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- June 13th, 2010, 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Finds from this yea-Part 2 South Georgia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5392
Re: Finds from this yea-Part 2 South Georgia
Congrats on all the great finds. Excellent report.
- June 13th, 2010, 4:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: From central to Southern Florida...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5243
Re: From central to Southern Florida...
Always appreciate the Florida stuff. Cornsnakes are a favorite of mine.
Your cricket frog is actually a Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactyus planirostris)
Your cricket frog is actually a Greenhouse Frog (Eleutherodactyus planirostris)
- June 13th, 2010, 3:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: May 2010...A little bit of everything
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4004
Re: May 2010...A little bit of everything
Cool finds! You saved the best for last.
- June 11th, 2010, 6:29 pm
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: What was your last lifer?...
- Replies: 381
- Views: 998359
Re: What was your last lifer?...
My last lifer was a clapper rail in Virginia. I'm not that big on birding but I like to keep track.
- June 11th, 2010, 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Your All-time Best Rattlesnake Shot!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 42393
Re: Your All-time Best Rattlesnake Shot!
Oh wow. Beautiful molossus.
- June 11th, 2010, 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Another day herping
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1288
Re: Another day herping
Could you possibly resize your images? They are huge and you'd probably get more views and comments if your pics fit the screen.
- June 11th, 2010, 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Your All-time Best Rattlesnake Shot!
- Replies: 122
- Views: 42393
Re: Your All-time Best Rattlesnake Shot!
Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) - Connecticut
- June 11th, 2010, 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Results from a new spot.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3762
Re: Results from a new spot.
Indeed. Now if I can just win powerball I can knock off a few dozen counties for the database.
- June 11th, 2010, 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Results from a new spot.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3762
Re: Results from a new spot.
That's the great thing about going to new spots. A lot of my friends want to go to the same 3 or 4 spots on rotation. It gets boring. No adventure in that.
- June 11th, 2010, 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifer spadefoot
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3988
Re: Lifer spadefoot
Congrats. I also hoped for a spadefoot on the trip. One of the nights we cruised I counted 101 fowler's toads, hoping for just 1 spadefoot. Better luck next time I suppose.
- June 11th, 2010, 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Need your shades for this sipedon!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3605
Re: Need your shades for this sipedon!
The colors are reversed. Cool animal.
- June 10th, 2010, 7:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Crocodile+fish/Alligator+turtle
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4477
Re: Crocodile+fish/Alligator+turtle
It really is. Amazing observations. Judging just by the pics, the Am Croc looks huge so that fish must have been pretty large itself.WAYNE13114 wrote:that last shot is fantastic
- June 10th, 2010, 6:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Vilano Beach, Florida Help
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1177
Vilano Beach, Florida Help
I'm still trying to come up with a vacation / herping trip spot to accommodate both herper and non-herper. Someone recommended Vilano Beach. Looks like there is a ton of parks and wildlife areas around there. If anyone has experience in the area, please give me some reviews, etc. PMs are fine. Thanks.
- June 10th, 2010, 9:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: the most effort I've ever put into a single stupid frog
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4237
Re: the most effort I've ever put into a single stupid frog
I think we should label every picture with both common and scientific name. There are always people new to the hobby who may be looking at these animals for the first time.
- June 10th, 2010, 8:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Around this time last year
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2548
Re: Around this time last year
Awesome. I like that melanistic snake. We supposedly don't get them in the isolated CT population. I did see a shed once that was really dark so maybe there's at least one out there. Genetic bottlenecking is taking it's toll.
The 'bender rules. Enough said.
The 'bender rules. Enough said.
- June 10th, 2010, 8:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alright, time for something different (DUW)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9081
Re: Alright, time for something different (DUW)
*sneaks into the Cali Chapter*
WOW, great post! Love the rubber boas and great turkey shot! Can I come out there and herp with you?
WOW, great post! Love the rubber boas and great turkey shot! Can I come out there and herp with you?
- June 10th, 2010, 8:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Viewer's Choice/Best of the Best Section?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5009
Re: Viewer's Choice/Best of the Best Section?
It sounds like a good idea. Perhaps we can choose a thread from each section of the country to showcase. i.e. feature a thread from the northeast, southeast, Pacific Northwest, etc. Members from those areas can keep an eye out for reports from those areas that have been posted in the main forum and ...
- June 9th, 2010, 10:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Another GREAT week of northern Ohio herping!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6149
Re: Another GREAT week of northern Ohio herping!
The greensnake eating the spider is a cool observation. Your guarantee came through and then some. I really need to get out that way some day.
Re: Highlights From the Past Few Years
Cool stuff. The hatchling mud turtle and nerodia are really neat finds.
- June 9th, 2010, 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Variation in P. cinereus
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6329
Re: Variation in P. cinereus
Star-Spangled Phase - Fairfield County, CT
Pink Coral Phase - New Haven County, CT
Pink Coral Phase - New Haven County, CT
- June 9th, 2010, 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: the most effort I've ever put into a single stupid frog
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4237
Re: the most effort I've ever put into a single stupid frog
Congrats. That is one frog I hope to see someday. I guess VT would be the closest for me.
