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- June 16th, 2012, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Blind Snakes in the Trans-Pecos. SUCCESS !!!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7890
Re: Blind Snakes in the Trans-Pecos. SUCCESS !!!
Sorry to rain on the parade, but that little pink thing is clearly a worm and not a snake.......lol
- June 15th, 2012, 6:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Have you often dreamed of relocating to the Chiricahuas?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3294
Re: Have you often dreamed of relocating to the Chiricahuas?
Buddy lives in Portal and is all over this thing.
He says it is already priced out of his affordability range.
I guess they have 2 "prebids" over $500K at the moment.
I would give them $150K max
He says it is already priced out of his affordability range.
I guess they have 2 "prebids" over $500K at the moment.
I would give them $150K max
- June 15th, 2012, 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Is this blue-colored green snake a rarity or ...?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17389
Re: Is this blue-colored green snake a rarity or ...?
If it is anything like a blue chondro, it is probably a female.
Can you determine the sex?
Can you determine the sex?
- June 15th, 2012, 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Have you often dreamed of relocating to the Chiricahuas?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3294
Re: Have you often dreamed of relocating to the Chiricahuas?
I heard the bids are already over $500,000 at this point.
- June 11th, 2012, 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: What a load of bull, er gopher
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3968
Re: What a load of bull, er gopher
That was a fun video.
That snake makes me nostalgic for the days back in the 1970's when it wasn't too uncommon to find a 6 foot plus gopher snake in LA.
Now, it is hard to find a 4 footer.
That snake makes me nostalgic for the days back in the 1970's when it wasn't too uncommon to find a 6 foot plus gopher snake in LA.
Now, it is hard to find a 4 footer.
Re: OAXACA
Those scelops were cool!
- May 29th, 2012, 5:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sonora Islands, Mexico - Spring 2012
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5913
Re: Sonora Islands, Mexico - Spring 2012
great Pics and Narrative!!!
You guys got off easy on the speeding ticket.
We used to bring Playboy mags along as "traffic ticket bribes"
You guys got off easy on the speeding ticket.
We used to bring Playboy mags along as "traffic ticket bribes"
- May 22nd, 2012, 7:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Not something you observe every day....zonata....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4294
Re: Not something you observe every day....zonata....
What shame that the ugly male won the battle
Would have been incredible to get the whole thing on video.
If you go buy a video smart phone for next time, there might never be a next time for something THAT cool.
Good job of immortalizing the incident!!
Would have been incredible to get the whole thing on video.
If you go buy a video smart phone for next time, there might never be a next time for something THAT cool.
Good job of immortalizing the incident!!
- May 21st, 2012, 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Desert Sidewinder Doing His Sidewinding Thing....Rock & Roll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2596
Re: Desert Sidewinder Doing His Sidewinding Thing....Rock &
Gerold,
I shot a bunch of zone footage this Spring that you may enjoy, but I have to edit it all and my wife and
children never seem to have the time to teach me how to splice all the cuts together
I shot a bunch of zone footage this Spring that you may enjoy, but I have to edit it all and my wife and
children never seem to have the time to teach me how to splice all the cuts together
- May 19th, 2012, 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herp guide for Qatar?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1345
Re: Herp guide for Qatar? Wow Todd!!
Wow, Todd, Great group of pics from the ME. Did you night hunt much or mostly field collect to find all that cool stuff? Those Blue agamas are fascinating. We saw huge blue agamas in the mountains east of Jedda near the city of Taif in SA many years ago and I have never seen pics of the same animals...
- May 18th, 2012, 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Funny Things You See While Night Cruising..Speedy Bunny
- Replies: 1
- Views: 786
- May 18th, 2012, 7:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Desert Sidewinder Doing His Sidewinding Thing....Rock & Roll
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2596
Desert Sidewinder Doing His Sidewinding Thing....Rock & Roll
Vid of a nice sized winder doing his sidewinding locomotion in the glare of the headlights
Looks better on full screen.....Turn UP the volume.
Looks better on full screen.....Turn UP the volume.
