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by John Delgado
February 24th, 2015, 10:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 5676

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Can someone explain to me what's going on ^^^ please :shock: ATTN: Fundad or Owen ... or Scott Waters ... please explain what Mr. Porter is doing. I am NOT a fake profile -- I'll PM you or a Moderator my phone number if you want to call me ... I'm using my birth given name on this site and I am esta...
by John Delgado
February 24th, 2015, 9:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 5676

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Carriso Plains oregonus are reputed to look more like lutosis than oregonus... but i've heard that the oregonus around Taft are really unique. jim From: CaliforniaHerps web page http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.o.lutosus.html#status Scroll down to Section Title: C. o. oreganus can be s...
by John Delgado
February 24th, 2015, 9:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 28
Views: 6180

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Carriso Plains oregonus are reputed to look more like lutosis than oregonus... but i've heard that the oregonus around Taft are really unique. jim From: CaliforniaHerps web page http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/pages/c.o.lutosus.html#status Scroll down to Section Title: C. o. oreganus can be s...
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 3:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 5676

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

I couldn't have said it better myself Brian. No, really.. I couldn't :lol: :thumb: The only thing I notice that is consistent is that they show the desert-like traights at the bottom of their range. But I have only seen a few in the middle of the state. Growing up in the Sacramento valley I saw num...
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 3:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 28
Views: 6180

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

I couldn't have said it better myself Brian. No, really.. I couldn't :lol: :thumb: The only thing I notice that is consistent is that they show the desert-like traights at the bottom of their range. But I have only seen a few in the middle of the state. Growing up in the Sacramento valley I saw num...
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 11:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 5676

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Fascinating stuff gentlemen -- very fascinating I understand now ... the pics above are great help. And there is another species that throws me off like this 'double O' and that is the Prairie (viridis viridis) and the Hopi (viridis nuntius). I posted a video of scientific taxonomy in 'The Forum' th...
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 11:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 28
Views: 6180

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Fascinating stuff gentlemen -- very fascinating I understand now ... the pics above are great help. And there is another species that throws me off like this 'double O' and that is the Prairie (viridis viridis) and the Hopi (viridis nuntius). I posted a video of scientific taxonomy in 'The Forum' th...
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 10:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 5676

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Welllllllllll ... I'll be dawg, aint that a sunnuvagun :lol:

Well, I learned something new today -- thank you

Golly dawg ... will'ya just look at that ... just look at that.................... :)
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 10:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 28
Views: 6180

Re: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

Welllllllllll ... I'll be dawg, aint that a sunnuvagun :lol:

Well, I learned something new today -- thank you

Golly dawg ... will'ya just look at that ... just look at that.................... :)
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 1:55 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 29
Views: 5676

Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

I am requesting a California Rattlesnake Expert for positive ID and habitat range I have reason to believe this rattlesnake may be 50+ miles OUT of range. Story: I was scanning YouTube for video of rattlesnakes - as always because I have a great interest in rattlesnake species identification. My sp...
by John Delgado
February 23rd, 2015, 1:55 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO
Replies: 28
Views: 6180

Need Rattlesnake ID Please - VIDEO

I am requesting a California Rattlesnake Expert for positive ID and habitat range I have reason to believe this rattlesnake may be 50+ miles OUT of range. Story: I was scanning YouTube for video of rattlesnakes - as always because I have a great interest in rattlesnake species identification. My sp...
by John Delgado
January 27th, 2015, 9:04 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to SEX a rattlesnake...

... only the 2'nd rattlesnake we caught as my first year in field herping... His girth, around the middle, was a whopping 11 inches (measured)... I must say, this sounds like the kind of thing that all too often ends up badly. Did I miss something above that explains why these rattlesnakes require ...
by John Delgado
January 26th, 2015, 9:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...

I was just saying to my wife, maybe a day ago, that I think we have yet to see a female. We thought for sure 'Betty' was a female -- And looks like now, based on qualified posts, that Betty is a Bert :lol: And I agree ... we have yet to see a female rattlesnake from our rattlesnake world. And Travis...
by John Delgado
January 25th, 2015, 10:02 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to SEX a rattlesnake...

Nice job friends -- GREAT info. Have a look at this one -- Named this one 'Travis' Sample of what I found on-line..., From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattlesnake One of the differentiating features of males and females is the males have thicker and longer tails (because they contain the inverted ...
by John Delgado
January 24th, 2015, 8:45 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to SEX a rattlesnake...