- June 9th, 2010, 7:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Finds from this year-Part 1-South Florida.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4721
Re: Finds from this year-Part 1-South Florida.
Great finds. That coralsnake story is heartbreaking. I hope the next one you see is alive and away from a road.
What species of frog do you have left to see?
What species of frog do you have left to see?
- June 8th, 2010, 8:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Man Who Injects Venom
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3229
Re: The Man Who Injects Venom
I'm kinda watching it right now but it's on DVR for later viewing. Just saw the king cobra segment.
- June 8th, 2010, 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Special Dark
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4173
Re: Special Dark
Neat. I think it looks pretty cool.
- June 8th, 2010, 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: OH, NY, PA, WV herping extravaganza weekend...pics
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8360
Re: OH, NY, PA, WV herping extravaganza weekend...pics
Yeah, I forgot to mention the Timbers. I call that the "rocky road" phase. Great finds.
- June 8th, 2010, 7:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: OH, NY, PA, WV herping extravaganza weekend...pics
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8360
Re: OH, NY, PA, WV herping extravaganza weekend...pics
I've never seen a garter like that. Nice looking habitat in WV.
- June 8th, 2010, 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New England Vipers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2154
Re: New England Vipers
Thanks guys. I love the variability in the coppers. I've seen them very pale and very dark, like the pair pictured.
- June 8th, 2010, 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Once, In a Former Life . . .
- Replies: 40
- Views: 12336
Re: Once, In a Former Life . . .
Original : mikefuture
Real name is the way to go, I think.
Real name is the way to go, I think.
- June 8th, 2010, 5:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: over a year of herping FL - DUW
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8268
Re: over a year of herping FL - DUW
Really nice stuff. I love snakes on white sand. Great contrast.
- June 8th, 2010, 5:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A pretty from S Florida last night
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3994
Re: A pretty from S Florida last night
Target Acquired. Excellent! That's one sight I had hoped for down in south florida. Didn't get to see one.
- June 8th, 2010, 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: turtle photos from 2006
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2653
Re: turtle photos from 2006
Beautiful. Nice to see some pics of these little guys.
- June 8th, 2010, 5:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New England Vipers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2154
New England Vipers
Time to reminisce a little... http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2689/4399620029_62cec0ae7a.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2562/4211563975_ac17c2a3f1.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2596/4211563793_6320ff813f.jpg http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2605/4183393618_91acc1a7d3.jpg http://farm4.static.fl...
- June 8th, 2010, 4:32 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Recommended Reading
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9747
Re: Recommended Reading
Familiar Reptiles & Amphibians of America - Will Barker I read this book over and over when I was a kid. It was first published in 1964. It lists the genus for Red-Spotted Newt as Diemictylus and Narrow-Mouthed toads as Microhyla . The Eastern Milksnake is Lampropeltis doliata triangulum . Gott...
- June 8th, 2010, 4:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Okanagan valley snake ID
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4074
Re: Okanagan valley snake ID
No doubt it's Coluber
- June 7th, 2010, 9:19 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: A couple of plugs
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4498
A couple of plugs
Discovering Amphibians : Frogs and Salamanders of the Northeast A neat little book with some great field stories, by fellow CT herper, John Himmelman. A Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica A true guide for the field. If you have to bring a book to Costa Rica, bring this one. Authored by ...
- June 7th, 2010, 9:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A few saves
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2428
Re: A few saves
Love that mint green treefrog.
- June 7th, 2010, 9:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gharials of the Chambal revisited
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4479
Re: Gharials of the Chambal revisited
Cool. I don't recall many indian posts.
- June 7th, 2010, 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Good to be back
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2993
Re: Good to be back
Gotta love those juvy milksnakes. Nice post.
- June 7th, 2010, 7:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northeast Member Biographies
- Replies: 197
- Views: 56198
Re: Northeast Member Biographies
Hey folks, My name is Mike VanValen and I have been field herping for a long, long time. One of my earliest memories is of chasing lizards in Florida. I was encouraged by my parents at an early age to pursue my interest in herpetology. I have herped the everglades, the pine barrens of NJ, the sand h...
- June 7th, 2010, 5:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: new registration suggestion: Use your real name.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10626
Re: new registration suggestion: Use your real name.
I wanted to change over right before the FHF crash of 2010
Mike VanValen formerly known as mikefuture
Mike VanValen formerly known as mikefuture
- June 7th, 2010, 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: recent finds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3012
recent finds
These pics are from the past few months in the field. Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) - Connecticut http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4645358295_0f4130f9dc.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4504403112_632e51e224.jpg Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) - Connecticut http://farm5.static.f...
Re: Some finds from over the weekend - ANF and Eglin AFB
Nice stuff. Corns are a favorite of mine.
- June 7th, 2010, 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Check in thread
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11453
Check in thread
Hey guys, mikefuture here. We all need to spread the message so we can get the Northeast folks back here and re-registered. Use Facebook. Myspace, Twitter...whatever you can and contact whoever you know.
In the mean time let's use this thread as a check in for Chapter members as they trickle back in.
In the mean time let's use this thread as a check in for Chapter members as they trickle back in.