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by krismunk
October 8th, 2013, 1:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Some photos of Herping in Western Ghats(India)
Replies: 22
Views: 10709

Re: Some photos of Herping in Western Ghats(India)

WOW!

... looking forward to future posts :)
chrish wrote:Also, what happened to the neck of that first Daboia? Did it get noosed or something? The skin looks badly torn.
Looks to me like a gaping smaller specimen inside the coils of the large one.
by krismunk
October 8th, 2013, 12:45 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My overly ambitous target species list for 2014
Replies: 17
Views: 3219

Re: My overly ambitous target species list for 2014

chrish wrote:
krismunk wrote:Somehow I thought those remaining remnants were neither in Campeche nor in Chiapas but in the redundant Free and Sovereign State of Redundancy ;)
Yeah, I know. I saw that after I posted it but was too lazy to remove it. And now I can't. Damn! :oops:
Always happy to be of service :)
by krismunk
October 8th, 2013, 12:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My overly ambitous target species list for 2014
Replies: 17
Views: 3219

Re: My overly ambitous target species list for 2014

Sadly I have no local species left and a very modest travel budget. I hope to make it to Texas nonetheless in which case I'll have plenty of targets. I would like to go back to southern Mexico (Campeche/Chiapas) and do some frog recording in the remaining rainforest remnants before they are gone. So...
by krismunk
October 7th, 2013, 1:58 pm
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Recommendations for a robust P&S herping camera?
Replies: 3
Views: 2801

Re: Recommendations for a robust P&S herping camera?

Thanks for the tip :) Based on your recommendation and what I read elsewhere they certainly look like a good option. Of the current models g15 looks the best buy but I'm afraid it's a little out of my price range. Looking at the older models I think the G9 is probably as far back as I'd want to go. ...
by krismunk
October 7th, 2013, 12:43 am
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Recommendations for a robust P&S herping camera?
Replies: 3
Views: 2801

Recommendations for a robust P&S herping camera?

Somehow, I've made a bad habit of wrecking my cameras and it's getting old :( Some 4 years ago my five year old high end Olympus p&s (don't remember the model) died of unknown causes. I replaced this with a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZwhatevernumberthetopmodelatthetimehad that I accidentally dipped in...
by krismunk
September 28th, 2013, 7:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Photos from Italy, Sep 2013
Replies: 12
Views: 3596

Re: Photos from Italy, Sep 2013

Nice as always, David :)

Your third lizard from Assisi is a common wall lizard, not an Italian.
by krismunk
September 27th, 2013, 2:14 pm
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: What herps do you have problems photographing?
Replies: 22
Views: 9514

Re: What herps do you have problems photographing?

South Florida Rainbow Snakes Me too. ... other than that: any and all herps (guess I'm just a lousy photographer :lol: ). Seriously, though, skinks - shiny buggers that won't sit still :evil: Snakewise, I had the same problem with all the smooth snakes I've seen (only 5). Hat trick didn't work a bi...
by krismunk
September 25th, 2013, 11:07 pm
Forum: Fish Forum
Topic: strangest thing you ever caught
Replies: 48
Views: 62705

Re: strangest thing you ever caught

The money has never been found. Here's a short one about money that WAS found. When I was a kid, on rainy days, my Dad would drop me off at the dam on the Plover river that created McDill pond in Stevens Point Wisconsin. He'd pick me up at dark. I fished smallmouth bass below the structure and woul...
by krismunk
September 25th, 2013, 1:05 am
Forum: Fish Forum
Topic: strangest thing you ever caught
Replies: 48
Views: 62705

Re: strangest thing you ever caught

Let's see... Birds: A duckling on a dry fly - trout fishing with a size 18 black gnat or something similarly small I didn't worry about the ducks swimming about (it's supposed to look like a bug from below , right?) and was still trying to spot where my fly had landed on the surface when an odd sque...
by krismunk
September 24th, 2013, 2:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Servus from Austria, herps of Europe (picture heavy)
Replies: 18
Views: 5648

Re: Servus from Austria, herps of Europe

Wonderful pics, Markus, thanks for sharing & welcome :)

... & John, since Markus doesn't have any, here's an in situ Pseudopus for you ;)

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pic not up to Markus' standard, I know, but...
by krismunk
September 24th, 2013, 12:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Swedish smooth
Replies: 8
Views: 2384

Re: Swedish smooth

& thanks to you three as well :) No adders at that spot? Haven't heard of it, didn't find any, wouldn't have been surprised to, though. I didn't really give it much thought as adders are a common find for me locally. Here's a couple of in situ neonates from August ;) http://i300.photobucket.com/...
by krismunk
September 14th, 2013, 12:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Swedish smooth
Replies: 8
Views: 2384

Re: Swedish smooth

Thanks for the replies, guys :) Looks like a fun area to herp! It is - though in terms of diversity of course it sucks by your American standards :roll: Looks a little like our Hypsiglena spp. :thumb: Hadn't thought of that as a comparison but yeah, give a nightsnake a darker head, bulk it up a bit ...
by krismunk
September 14th, 2013, 12:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Smallest Flipped Item that Produced
Replies: 26
Views: 7379

Re: Smallest Flipped Item that Produced

Can't recall what the smallest piece was but baby slow worms seem to like small cover. I've certainly often found them under hand sized cover. plastic as well as bark springs to mind.
by krismunk
September 13th, 2013, 10:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A few frogs
Replies: 1
Views: 962

Re: A few frogs

Nice photos of nice critters as always - thanks :)

... and so much more goodness following the link ;)
by krismunk
September 13th, 2013, 2:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: If herps could talk
Replies: 24
Views: 5425

Re: If herps could talk

hellihooks wrote:You Mind? trying to take a dump here....
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Well...
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by krismunk
September 13th, 2013, 12:18 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Swedish smooth
Replies: 8
Views: 2384

Swedish smooth

Coronella austriaca , the smooth snake, is a common, widespread European species. Closely related to North American Lampropeltis, it has the same smooth, shiny scales, narrow head and muscular body used for constricting its prey in the form of other reptiles. Throw in rather small size, a pattern w...
by krismunk
September 5th, 2013, 12:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: how many examples of dual patronyms are there?
Replies: 28
Views: 7916

Re: how many examples of dual patronyms are there?

You will find a surprising number of dual and even triple patronyms in species named after Robert Mertens - to the point where it almost looks like a convention (see http://research.amnh.org/vz/herpetology/amphibia/?action=names&geo=0&taxon=mertens). Have a look for instance at the genus Mer...
by krismunk
August 28th, 2013, 12:08 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: What was your last lifer?...
Replies: 381
Views: 998512

Re: What was your last lifer?...

Black woodpecker - magnificent bird, looong overdue. I have read accounts of other people having trouble seeing this bird. Are they pretty hard to come by? I was able to see one on the side of a mountain in s Germany as it was hammering away at a log. I had to stop in the middle of the road on a ve...
by krismunk
August 27th, 2013, 1:46 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What was your last lifer?
Replies: 121
Views: 191276

Re: What was your last lifer?

Nathusius' pipistrelle - first hometown lifer in more than a decade. I've probably seen some before as they're one of the five bat species known from my local neighbourhood. I've just never before been in a position to make a positive ID. Well, last night on my evening walk I ran into a biologist do...
by krismunk
August 27th, 2013, 1:26 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: What was your last lifer?...
Replies: 381
Views: 998512

Re: What was your last lifer?...

Black woodpecker - magnificent bird, looong overdue. One of those species I always figured would just show up somewhere so I never actually targeted it. Somehow, it never did show up, until a mature male flew by close overhead a few weeks ago. Lifer #12 for the season, not particularly impresive, bu...
by krismunk
June 26th, 2013, 12:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herps from Ukraine
Replies: 7
Views: 2826

Re: Herps from Ukraine

chrish wrote:
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Well, these are in there ...

Natrix natrix
Lacerta agilis
Zootoca vivipara
Lissotriton montandoni
Ichthyosaura alpestris
and Erinaceus concolor I believe.
well, E . roumanicus, rather ;)

Jeroen's herp ID's are of course all correct.
by krismunk
June 16th, 2013, 12:50 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Opportunistic Mediterranean cruise herping
Replies: 28
Views: 23071

Re: Opportunistic Mediterranean cruise herping

I tried to read up earlier on how to distinguish Podarcis sicula from P. melisellensis . My field guide showed a difference in the masseteric scale between the eye and ear. When I zoom in on my original photos, it looks to me like that scale more closely matches the figure for P. sicula than P. mel...
by krismunk
June 16th, 2013, 10:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Opportunistic Mediterranean cruise herping
Replies: 28
Views: 23071

Re: Opportunistic Mediterranean cruise herping

Thanks for an nice thread with an enjoyable mix of narrative, herp & habitat shots :) A couple of remarks on the ID's, though... You're " Rana graeca " looks rather like Pelophylax sp. . In the Peloponnese that leaves two possibilities - P. epeiroticus and P. kurtmuelleri . I'm not com...
by krismunk
June 6th, 2013, 10:32 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The Journey Continues: 2013 in East Texas (UPDATED 1/6/14)
Replies: 48
Views: 26850

Re: The Journey Continues: 2013 in (mostly) East Texas

Awesome :thumb:

... really whets my appetite for next year :)
by krismunk
June 2nd, 2013, 11:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Greater Houston area - very preliminary RFI
Replies: 11
Views: 4294

Re: Greater Houston area - very preliminary RFI

Thanks for the info, Chris, it seems very helpful :) Also, even if I don't find any of my "targets" I'll still be happy with that copperhaed or two, Texas rat, ribbon & buttermilk + a few amphibs ;-) Sadly, mid-March through early April is out of the question. If I do get a chance to g...
by krismunk
June 1st, 2013, 10:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Greater Houston area - very preliminary RFI
Replies: 11
Views: 4294

Re: Greater Houston area - very preliminary RFI

Thanks for the replies. If I could decide we'd certainly be going in April but there are several calendars to match and February seems more realistic. I realized I forgot a couple of questions first time around, First of all I'd appreciate any recommendaations in terms of filed guides. So far I've b...
by krismunk
May 31st, 2013, 12:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Greater Houston area - very preliminary RFI
Replies: 11
Views: 4294

Greater Houston area - very preliminary RFI

Hi, I'm a Danish field herper who has previously been rather active on this board and its predecessor (too busy lately ;)). My sister just moved with her family to the Woodlands north of Houston for the next three years. Of course I'll want to visit her along with my wife and kids and of course whil...
by krismunk
April 11th, 2013, 12:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: ID Please: Mystery Snake from Brazil
Replies: 11
Views: 4534

Re: ID Please: Mystery Snake from Brazil

Masticophis mentovarius?
by krismunk
March 10th, 2013, 1:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Excursion to Edinburgh (any advice on Scottish herping?)
Replies: 10
Views: 2762

Re: Excursion to Edinburgh (any advice on Scottish herping?)

AndyKraemer wrote:This won't be a dedicated herping trip
I gathered as much, it's Scotland, after all ;)
by krismunk
March 10th, 2013, 12:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Excursion to Edinburgh (any advice on Scottish herping?)
Replies: 10
Views: 2762

Re: Excursion to Edinburgh (any advice on Scottish herping?)

Hi, I can't give you any detailed advice, as I've never been to Scotland and don't know any Scottish herpers. I can, however, give you a tip on where you might find more information on the herps of the region, including local contacts: http://www.lothian-arg.org.uk/species-in-the-lothians/ Furthermo...
by krismunk
March 9th, 2013, 3:53 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: European Frog ID please?
Replies: 3
Views: 1201

Re: European Frog ID please?

Definitely part of that species complex. P. kl. esculentus is the hybrid form, the parent species being P. lessonae and P. ridibundus . All three occur in Hungary and they are not easy to tell apart. I agree with Jimmy these are not lessonae but based on the pictures it is impossible to say for sure...
by krismunk
February 22nd, 2013, 3:47 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

chrish wrote:Who-hooo! I found an old, terrible image of another one worder to resuscitate this topic for at least one more post...
Anything you can do I can do worse ;)

Goldcrest
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by krismunk
February 18th, 2013, 3:37 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: What's your favorite?
Replies: 12
Views: 4577

Re: What's your favorite?

Hmmm... can't reply to the questions as they are stated but in the same spirit, here's a few favourites. Favourite bird family: Penguins. I've only ever seen two Humboldt penguins in the wild but then again, they're the only species I've been within range of and that was just for about an hour. Favo...
by krismunk
February 8th, 2013, 8:55 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Talk about your envenomations.
Replies: 41
Views: 7650

Re: Talk about your envenomations.

No medically significant bites or stings. Worst would have to be either two stings from a bullet ant or a sting from a greater weever, Trachinus draco . The first inceident happened nearly 20 years ago while I was hiking through the Bolivian rain forest. I felt a sudden sharp pain in the back of my ...
by krismunk
February 1st, 2013, 7:45 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: What was your last lifer?...
Replies: 381
Views: 998512

Re: What was your last lifer?...

Ring necked duck. A very rare guest on this side of the pond I might well have seen it in North America as a kid but since I don't remember seeing it, it is of course a lifer :) I'll spare you the pics as my wife had taken the camera to work to photograph some of her students' artwork, so all I had ...
by krismunk
January 31st, 2013, 11:55 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

I think I have lousy photos still of some of these, but many are slides and I would have to find them. My Australian slides might be easier to find. Apostlebird, Budgerigar, Canvasback, Cockatiel, Dunnock, Emu, Gyrfalcon, Phainopepla, Pyrrhuloxia, Takahe, Verdin, and Yellowhammer From that list the...
by krismunk
January 31st, 2013, 11:07 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

I'm done for now as well. There are still a few Danish species left. None of them are regulars in my immediate neighbourhood but three or four I should be able to find without too much effort, so I may be back with a pic or two reasonably soon. For the rest it's either the wrong time of year or I'm ...
by krismunk
January 31st, 2013, 10:30 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: Four of a kind...** - UP AND RUNNING AGAIN March 2016!
Replies: 281
Views: 736709

Re: FOUR OF A KIND....new game

Since it's a European bird, I'll go with grey for this one.

Grey heron
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by krismunk
January 29th, 2013, 7:57 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

Rook

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by krismunk
January 26th, 2013, 3:25 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

OK, here's where we are: Akekee, Akepa, Akiapolaau, Akikiki, Akohekohe, Anhinga , Anianiau, Apapane, Apostlebird, Balicassiao, Bananaquit , Bateleur , Baywing, Besra, Blackstart, Blackthroat, Blossomcrown, Bluebonnet, Bluethroat, Bobolink , Bokikokiko, Bokmakierie, Brambling , Brolga, Brubru, Budge...
by krismunk
January 25th, 2013, 9:04 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

Searching through my old photos for a greater or lesser blackbacked gull for the four of a kind game I stumbled across this pic that I had forgotten. It's crap of course, but less so than the ones I remembered so I'll put it up anyway just to keep thee game going. Brambling http://i300.photobucket.c...
by krismunk
January 25th, 2013, 7:48 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

Counting lousy photos and some old slides, I think I've got another 8 or so I think, unless someone steals them first. I guess I'll be playing with myself. :oops: ....I mean uh, by myself. I can probably find the time to go birding on Monday. If I do, I think I might make it a priority to get pictu...
by krismunk
January 22nd, 2013, 11:39 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

You should cross out hawfinch, redwing and fieldfare since they have all been played. I have at least one of those remaining. I think I may have two or three but my pictures are so bad they're beneath even my standards. Regardless, there are at least four species I ought to be able to get a picture ...
by krismunk
January 19th, 2013, 1:03 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

This thread seems to be slowly grinding to a halt :(

... no reason why it should die just yet, though ;)

Redwing
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by krismunk
January 17th, 2013, 12:38 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

Hawfinch
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Sorry about the crappy pic :oops:

As is obvious, I am really not a bird photographer. I have neither the gear, skill nor patience, I just enjoy this game...

+ I'm getting near the bottom of the pile.
by krismunk
January 14th, 2013, 11:15 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

I would guess the Fieldfare would probably have been feeding with Redwings. The Smew maybe Mallard or Pochard? Bingo on all three accounts. I was going with the mallard since in the above mentioned list it's called common pochard but they were there too ;-) But this is supposed to a thread with bir...
by krismunk
January 14th, 2013, 12:14 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/7003225488_f66ef9196d_z.jpg Goldfinch - Photographed in Corfu. I just photographed this exact same species of bird, except I cant play it because where I photographed it, it is known as the European Goldfinch. :roll: :? I just photographed it a couple of days ago ...
by krismunk
January 13th, 2013, 6:24 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

I went for a little wlak around the neighbourhood this afternoon, took the camera along to photograph any one word bird species I cme across. I found five, one of which has already been played. All the shots are crap but here's one anyway... Fieldfare: http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn26/krismun...
by krismunk
January 11th, 2013, 3:46 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: One Word Bird Game
Replies: 74
Views: 20150

Re: One Word Bird Game

Smew

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by krismunk
December 31st, 2012, 12:59 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: So....what's next for bird photo games?
Replies: 8
Views: 3282

Re: So....what's next for bird photo games?

Except for the first couple of rounds of Alphabirding the rules have precluded the use of species whose name is a single word so in order to get some new species thrown into the mix it might be nice with a game where these are allowed, perhaps even one where they are the focus (though the latter cou...