Them pics of lutosus are impressive...! I have never seen a C. o. oreganus with a tail like your female lutosus. All my rattlers have tails like Betty and Henry and Yogi. Most of them were more beefy like Yogi and Henry ... and some were like Betty, long even taper and not much meat on them. I have ...
by John Delgado
January 24th, 2015, 3:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to SEX a rattlesnake...

I agree -- Re: exposing the hemipenes -- I am NOT in position to 'have to' do that. I have a great desire to be able to determine the sex of a Northen Pacific Rattlesnake - Crotalus oreganus oreganus. I am understood that visualy sexing a rattlesnake is; 1. NOT 100% and 2. Is difficult. I have a gre...
by John Delgado
January 24th, 2015, 12:40 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to SEX a rattlesnake...

Okay -- Here are the two rattlers from above video respective. Please tell me Boy? or Girl? -- And why. School me ... please teach me, I am a green sponge. First 2 pics are from the first video above -- A rattler my wife and I named "Betty" https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/16357335435_a...
by John Delgado
January 23rd, 2015, 8:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

Re: How to SEX a rattlesnake...

I appreciate the reply's fellow herpers -- Please keep them coming ... I have much to learn. Its really a matter of looking at enough specimens and learning comparitive perspective. Its easier to learn using WDB's and Red D's as the tail banding serves to create a readily visual count method to meas...
by John Delgado
January 22nd, 2015, 6:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...
Replies: 24
Views: 27082

How to visually SEX a rattlesnake...

...without popping the hemipenis. Sorry about the thread title :shock: had to get your attention somehow ;) As you may know ... I am very much a greenhorn to field herping ... My specific interests are rattlesnakes in Northern California. Who am I? -- You've seen the thread of my first year of rattl...
by John Delgado
January 11th, 2015, 7:16 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Taxonomy Study ROCKS Crotalus viridis World - VIDEO
Replies: 1
Views: 3276

Taxonomy Study ROCKS Crotalus viridis World - VIDEO

2013 Taxonomy Study Rocks Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus) World A Master of Science Degree Thesis by Julianne R. Goldenberg rocks the Crotalus viridis taxonomy with new scientific evidence that may change species/subspecies in the Crotalus viridis and Crotalus oreganus world. I am asking for help......
by John Delgado
December 31st, 2014, 10:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Well that's it folks... 2014 was my first year field herping for rattlesnakes, and looking forward to 2015. Who would'a ever thunk I'd be hunting rattlesnakes... my family and friends are still like WHAAAAAAA...??? :shock: I hope to see, seriously... I will be looking for Sylvester ... I'll look for...
by John Delgado
December 31st, 2014, 10:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

And last is one of my favs of the year... I named him Mr. Yogi -- I found Mr. Yogi on a trail where I found bear tracks earlier in the year, and is why I carry a gun for personal protection. Now... I will NEVER shoot a bear unless I have absolutely no choice whatsoever, and in doing so would ONLY be...
by John Delgado
December 31st, 2014, 9:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Last minute entries here before 2014 goes out, and 2015 is in..., Next we have Tommy - I nicknamed him Tommy 'Two Trail' because when I pulled up to him in my truck he was sitting in the middle of the dirt road between two different trails... so... Tommy Two Trail :lol: Stay for the full length lung...
by John Delgado
December 17th, 2014, 10:59 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Pan Snakes! Yum!
Replies: 3
Views: 1751

Re: Pan Snakes! Yum!

HAHA -- That's awesome...! :lol:
by John Delgado
December 13th, 2014, 1:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Looking at all the amazing images and wonderful photographers here on FHF ... I feel like an ant in a room full of giants. And I feel bad too, for handling the rattlesnakes too much... I'm really liking the in-situ shots some of the members here are posting. So, in all sincerity... I do feel bad for...
by John Delgado
December 12th, 2014, 5:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 2014 in Photography (mainly Northern California)
Replies: 30
Views: 16641

Re: 2014 in Photography (mainly Northern California)

ALL spectacular -- Every one just stunning, I can't name a fav... because I love'em all. My only complaint -- NOT enough crotes...! :P I'd sure like to learn how to photograph like that... :) Seriously... those are come of the BEST compositions of reptile/amphibians I' have ever seen -- my complimen...
by John Delgado
December 12th, 2014, 4:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SF Bay Area- November 2014
Replies: 9
Views: 4240

Re: SF Bay Area- November 2014

Nice job Zach... I'm a neighbor up north in Mendocino County. Them SF Garters are absolutely spectacular... I just have to see one in person one day. I have relatives, in fact, I am born and raised in San Jose, CA -- Lived in Ben Lomond and Felton, SC County too for 10 years back in 1980 thru 1990. ...
by John Delgado
November 26th, 2014, 8:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Evil Eye
Replies: 11
Views: 5255

Re: Evil Eye

Ah - I see.

