife keeps bugging me to take her herping the Lower Valley. She will flip out when she sees a live Drymobius. They are like a flash of neon blue in the shadows. Photos don't do them justice. I am hit-or-miss with these guys. Been to the "usual place" seve...
by erik loza
March 31st, 2011, 8:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: RC Snakes & Tarantula
Replies: 6
Views: 1777

Re: RC Snakes & Tarantula

Those are awesome.
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 7:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Erik: I think it might be time for a meetup by that barn down the street from those projects you live in... Actually Erik, I would love to see pics of weird Cal Kings you didn't find...I love to learn... Brian, I always figured you for a "dumpster-behind-the-Sonic" kind of guy, but your c...
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 6:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Brian Hubbs wrote:We'll take a small break right now, while Erik looks for more funny photos to post... :lol:..
Don't be scared, homie...

I'll go through my slides and of all the weird Cal Kings, post some up, and then you can tell me where I didn't catch them. :D
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 4:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

And while I'm sick and have an excuse...let's talk about attitudes...Loza, you have one of the worst reputations on this forum for replying like an "insert profanity here" sometimes, so get the stick out of your butt before you attack me for a little slip of the tongue. I've been very con...
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 4:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Erik: Sorry, I didn't mean to be snippy. I have the flu...I just meant that triangulum have saddles, not rings...look at the white bands, they don't flare at the bottom... I figured YOU of all people would know that...Sorry... :o http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i315/erikloza/Smilies/at-first-i-wa...
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 3:44 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Brian, two things: 1.) If I flipped that thing in an area where z weren't supposed to be, the first thing that would cross my mind would be "triangulum" (unless the thing was huge, LOL). But I've never flipped any of those "low count" z's like z-z or the Diablo or Kern animals. S...
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 12:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Ignore the head and you've got a triangulum.
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 12:01 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Thanks, Jeremiah.

All this talk makes me want to go camping there now.
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 9:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Regarding Boas in the Grapevines, I would put my money against it. However, no one could say there is no possibility, there are just too many unknowns to be that sure. Lake Manly was there 20,000 years ago. Of course a lake is not a very solid dispersal barrier, but if Boas have been radiating nort...
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 8:16 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Wild caught albinos???
Replies: 264
Views: 115078

Re: Wild caught albinos???

I caught one nearly that dark at a well-known spot in the San Jacintos. The others I have caught in that range usually had a lot more red, though. It would not really surprise me, I guess is what I am trying to say.
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 8:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Jeremiah, do you feel like there is no possibility for boas in the Grapevines?
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 7:46 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cool Pic
Replies: 11
Views: 1698

Re: Cool Pic

LOL...

I am curious, too, more because that rock it is posed on is not the "usual" looking granite from where you find rosies.

Where is this guy from? Just based on the look of the animal, I am guessing upper Mohave.

Thanks for sharing.
by erik loza
March 30th, 2011, 7:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Field Herping and Potential Reptile Mite introduction
Replies: 16
Views: 2501

Re: Field Herping and Potential Reptile Mite introduction

I've had mites in my collection before, but it has probably been 5 or 6 years. The mite infestations I had were all the result of captive-bred snakes coming in to my collection; I have never encountered mites on wild-caught snakes. Personally, I'm a lot more worried about bringing in pathogens than...
by erik loza
March 29th, 2011, 12:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Wild caught albinos???
Replies: 264
Views: 115078

Re: Wild caught albinos???

Found a black and white one near Lake Tahoe once. I was living in Reno at the time. I wasn't even at the lake for herping. It was a cloudy morning and I pulled over to take a leak, I looked down and there it was. I saw several adult zonata like that ("anerythristic" was not really a word ...
by erik loza
March 29th, 2011, 7:03 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

There is something to be said about herping with confidence. If one "believes" it will happen, they often do all the little things needed to be successful. If one "doesn't" believe herpers often do things half ass, (myself included) and are unsuccessful.... Million-buck statemen...
by erik loza
March 29th, 2011, 6:23 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

The whole "anonymity"-thing is BS, by the way. I don't care if you wrote the book on boas, or whatever herp we are talking about. Why should the other person (and I don't know the TS from Adam, for the record...) be fair game while it's OK for you to remain in the shadows? Is the notion th...
by erik loza
March 28th, 2011, 7:47 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

Paul White wrote:...I propose the offspring be labled Redneckus intoxicatus
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by erik loza
March 28th, 2011, 5:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

This thread seems to have taken a pretty nasty turn. qft. I mean, it's not like he was turning in a voucher for say, a diamondback in Montana or something totally disjunct and out of place. No kidding. You could make a post saying, "I have photos of a Chupabra humping a Lyger, with Sasquatch b...
by erik loza
March 28th, 2011, 2:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!
Replies: 249
Views: 56432

Re: Nevada Rosy Boa...It's official!

That is true. Lake Manly would've been a huge barrier. I'm not enough of a geographer or paleontologist to say whether there might have been boas there prior the lake's appearance. I do think that nobody really herps that range, though.