- May 17th, 2012, 8:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Not something you observe every day....zonata....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4294
Re: Not something you observe every day....zonata....
Gerold, that looks staged to me.
Just kidding.
THAT is very cool......you need one of those smart phones to shoot video next time.
Awesome picture at the top. should be a poster.
I bet even Hubbsy hasn't seen male combat in the field.
Just kidding.
THAT is very cool......you need one of those smart phones to shoot video next time.
Awesome picture at the top. should be a poster.
I bet even Hubbsy hasn't seen male combat in the field.
- May 16th, 2012, 11:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2011
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7527
Re: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2011
Well Jeff, you had me fooled.
That pic sure didn't look like a tigris
That pic sure didn't look like a tigris
- May 15th, 2012, 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2011
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7527
Re: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2011
That is an interesting question, amieva or C. tigris?
That lizard looks pretty robust for a C. tigris.
I didn't know amievas lived in Baja, but if Jeff says they do, I am gonna go with Jeff.
If Spiny tailed iguanas can live at the tip, than why not amievas?
That lizard looks pretty robust for a C. tigris.
I didn't know amievas lived in Baja, but if Jeff says they do, I am gonna go with Jeff.
If Spiny tailed iguanas can live at the tip, than why not amievas?
- May 15th, 2012, 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2011
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7527
Re: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - August 2011
They make a 20 foot long telescoping fishing pole called the Black Widow. This pole along with some good stalking techniques is a must for noosing Baja Blue rock lizards. (one of the toughest lizards in the world to catch) If you had gone a little bit north to Miraflores you could have night hunted ...
- May 13th, 2012, 5:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: your "I wish" finds by State
- Replies: 68
- Views: 46346
Re: your "I wish" finds by State
Baja California del sud
Lampropeltis catalinensis
Lampropeltis catalinensis
- May 7th, 2012, 10:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The year of rare snakes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3477
Re: The year of rare snakes
Population densities need to be high enough so that males can find females to breed to. Typically, in the breeding season, females crawl around leaving a scent trail behind them to lure males. Males then crawl around and pick up and then follow the scent trail to the females. Or, the female just han...
- May 7th, 2012, 10:05 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The year of rare snakes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3477
Re: The year of rare snakes
Justin, Never? http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=11503 Over the last 38 years of pursuing snakes, I have learned that the more I learn, the more I realize that I don't know. I do however know for certain, that there are no rare snakes, only snakes that have not been "f...
- May 7th, 2012, 8:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The year of rare snakes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3477
Re: The year of rare snakes
Josh,
Give yourself credit for learning snake behavior.
You now know how and when to find certain snakes better than you did years ago, hence, you are crossing paths with them more often.
Give yourself credit for learning snake behavior.
You now know how and when to find certain snakes better than you did years ago, hence, you are crossing paths with them more often.
- May 7th, 2012, 7:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The year of rare snakes
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3477
Re: The year of rare snakes
imo, there are no rare snakes, only snakes that you have not yet figured out how to find.
If a snake was truly "rare", the males would not be able to find the females to breed and they would go extinct.
If a snake was truly "rare", the males would not be able to find the females to breed and they would go extinct.
- May 5th, 2012, 10:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Afternoon Herpin' Mountains of Arizona Boas & Gila MONSTERS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2662
Re: Afternoon Herpin' Mountains of Arizona Boas & Gila MONS
Thanks Guys!
It is fun reliving the hunt with the videos.
My wife is teaching me how to edit, but it is slow teaching an old dog new tricks
I am working on editing a cool day we had looking for zonata, but this could take a while.
It is fun reliving the hunt with the videos.
My wife is teaching me how to edit, but it is slow teaching an old dog new tricks
I am working on editing a cool day we had looking for zonata, but this could take a while.
- May 5th, 2012, 7:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you think?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2439
Re: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you thi
Wow!
Thanks Greg!
Great info, great advice, great videos!
My next stop is over to your web site to learn some more
Thanks!
Thanks Greg!
Great info, great advice, great videos!
My next stop is over to your web site to learn some more
Thanks!