Well... I like the composition, nice work.
by John Delgado
November 26th, 2014, 8:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Evil Eye
Replies: 11
Views: 5255

Re: Evil Eye

Enhancing a photo has never bothered me... the original shot then becomes art.

I just have two questions... is that the original eye? -- Are not pupils of rattlesnake eyes elliptical?
by John Delgado
November 26th, 2014, 3:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Then there was the yearling we named Baby Huey -- Was my wife's idea for the name, I had no choice in the matter :mrgreen: This was the first little fella I ever caught... so, I was very unprepared for the speed of the little tykes! - But they are FAST I will tell you for sure...! I take MANY pics, ...
by John Delgado
November 21st, 2014, 5:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Arizona 2014 year in review pics
Replies: 7
Views: 4891

Re: Arizona 2014 year in review pics

Bravo -- Nice job, really enjoyed these pics, thank you.
by John Delgado
November 16th, 2014, 3:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Nice job Jacob -- That's ↑↑↑ a GREAT pic of a WDB...!!! :shock: :crazyeyes:

And all the other pics are excellent example of God given rattlesnake cryptic capability.
by John Delgado
November 16th, 2014, 12:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

... and thought they're both crummy and recently posted since I'm writing in this thread anyway I might as well contribute what little I have: . With all due respect kris -- I've never seen a crummy pic of a rattlesnake... any and all pics of rattlesnakes are good. Nice pics Sir -- Thank you for po...
by John Delgado
November 16th, 2014, 3:22 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Field Herping with a Drone
Replies: 18
Views: 9120

Re: Field Herping with a Drone

Zach_Lim wrote:Interesting video that I stumbled upon while Youtube herping haha

Zack -- If you take the s out od https - Your video will be embedded in the OP.
by John Delgado
November 8th, 2014, 6:54 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Big Atrox?
Replies: 11
Views: 6514

Re: Big Atrox?

Ah, the age-old trick. This looks to be maybe a four-foot rattlesnake (maybe smaller, maybe larger). Not a whopper by any means, but if you hold it up at tongs-length into the camera, with yourself in the background, it will look huge. This ↑↑↑ is exactly correct - We used to do that with fish when...
by John Delgado
November 8th, 2014, 6:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Thanks to the great people contributing to the success of this thread, and to the great people stopping in to have a look around - We thank you for viewing our pics and video of Rattlesnakes of the United States of America. The Field Herp Forum has some outstanding people who travel the world and br...
by John Delgado
November 8th, 2014, 5:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Big Atrox?
Replies: 11
Views: 6514

Re: Big Atrox?

Ah, the age-old trick. This looks to be maybe a four-foot rattlesnake (maybe smaller, maybe larger). Not a whopper by any means, but if you hold it up at tongs-length into the camera, with yourself in the background, it will look huge. This ↑↑↑ is exactly correct - We used to do that with fish when...
by John Delgado
November 8th, 2014, 2:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Welcome crotalusfreak -- I am very glad you are here... GREAT pics. And you have some video too... I hope you will share them here... great stuff. If you have question how to embed, just let me know... I'll be glad to show you how. I really like all the pics you posted, but I have to single this one...
by John Delgado
November 1st, 2014, 7:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My article about herping the Santa Cruz Mountains
Replies: 8
Views: 2996

Re: My article about herping the Santa Cruz Mountains

Can you post the GPS coordinates :lol:

Kiddin-kidding... GREAT article. I lived in Santa Cruz Co; Ben Lomond, Felton, then Bonny Doon from 1982 thru 1987 - GREAT times.

