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by Jeff
December 10th, 2017, 10:16 am
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand
Replies: 2
Views: 11873

Re: A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand

New paperbacks are $42 from the publisher, but you can find them online for a little less (mine was $39). I don't know the hardback price, as Oxford Press offers it in paperback. Coming from Oxford, there were probably many printed, and Oxford has regular discount catalogs. Buying expensive hardback...
by Jeff
November 4th, 2017, 5:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sumatra frog ID
Replies: 1
Views: 2340

Re: Sumatra frog ID

by Jeff
November 1st, 2017, 11:01 am
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles
Replies: 24
Views: 27977

Re: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles

Is there a mechanism to propose changing the forms to better reflect the animals' source and therefore greatly improve management of the species (and others)? Seems like the farmers would be all about calling their respective Congressmen to help make it happen. Louisiana turtle farmers have been wo...
by Jeff
October 31st, 2017, 6:39 am
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles
Replies: 24
Views: 27977

Re: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles

The reported numbers of wild-caught turtles that leave the United States are false due to reporting requirements on export forms. All farm-raised hatchling turtles that leave Louisiana, typically around a million per year, are required to be reported as "W" for wild-caught. The Federal exp...
by Jeff
September 25th, 2017, 5:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
Replies: 37
Views: 16792

Re: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles

Regarding Zach's question: Wildlife enforcement tends to operate on directives from above about what agents should be looking for during a particular day, week, or season. When this new regulation takes effect, enforcement agents may be in warning mode (informing people that they encounter about the...
by Jeff
September 16th, 2017, 8:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
Replies: 37
Views: 16792

Re: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles

Kelly, Chris, Richard and Save Nevada: I am also curious about who is/are Save Nevada, but the link that was provided regarding the history of Nevada commercial take was neutral and informative. From the linked data it is apparent that a half dozen species are targeted for commercial take. From the ...
by Jeff
September 14th, 2017, 5:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: San Francisco Garter Snake (LIFER)
Replies: 7
Views: 6533

Re: San Francisco Garter Snake (LIFER)

Lou

Was that really in Santa Cruz County, or maybe San Mateo. There is one valid record from Santa Cruz County, and finding another would be very important toward understanding the distribution of SF Garters vs California Red-sided.

Jeff
by Jeff
August 25th, 2017, 4:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Joint Herping Post: Michigan
Replies: 4
Views: 4308

Re: Joint Herping Post: Michigan

Bethany Good see an old young face back on the Forum. This is a great tour of a place that I've never been, and I am always interested in posts from the non-usual places. It is intriguing to see animals at the margins of their geographic/climatic tolerance. What does a hog-nosed snake do during a su...
by Jeff
August 15th, 2017, 5:42 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog
Replies: 6
Views: 4105

Re: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog

What part of Louisiana are you from. My family is from South Plaquemines, but I grew up in Chalmette
I've lived in Baton Rouge for 25 years, but came here from California and other parts west, including western Washington (not Seattle).

Jeff
by Jeff
August 14th, 2017, 7:12 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog
Replies: 6
Views: 4105

Re: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog

Exhibit A: One of the sad sounds of the Louisiana swamp is the scream of small Rana clamitans being swallowed feet-first by Western Ribbon Snakes.

Evidently it is not restricted to the South.

Jeff
by Jeff
August 14th, 2017, 6:07 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Arizona Part 1.
Replies: 11
Views: 8526

Re: Arizona Part 1.

The patchnose is a Big Bend. Mountains have a single, wide black stripe on each side:
by Jeff
August 1st, 2017, 5:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Florida hot grand slam in 4.5 days
Replies: 8
Views: 8217

Re: Florida hot grand slam in 4.5 days

Nice job Kris. The photographic backdrops in some are great - so difficult to achieve in the shadowy east.

If the incerts reflect the new potential for Scott's photo hosting, then let me be the first to congratulate Scott on making this option available.

Jeff
by Jeff
July 23rd, 2017, 6:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from larva
Replies: 10
Views: 8255

Re: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from l

Ah, much better.

I anxiously await your posts on A. talpoideum, A. texanum and A. maculatum.

Jeff
by Jeff
July 23rd, 2017, 1:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from larva
Replies: 10
Views: 8255

Re: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from l

This is great for those of us in the land of 4 Ambystomas, but photos 3 and 4 have disappeared.

Jeff
by Jeff
July 21st, 2017, 5:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: turtle ID request
Replies: 2
Views: 3595

Re: turtle ID request

Old male Red-eared Slider.

Jeff
by Jeff
July 19th, 2017, 8:07 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Of mountains, lakes and human fish - Slovenian vacation
Replies: 4
Views: 4225

Re: Of mountains, lakes and human fish - Slovenian vacation

Yours was a very nice travelogue to a place that most of us will never see. Combining scenic photographs with the animals allows viewers to see, in a two-dimensional sense, what was certainly a very memorable trip. Pelias basking on a rock in a stream! The offhand remark that you left the family in ...
by Jeff
July 8th, 2017, 5:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question: What is the etymology of the word oreganus
Replies: 8
Views: 4555

Re: Question: What is the etymology of the word oreganus

Holbrook's original description of Crotalus oreganus was spelled thus in the first edition of his "North American Herpetology", 4th part of 1840. In his second edition (1842), he spelled the name Crotalus oregonus. In both editions he stated "...the celebrated naturalist Mr. Nuttall, ...
by Jeff
July 6th, 2017, 6:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Documenting my Life List
Replies: 21
Views: 14047

Re: Documenting my Life List

Have any of you guys ever picked up a lady by embellishing your life list?
Just checked with my wife of 28 years -- was not the big life list.....
by Jeff
July 1st, 2017, 11:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Documenting my Life List
Replies: 21
Views: 14047

Re: Documenting my Life List

And still only two people posted their life totals
Sorry, 459 U.S. species, natives only, first one logged in 1964.

Jeff
by Jeff
June 28th, 2017, 5:07 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Checking my boards - 1st half of 2017 (NJ + MD)
Replies: 12
Views: 7839

Re: Checking my boards - 1st half of 2017 (NJ + MD)

That was an enjoyable tour of a part of the country that I have not explored. Snow in March - ugh! There are 5 mole king records for Louisiana, and none by me. I wouldn't want to ruin the thrill of the catch by finding two in a trash dump, or would I? Nevermind, I'll take one in a trash dump over 0 ...
by Jeff
June 28th, 2017, 4:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mojave Springtime
Replies: 9
Views: 5094

Re: Mojave Springtime

That first uta picture is also superb, much closer in detail than most of us ever took a second look. America's most underrated feeder lizard.

Jeff
by Jeff
June 25th, 2017, 3:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Visual Guide to Tadpoles and Morphs of the Eastern U.S.
Replies: 12
Views: 15028

Re: Visual Guide to Tadpoles and Morphs of the Eastern U.S.

I just looked at this fantastic resource - great work! Hopefully it can be stuck on fhf in a permanent format.

If not, perhaps an edited version of this post could be placed on www.amphibiaweb.org or separc.org

Jeff
by Jeff
June 24th, 2017, 9:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: One-eyed Tadpole
Replies: 2
Views: 2945

Re: One-eyed Tadpole

Nice diagnostic photo in the middle.

Slow month in Florida?

Jeff
by Jeff
June 24th, 2017, 6:00 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Documenting my Life List
Replies: 21
Views: 14047

Re: Documenting my Life List

you gotta take a photo or it don't count Brian seems to have missed the gold standard - you gotta pickle it for it to count. Most of the folks that I know, casual field types to academics, don't think about life lists. Most of the field-oriented folks focus on finding certain taxa, such as snakes t...
by Jeff
June 23rd, 2017, 3:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Road cruising question...
Replies: 4
Views: 3232

Re: Road cruising question...

The Mojave can get very snake-less during the summer, whereas portions of the Sonoran Desert wake up as humidity rises in July and August from adjacent monsoon activity. I analyzed my snake counts during moon phase in the non-monsoon road cruises and found that activity of some species (glossy, long...
by Jeff
June 20th, 2017, 11:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Peterson FIeld Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians 2016
Replies: 3
Views: 3504

Re: Peterson FIeld Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians 2016

Most complaints will be attributed to the publisher: smaller illustrations are due to the colored border to each plate, very uneven map sizes, and loss of most of the natural history to maintain standard pagination. I also like the maps, and because Bob asked me to review those for Louisiana, I have...
by Jeff
June 5th, 2017, 7:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Reccomendations for pygmies
Replies: 12
Views: 6515

Re: Reccomendations for pygmies

Gulf Coast pygmies this time of year: They are going to be in the most deer-fly-infested places. If the flies are so bad that you risk life by leaving the car, then you are in pygmy heaven. This is not a joke.

Jeff
by Jeff
May 30th, 2017, 5:56 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Big Bend - Species Confirmation Support
Replies: 1
Views: 1836

Re: Big Bend - Species Confirmation Support

A nice haul.

Regarding IDs, all look correct, except the glossy is a Great Plains Rat Snake (Pantherophis emoryi).

Jeff
by Jeff
May 29th, 2017, 9:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: QUESTION: Does Your State Ban Road Cruising?
Replies: 21
Views: 18237

Re: QUESTION: Does Your State Ban Road Cruising?

Not prohibited in Louisiana

RS56.632-637
RS76.XV.100
by Jeff
May 29th, 2017, 9:17 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Patternless N.e. transversa?
Replies: 4
Views: 3329

Re: Patternless N.e. transversa?

It's a Cottonmouth
by Jeff
January 12th, 2017, 7:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Louisianna and/or East Texas this weekend; last minute trip
Replies: 9
Views: 5364

Re: Louisianna and/or East Texas this weekend; last minute t

The past few days, and next week, are lows in the 60s, highs in the mid 70s for southern Louisiana - shirt is optional. I could show you some spots. Otherwise, look for bottomland hardwood forest and look for trash dumps.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 11th, 2017, 5:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Hooked on 2016. La,Tx,NM, Yucatan. EOY
Replies: 17
Views: 10861

Re: Hooked on 2016. La,Tx,NM, Yucatan. EOY

BTW, your pics leave to the imagination an endless possibility of enticing and gripping tales of wonderful finds and field experiences!! Like the number of mosquito bites fielded while waiting for the retinue to set up and arrange the camera/flash studio in preparation for R-Man to spend 15 minutes...
by Jeff
January 8th, 2017, 4:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Hooked on 2016. La,Tx,NM, Yucatan. EOY
Replies: 17
Views: 10861

Re: Hooked on 2016. La,Tx,NM, Yucatan. EOY

Armin

It appears that all of your commentary was deleted.

Jeff
by Jeff
December 21st, 2016, 4:42 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: Lifetime Reproduction in a Northern Metapopulation of Timber
Replies: 1
Views: 10884

Re: Lifetime Reproduction in a Northern Metapopulation of Ti

That is a very rare career indeed -- someone who has devoted over 30 years to study a snake population. Brown is definitely from the Henry Fitch school of autecological, perpetual inquiry. I was very surprised by the length to maturity, and then the infrequency of reproduction, in which a long-lived...
by Jeff
December 11th, 2016, 4:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sweet '16: Year in Review (TX, LA, NM, UT, MT)
Replies: 20
Views: 13902

Re: Sweet '16: Year in Review (TX, LA, NM, UT, MT)

an'allota milks at that!
by Jeff
December 11th, 2016, 11:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: One Day in Seattle
Replies: 8
Views: 7000

Re: One Day in Seattle

The second garter is a Northwestern (blunt head, big eye, and one of the dozens of usual color morphs, also 17 scale rows).

Jeff
by Jeff
December 10th, 2016, 3:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Calotes bachae
Replies: 5
Views: 5463

Re: Calotes bachae

by Jeff
December 9th, 2016, 4:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Calotes bachae
Replies: 5
Views: 5463

Re: Calotes bachae

Evgeny

Those are spectacular male colors. They seem to be mirrored in North America by members of the Sceloporus formosus group - bright blue and green males and gray females with transverse markings, and I suppose also with African Agama agama.

Jeff
by Jeff
December 8th, 2016, 9:22 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sulawesi snake ID help!
Replies: 7
Views: 4912

Re: Sulawesi snake ID help!

I'll stick with Rhabdophis chrysargoides.

Jeff
by Jeff
December 7th, 2016, 4:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Vipera berus nikolskii
Replies: 5
Views: 4198

Re: Vipera berus nikolskii

Evgeny

The black morph really contrasts the red eyes.

Do you have a picture of the habitat?

Jeff
by Jeff
December 7th, 2016, 1:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sulawesi snake ID help!
Replies: 7
Views: 4912

Re: Sulawesi snake ID help!

Guess #1 on snake is Rhabdophis chrysargoides
#2 Xenochrophis trianguligerus


But like Paul said - other shots?

Jeff
by Jeff
November 24th, 2016, 8:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sierra Leone RFI
Replies: 2
Views: 4168

Re: Sierra Leone RFI

What to "be on the lookout for" is a question of many avenues.

Look out for house geckos, because they will defecate on you from the ceiling of your lodging. They will do this at night while you are sleeping on the "three seasons" mattress -- the one that lacks Springs.
by Jeff
November 18th, 2016, 1:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Salamanders.
Replies: 8
Views: 6381

Re: Salamanders.

Indeed, a very nice selection of salamanders, all nicely presented.

I've seen almost half of the U.S. species, so maybe I could get beyond the 50-yard line with a trip north to my neighbor state.

Jeff
by Jeff
November 15th, 2016, 5:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Turtle
Replies: 12
Views: 5018

Re: Turtle

Looks like a Scorpion Mud Turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides).
by Jeff
November 10th, 2016, 6:31 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: New to the forum currently in Panama (snake Id please)
Replies: 6
Views: 3400

Re: New to the forum currently in Panama (snake Id please)

I second Paul's ID as L. rubricata.
by Jeff
October 1st, 2016, 7:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Locality Bull Snake
Replies: 7
Views: 5740

Re: Locality Bull Snake

By strange coincidence I traveled through that country a month ago for the first time in my life, in a general trajectory from Louisiana to Oregon. Timing from Baton Rouge had me in Hartley County just after dark, with lightning flashes to the the west. I saw one snake, several miles to the east of ...
by Jeff
September 30th, 2016, 5:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Amphibians and Reptiles of Land Between the Lakes...
Replies: 3
Views: 3667

Re: Amphibians and Reptiles of Land Between the Lakes...

Looks like a stack of free copies...
by Jeff
September 29th, 2016, 7:56 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: A great Herpetoculture resource from a noted Dutchman
Replies: 8
Views: 16403

Re: A great Herpetoculture resource from a noted Dutchman

I have reviewed a number of books for Herp Review, and understand that the invited reviewer must have some knowledge of the topic, and provide a vicariant summary of the work for HR readers. The reviewer may have particular views that are objective (someone of Indian descent who is picky about Bangl...