- May 4th, 2012, 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you think?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2439
Re: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you thi
The GoPro has such a wide angle lens that you have to get pretty close to the snake before you can even see it. I am thinking that it might be useful for getting some interesting close up videos after you spot the snake. Also good for the tromping thru the bush shots and the driving thru snake count...
- May 4th, 2012, 3:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Peru-Madre De Dios (Manu National Park) April 2012 PART 1
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17466
Re: Peru-Madre De Dios (Manu National Park) April 2012 PART
That was cool!
Aquatic Coral Snakes! What will they think of next
Aquatic Coral Snakes! What will they think of next
- May 4th, 2012, 12:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you think?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2439
Re: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you thi
Thanks for the tips and suggestions everyone! After purchasing the GoPro Hero 2 and plowing thru the 45 page manual, I can see that it will work for some of the stuff that I wanted to do and won't do some of the other stuff. I did a test video putting the camera up close on a helleri and I was disap...
- May 3rd, 2012, 12:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you think?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2439
Video Cameras....Go Pro or Contour.......What do you think?
Anyone have any pros or cons on the Go Pro or the Contour for shooting vids in the field?
- April 29th, 2012, 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20147
Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
One of the worst bites in the world is from Crotalus viridis helleri, the Southern Pacific rattler. The venom isn't world class in terms of potency, but the idiots at Crofab have never worked this sub species into their antivenin mixture. Hence, the antivenin that most west coast hospitals use (Crof...
- April 28th, 2012, 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Afternoon Herpin' Mountains of Arizona Boas & Gila MONSTERS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2662
Afternoon Herpin' Mountains of Arizona Boas & Gila MONSTERS
A small compilation of iphone clips taken in the afternoon in the western mountains of AZ.
- April 19th, 2012, 7:56 am
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: 20 foot Great white in the Sea of Cortez?!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4277
- April 12th, 2012, 7:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13403
Re: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
I think the fact that the dense rain forest is blocking out most of the sunlight is largely responsible for the low density of snakes. Go to areas on the edge of the rain forest and you will likely find more snakes. Or, chop a tree down and see the snakes that were basking in the sun near the top of...
- April 12th, 2012, 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: San Diego, CA - anyone wanna take me out herping Saturday?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1038
- April 12th, 2012, 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 22 foot croc in Niger
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10790
Re: 22 foot croc in Niger
As a kid, 4 foot helleris were common in Los Angeles and 6 foot Pits were everywhere.
Now, it is darn near impossible to find one.
I saw some BIG Nile crocs in Kenya and they couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 feet.
22 feet would be ridiculous.
Now, it is darn near impossible to find one.
I saw some BIG Nile crocs in Kenya and they couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 feet.
22 feet would be ridiculous.
- March 28th, 2012, 6:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Need help identifying the locality of these rosy boas
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3709
Re: Need help identifying the locality of these rosy boas
This biting sounds like a feeding response.
Do they still bite once you have them out of the cage?
Do they still bite once you have them out of the cage?
- March 27th, 2012, 8:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #11: Sixteen-Foot Reticulated Python
- Replies: 46
- Views: 21106
Re: Borneo Dispatches #11: Sixteen-Foot Reticulated Python
Mourits,
Seeing BIG snakes in the wild is now safe and easy.
All you need to do is catch a flight to Miami and drive about an hour.
You can see pythons bigger than that in the wild relatively easily
Seeing BIG snakes in the wild is now safe and easy.
All you need to do is catch a flight to Miami and drive about an hour.
You can see pythons bigger than that in the wild relatively easily
- March 24th, 2012, 9:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4986
Re: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
THAT would be cool to slowly walk up to a Perentie and get within 2 meters! I only saw one P in my excursions around Alice. I was driving north (with a hitchhiker Aborigine fellow) on the road south of Alice and way off in the distance, you could see that shimmering mirage effect of the heat emanati...
- March 21st, 2012, 7:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year End Review - Mexico Galore! DUW
- Replies: 38
- Views: 15471
Re: Year End Review - Mexico Galore! DUW
Great Stuff!
I wonder what it will take for somebody to find a kingsnake on that gawd forsaken rock known as Santa Catalina?
I wonder what it will take for somebody to find a kingsnake on that gawd forsaken rock known as Santa Catalina?
- March 19th, 2012, 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Apple Stock hits a "Striking Rattlesnake" pose on the charts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1127
- March 19th, 2012, 7:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Apple Stock hits a "Striking Rattlesnake" pose on the charts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1127
- March 19th, 2012, 6:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4986
Re: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
I can never look at too many shots of Perenties.
Awesome
Any stories to go along with the shots?
Awesome
Any stories to go along with the shots?
- March 17th, 2012, 10:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: So Far in the Sonoran
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4808
Re: So Far in the Sonoran
Michael,
sent you a PM.
sent you a PM.
- March 14th, 2012, 7:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Taiwan - The Book - PRICING POLL, PLEASE HELP!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3742
Re: Herping in Taiwan - The Book - PRICING POLL, PLEASE HELP
Make it the best book you can and people will be happy to pay the extra $$$.
People are lazy readers these days, so make sure there are lots of pics.
People are lazy readers these days, so make sure there are lots of pics.
- March 13th, 2012, 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Tanami Desert, Australia
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5802
Re: Tanami Desert, Australia
"Don't talk to me about womas. :x" Yea, I feel the same way about womas. I spent weeks in woma country and couldn't find one. Blackheadeds were a bit easier to find :) I have always wanted to see if you could track womas in the soft red sand................do you know of anyone that has do...
- March 12th, 2012, 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Tanami Desert, Australia
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5802
Re: Tanami Desert, Australia
Yea, you are probably right about the sand.
Thanks for picture and the memories.
No flaming orange womas?
Thanks for picture and the memories.
No flaming orange womas?
- March 12th, 2012, 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Tanami Desert, Australia
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5802
Re: Tanami Desert, Australia
Thanks Stewart! That is a pretty decent one. I swear the ones on the Tanami Trail were even more orange than that one, but your pic is close. I also remember them being quite small, real dwarfs compared to the regular goulds. The one in your pic looks a bit bigger than the ones I was seeing, but may...
- March 12th, 2012, 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Tanami Desert, Australia
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5802
Re: Tanami Desert, Australia
About a billion years ago, I drove on a dirt road called the Tanami Trail that ran thru really red powdery sand. The Sand Gould monitors, Varanus gouldi flavirufus, that lived there were the most amazing orange monitors that I have ever seen and as long as you stayed in the vehicle, you could drive ...
- March 8th, 2012, 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: RFI: Best Season in Baja del Sur?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2924
Re: RFI: Best Season in Baja del Sur?
In the south part of Baja, you have to wait for the rains which can start as early as July, but may take until aug or sept..
Sept is your best bet.
Sept is your best bet.
- March 8th, 2012, 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2401
Re: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
Back in the 80's ALL of my friends thought that the Todos Santos Mountain King was extinct, because of feral cats. That was right up until I found a freshly shed skin. I bet everyone who has looked for catalinensis would like to believe that it is extinct, but the truth is that they are just really ...
- March 8th, 2012, 6:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2401
Re: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
Yea, I forgot about invasive species like rats and mongoose.
They could have easily wiped out that poor little gecko.
I lived in Jamaica and it was a shame what those mongoose were able to do to Jamaican snake populations.
They could have easily wiped out that poor little gecko.
I lived in Jamaica and it was a shame what those mongoose were able to do to Jamaican snake populations.
- March 7th, 2012, 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2401
How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues_day_gecko
After looking at the island on Google Earth, it is hard to imagine that they could have wiped out every single lizard on the island?
Is it worth a trip?
Does anyone read German?
http://www.ig-phelsuma.de/reiseberichte/mauritius.phtml
After looking at the island on Google Earth, it is hard to imagine that they could have wiped out every single lizard on the island?
Is it worth a trip?
Does anyone read German?
http://www.ig-phelsuma.de/reiseberichte/mauritius.phtml