GREAT pics to BTW - Love the NorPac... Nice job.
by John Delgado
November 1st, 2014, 2:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

Awesome rattlesnake diversity here. I've personally only seen 13 in my life, but then again I've only been herping for a couple years. Here are a few from this year: - <see pics above> GREAT pics, and I cannot pic a fav... every one is great. As you may already know, this is the first time, this ye...
by John Delgado
October 29th, 2014, 11:34 am
Forum: News
Topic: NSFW - HORRIFIC Snake Bite Causes Severe Necrosis - VIDEO
Replies: 2
Views: 2760

Re: NSFW - HORRIFIC Snake Bite Causes Severe Necrosis - VIDE

UPDATED New ↑↑↑ fresh article from US Medical Daily publication that primarily covers health and science news form around the globe.

Also... new video; digital animation recreation of events.
by John Delgado
October 28th, 2014, 7:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need trash or rocks
Replies: 41
Views: 10738

Re: Need trash or rocks

Just noticed yesterday - This thread posted June 2 of 2011 - OP's last post was June 3, 2011 However, aside form that I do believe it is an important subject. The fact that I am not even a year into field herping and very much a noob, I'm here to learn from you guys. And so far, the information on t...
by John Delgado
October 28th, 2014, 5:07 pm
Forum: News
Topic: NSFW - HORRIFIC Snake Bite Causes Severe Necrosis - VIDEO
Replies: 2
Views: 2760

NSFW - HORRIFIC Snake Bite Causes Severe Necrosis - VIDEO

From: Medical Daily Snake Bite Leaves Teen Girl With 'Black Stick' Leg, Broken Elbow From Severe Necrosis WARNING VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES: NSFW By Lizette Borreli | Oct 28, 2014 02:55 PM EDT A young girl in Caracas, Venezuela, lies in a hospital bed caught between life and death after a snake bite cause...
by John Delgado
October 28th, 2014, 9:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Could this have been any of you?
Replies: 17
Views: 4379

Re: Could this have been any of you?

Haha... GREAT vid...! - LOVED the happy ending :lol: Yaaaa... that's me...! - circa 1964 and I was 8 The place: south east San Jose CA - Evergreen Foothills. The dog: Smokey The scene: A much simpler time in life. The catch: Gopher snakes Garter snakes Racer snakes Lizard Tarantula Frog Pollywog Dra...
by John Delgado
October 28th, 2014, 1:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Morocco Herptrip 2014
Replies: 17
Views: 9906

Re: Morocco Herptrip 2014

Mr. Markus Oulehla - RE: Your post... that right there is 86 reasons why FHF is BETTER than National Geographic...!

I have to tell you, the Cerastes cerastes did it for me... you should'a seen me... you'da think I seen God.

Thank you... X1,000,000 - zj
by John Delgado
October 26th, 2014, 1:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

More pics from my local Rattlesnake City... This is Henry - My wife and I call him affectionately 'Hissy-Fit Henry' / File #07 on my You Tube Channel ---► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCohUvAnDUjG-NsYEmqzwjHg Henry was one of out most favorite rattlers of 2014... with other gorgeous rattlers like...
by John Delgado
October 26th, 2014, 12:58 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

A few eastern diamondback rattlesnakes from this year. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3933/15492243475_841cda912a_b.jpg Eastern diamondback rattlesnake. by Joshua W. Young , on Flickr . The pygmy's are GREAT... and I like all the EDB shots... however, I thoroughly LOVE this ↑↑↑ shot... That sun bre...
by John Delgado
October 25th, 2014, 6:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

HA !!! Oh I hear'ya... I posted for the size of the WDB, and NOT the handler's technique... Also righhht at 3:00 that big'ole WDB only 3" from the left hand there... TOO CLOSE !!! And I don't care what size rattler... 3" is TOOO CLOSE...! Sure... he been'a huntin and ketchen them rattlers ...
by John Delgado
October 25th, 2014, 2:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need trash or rocks
Replies: 41
Views: 10738

Re: Need trash or rocks

BillMcGighan wrote:
How to properly introduce oneself to a new group, when asking for assistance
OK,
That's too funny.
Haha...!!! - That is outSTANDING....! - I'm from San Jose sooo... hahahaa...,

You guys on this site are great... :lol:
by John Delgado
October 25th, 2014, 12:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014
Replies: 57
Views: 54810

Re: Show Us Your Rattlesnake FIELD Pics and Video of 2014

What am I seeing here - Why is the bottom pic "EDB, AL." same as above ↑↑↑ in Coluber Constrictor's post... :?: