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- December 7th, 2011, 2:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15311
Re: My Year in Photography (Herps + Lots of Extras, *DUW*)
There are some absolutely breathtaking shots in there. I will be returning to this post time and again I have no doubt.
- December 7th, 2011, 1:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Italy: Amalfi Coast
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4920
Re: Italy: Amalfi Coast
Love the wall gecko!
- December 6th, 2011, 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
Thanks Stephen. Sydney has some cool stuff to offer, but I'd rather be herping your neck of the woods any day
- December 6th, 2011, 5:50 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Dancing Geckos?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2315
Re: Dancing Geckos?
Didn't you realise that the defence mechanism of Eublepharis geckos was the Argentine Tango? They dance so poorly that even a hungry predator can't bear to watch and is forced to cover its eyes, at which time the gecko makes good its escape. This is well documented, I'm surprised you weren't aware o...
- December 6th, 2011, 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
Thanks Hans :) The rest of the defensive behaviour, up to and including charging and biting, is well documented for this species of gecko. I can't find any reference to the trilling vocalisation though, although that might be because I just haven't looked hard enough. Regardless, it took me complete...
- December 6th, 2011, 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Italy: Amalfi Coast
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4920
Re: Italy: Amalfi Coast
Very nice David, good to see you got some herping in during your wife's birthday present!
You certainly travel a lot
You certainly travel a lot
- December 6th, 2011, 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #18: The Snakes of Beach Seafood Cafe
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5883
Re: Borneo Dispatches #18: The Snakes of Beach Seafood Cafe
Very cool Hans. Not sure I agree with David that they're the only abundant snake in SE Asia, but they're certainly one of the most abundant. That doesn't make them any less cool though! The Australian "bockadam" is Cerberus australis these days although it used to be C. rhynchops as well. ...
- December 5th, 2011, 1:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moranbah Region, Australia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2681
Re: Moranbah Region, Australia
Very cool Serpentes, I'm particularly envious of the N. asper.
I'm itching to get up to Qld now....
I'm itching to get up to Qld now....
- December 5th, 2011, 1:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
Hi Frank, I'd definitely be keen to catch up and go for a herp, but unfortunately I'm moving to Queensland in just under two weeks and things are a bit hectic right now :? I can definitely recommend some spots and I'm sure there are others that use this forum that would be keen to go with you *hint*...
- December 3rd, 2011, 11:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: China post #36, Beijing and the return to Shennongjia
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10656
Re: China post #36, Beijing and the return to Shennongjia
Ah right, I forgot the glands stretched for the whole body in that species. Very interesting that the babies have brighter necks.
I'll email you with some other thoughts.
I'll email you with some other thoughts.
- December 3rd, 2011, 1:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: China post #36, Beijing and the return to Shennongjia
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10656
Re: China post #36, Beijing and the return to Shennongjia
Fantastic post Kevin, you certainly did see a lot on this particular trip to Shennongjia! Too bad about the Azemiops , but as you said, it's nice to have the record and at least you know they're there. If I come to China with you one day, as well as the obligatory Rhabdophis and Macropisthodon , I d...
- December 3rd, 2011, 1:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
Thanks Cole! As crocdoc pointed out, Hemicloea major is a spider, often known as a "flat rock spider". I've always known them as a member of Gnaphosidae, but apparently they've recently been shifted to Throchanteriidae. We have a few species of amblypygid in Australia, but they're all conf...
- December 2nd, 2011, 11:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
Thanks mate. I loved your rattlesnakes and Heloderma a short while back
- December 2nd, 2011, 12:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
Hi David, I suppose I am using the term "Sydney" to refer to the greater Sydney region, so it's a fairly broad area covered. I pretty much didn't do any roadcruising last summer and I hear it was a bumper year (the weather was pretty awesome for it), so I feel like I've seen very little lo...
- December 1st, 2011, 8:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Re: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
How'd you get the flat rock spider to hold still? I find about 10psi is all that's required ;) Unless it was dated a couple of days ago, I don't want to know about it. :) Haha, nah, it was from a while back. I was almost surprised not to see one on that drive back though. We passed a few spots wher...
- December 1st, 2011, 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6517
Sydney, Australia 2011 (mostly)
I didn't get out locally nearly as much as I would have liked in 2011. Add that to the fact that I am pretty lazy when it comes to photographing common species around here (some of which are very cool) and the result is that I pointed my camera at very few animals in the past year. Nonetheless, I've...
- December 1st, 2011, 5:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica - Amphibians part 2: undescribed species included
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7754
Re: Costa Rica - Amphibians part 2: undescribed species incl
TNWJackson, Thanks! It'll be a while until I put a reptile post together. In the mean time fly south and make your own! Aside from airfare, Costa Rica can be as cheap or as expensive as you'd like. Haha actually I'd be flying a long way northwest....or northeast across the dateline more likely. I'l...
- December 1st, 2011, 3:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
Tim's telling the truth It happens.... *I've omitted the snake Tim says he saw on the night drive home, as I was in a different car. That it just happened to be the very species I had just finished saying I'd yet to see in the wild made his claim suspect. ;) ....but not on that particular occasion ...
- December 1st, 2011, 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica - Amphibians part 2: undescribed species included
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7754
Re: Costa Rica - Amphibians part 2: undescribed species incl
Fantastic sequel! I can't wait for the reptiles (or to make a trip to Costa Rica myself).
- November 30th, 2011, 7:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25692
Re: Bornean Earless Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)
Incidentally, I've also taken on the task of updating the snake tags, among which are such gems as " Naja hannah ", " Bioga (sic) cynodon ", and " Naja naja " (an animal that doesn't exist here - they meant N. sumatrana . But the upshot is that the wooden cases housing...
- November 30th, 2011, 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
Phew! I'm sad you've finished posting photos from this trip but on the bright side now I can get on with the rest of my life without checking this thread every day :lol: I love the Warrumbungles too and cruising there always seems to be good value for geckos at least. That Delma was a good find. It ...
- November 30th, 2011, 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
Thanks guys! Matt - good luck in the Territory, I'm envious. You should try to get across to Lake Argyle if you've got a month up there. Gregory NP on the way is well worth it too. Nah, didn't swim in the lower pool at Edith Falls, although that's where the merten's was and I also saw a golden tree ...
- November 30th, 2011, 4:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Year in Photographs
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11121
Re: The Year in Photographs
Wow, ultra high quality photography! Too many awesome animals in there to pick favourites. It's really cool for an Aussie (a continent without caudates) to see such a diversity of salamanders photographed so beautifully.
- November 30th, 2011, 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #17: Oriental Whipsnake
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5736
Re: Borneo Dispatches #17: Oriental Whipsnake
It's probably worth adding to the speculation in my previous post that the evolution of binocular vision probably goes hand in hand with the exceptional camouflage that these various genera of "vine snakes" possess. If we contrast them with another genus of tree snakes like Dendrelaphis yo...
- November 30th, 2011, 3:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #17: Oriental Whipsnake
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5736
Re: Borneo Dispatches #17: Oriental Whipsnake
Cool stuff Hans, one can never see too many vine snakes (at least that's my excuse for now gratuitously posting a bunch of vine snake pictures)! Juveniles tend to be pale in colour too: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/semiremex/babyvine1.jpg This one in the Philippines wasn't though: http://i...
- November 30th, 2011, 3:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25692
Re: Bornean Earless Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)
There is no modern evidence to suggest that lanthanotids are the link between snakes and lizards. Snakes are just a highly derived group of lizards, nestled in the middle of the broader diversity of lizards. Varanoid lizards may be the sister group to snakes, but this means all varanoids are equally...
- November 29th, 2011, 12:21 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
Very cool that you found the Hemiaspis damelii. I noticed Matt found some of them too - I've yet to see one on my trips to the Brigalow (or anywhere else for that matter) but I have high hopes for January!
- November 28th, 2011, 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
Me too Stephen, but I'm hoping to get all the way to the West Coast this time. As we were discussing, need to get up the Mitchell Plateau before the toads!!StephenZozaya wrote:Great post, Tim! I'm hoping to hit up that area in March-April next year.
- November 28th, 2011, 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #16: Python's Last Meal (GRAPHIC CONTENT!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4630
Re: Borneo Dispatches #16: Python's Last Meal (GRAPHIC CONTE
Warren wrote:"Snakes in the Dutch East Indies are as rare as genuine quotes on the internet" - Alfred Russel Wallace (1897)
- November 28th, 2011, 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
.....and it continues. You really ticked so many boxes for your friends for a natural history tour of Australia, I can't imagine them having a better guide.
- November 28th, 2011, 1:37 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: "Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes, Critical Analysis
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8945
Re: "Venomous" Bites from Non-Venomous Snakes, Critical Anal
I recently acquired this book and it is an excellent and currently unparalleled repository of case studies for "colubrid" bites. It also synthesises much of the current toxinological and morphological knowledge of "colubrid" venom systems. As you might guess from the last phrase ...
- November 28th, 2011, 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping: Part One
- Replies: 49
- Views: 25877
Re: Hot Stove Herping: Part One
Looks like it was an amazing trip. I'm looking forward to seeing even more!
- November 28th, 2011, 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
We only saw that one bustard on the whole trip and my partner took that shot from the car window. I've also seen heaps of them in Qld but never got a decent photo. The golden tree snakes are stunning indeed. We didn't see any for the entire trip and then we saw 4 in 24 hours, and then none for the r...
- November 26th, 2011, 2:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
This is the whole wall (although there are numerous other painted walls at this location) http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/semiremex/nourlangie5.jpg Trusty Britz hi-top in Gregory National Park http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/semiremex/britzgregory.jpg royal spoonbill http://i63.photobu...
- November 26th, 2011, 1:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
That guy is "Namarrgon" - a lightning god who summons the storms that begin the wet season. The loop around him is lightning. From memory he's about 1.5 metres high. Good advice David, I'm keen to get up there again but I'd love to hit the Kimberley properly this April...not sure if there ...
- November 25th, 2011, 9:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
Ugh. That must have really hurt all creatures involved... Actually I'm pretty sure the guy who ran over the top of the snake emerged unscathed ;) A few more: Psychedelic aboriginal art at Nourlangie Rock http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/semiremex/nourlangie2.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/alb...
- November 25th, 2011, 8:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
Bah....MORE great photos and great finds! You make me want to give up posting my own meager finds. I can't imagine what Andrew must think of Australian herping, what an amazing first experience of the continent you treated him to.
- November 25th, 2011, 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #15: Bornean Miscellany, Part 1 - Snakes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5510
Re: Borneo Dispatches #15: Bornean Miscellany, Part 1 - Snak
Nice! Can I ask which species or are you going to make me wait?Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Thanks, guys! Neat tip about raking between buttress roots....I'll try that next time! As to Calliophis, we were lucky enough to find one crossing a trail a few weeks ago. Pertaining post coming right up...
- November 25th, 2011, 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #15: Bornean Miscellany, Part 1 - Snakes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5510
Re: Borneo Dispatches #15: Bornean Miscellany, Part 1 - Snak
Cool stuff Hans. I really like those wide angle caudolineatus shots, that is a pretty specimen. Too bad about the DORs, Justin's idea of a "rake" might not be a bad one . I've had some luck digging through the leaf litter that accumulates between buttress roots - it's a good way of finding...
- November 24th, 2011, 11:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Western Australia, desert frogs and Molochs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7517
Re: Western Australia, desert frogs and Molochs
Awesome post frogshot, looks like you had a great trip. I am envious of the N. vertebralis!
- November 23rd, 2011, 10:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Re: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
Thanks for the multicoloured exclamation marks guys (I'm hoping they're complimentary anyway :lol:). Yeah David, the marms up in Northern WA are pretty special. The adder was definitely a bit heart-breaking because it was a "most-wanted" species - I'm yet to see praelongus live in the wild...
- November 23rd, 2011, 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
Wow, the photos from this trip just keep coming! Fantastic stuff. Those pythons appear to be the Georgetown form of the stimson's - also known as a "pygmy stimson's python". How big were they? Alledgedly they don't get much over 40cm. Below is a pic of a Stimson's from a bit further North ...
- November 23rd, 2011, 10:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: China post #35 – Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi’an (least herps)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4817
Re: China post #35 – Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi’an (least herps)
"Proper common name" almost sounds like an oxymoron doesn't it? Great post Kevin, I am seriously impressed with the amount of effort you put into these posts - I can barely muster the energy to post a few photos every now and then. Do you have all 35 of them archived? It'd be a shame to lo...
- November 23rd, 2011, 7:24 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Roadside Mamba Deal Goes Bad
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3129
- November 23rd, 2011, 6:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3311
Top End (Australia) 2011 Part 2
So I've finally got around to compressing some more of the photos from my second Top End trip of the year (mid 2011). For those who are keen on a trip down memory lane or didn't see Part 1, it can be viewed here: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8389 There will be a Part 3...
- November 23rd, 2011, 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Breaking the Bet, Part 2: GA and beyond (major DUW)
- Replies: 68
- Views: 15597
Re: Breaking the Bet, Part 2: GA and beyond (major DUW)
Fantastic post (the original one, not the rest - Americans are funny :lol:). Hard to pick favourites, but I love the pine snake, the hog-noses, the pygmies and the copperhead shots. I'm inspired by this post (along with others) to visit the USA - that's good for your economy ugh (I've heard it may n...
- November 23rd, 2011, 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: my 2011 - Europe, CA & Egypt
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4636
Re: my 2011 - Europe, CA & Egypt
Great post - we don't see enough European stuff on here.
- November 22nd, 2011, 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2266
Re: Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
Hahaha, very true. Followed by falling off a cliff!
- November 22nd, 2011, 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2266
Re: Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
Heh, these guys definitely aren't "less defensive", in fact they are notoriously pugnacious. They can probably be described as "little and bad"
- November 22nd, 2011, 12:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
- Replies: 63
- Views: 24079
Re: Wild Queensland -- Nov 2011
Amazing, such an epic post with so many great photos. It's hard to pick favourites but that pale-head was a great find and I'm impressed you got photos of the striped possum (Ive seen them but never photographed them). I also love the egg-thief and all the geckos. The casso was a good find at Missio...