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by Jeff
March 22nd, 2014, 5:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Road Cruisin' Music
Replies: 26
Views: 6158

Re: Road Cruisin' Music

On the road: Windows down & the radio off with nothing but the sound of
ssssSSSSFFFT Pop! as one opens a Rainier Ale tallboy.

Disclaimer: when that wasn't a problem!
by Jeff
March 21st, 2014, 4:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Relations among amphisbaenians, caecilians and coral snakes
Replies: 6
Views: 4118

Re: Relations among amphisbaenians, caecilians and coral sna

Todd Those are interesting hypotheses about a co-evolved system. Unfortunately, the fossil history of Gymnophiona and Amphisbaena are sparse within areas currently occupied by Micrurus. That brings to question the evolution of prey preferences in coral snakes in northern Mexico and the U. S., where ...
by Jeff
March 19th, 2014, 5:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Has anyone ever looked for Acris in Arizona?
Replies: 5
Views: 2511

Re: Has anyone ever looked for Acris in Arizona?

I surveyed a small marsh just outside of Douglas, near the supposed locality, in June 1985. I collected Rana blairi, but saw no cricket frogs. This was at midday and hot, so potential for calls was reduced. The "10 miles east of Douglas" that Frost cites, is almost to the west margin of th...
by Jeff
March 2nd, 2014, 7:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Garter Snake Question
Replies: 17
Views: 4767

Re: Garter Snake Question

Psyon is correct in the indefinite range of T. s. pallidulus -- it is, in fact, centered in a region, but snakes of its characteristic color pattern can be found in decreasing percentage away from the core range. The type locality is Intervale, New Hampshire, and the characeristics (compared with T....
by Jeff
February 19th, 2014, 8:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rosy Boa now Three-lined Boa?
Replies: 20
Views: 6268

Re: Rosy Boa now Three-lined Boa?

Biker D I just clicked on the original link, and your embedded message link, and the pdf immediately loaded from both. Try checking www.cnah.org then open the pdf library link and search under author Wood. The site has some "crap" and my home virus scanner blocks it, but I can open the web...
by Jeff
February 18th, 2014, 7:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rosy Boa now Three-lined Boa?
Replies: 20
Views: 6268

Re: Rosy Boa now Three-lined Boa?

High Desert Rosy Boa?
Memory lane is resurrected. I can't even remember the names of those guys. 'Twin Terror?'

The term "rosy" is based on the pinkish bellies of the Tijuana-Ensenada coastal phase, so most Lichanura lack the namesake term.

Jeff
by Jeff
February 18th, 2014, 6:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rosy Boa now Three-lined Boa?
Replies: 20
Views: 6268

Re: Rosy Boa now Three-lined Boa?

Here....

http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/929.pdf

Mitochondrial DNA sequences were discordant with color pattern phenotypes, recommending two species. English names are pending as I write.

Jeff
by Jeff
February 18th, 2014, 5:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: What I Learned About Life from Field Herping
Replies: 154
Views: 67340

Re: What I Learned About Life from Field Herping

I learned that I have the biggest snake collection in the World! I keep them out in the woods and deserts of our planet. Perhaps you have seen some of them?
by Jeff
February 17th, 2014, 5:50 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: San Mateo County Species List and Database Gaps
Replies: 16
Views: 2906

Re: San Mateo County Species List and Database Gaps

Derek

No Crotalus?

I've seen the Forest Sharptail in rock-throwing distance at one spot, and think I got a real one there (or Tom Heath did, can't remember, and field notes are at work). If everyone strikes out flipping, they can be found on high-dry roads at night during summer and fall.

Jeff
by Jeff
February 13th, 2014, 4:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Elaphe Davidi repartition
Replies: 4
Views: 1756

Re: Elaphe Davidi repartition

Known provinces----

China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Nei Monggol, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi)
North Korea (Kaesong, Kangwon, North Hwanghae, Pyongyang, South Hwanghae, South Pyongan)

I'm not aware of any South Korean records.

Jeff
by Jeff
February 11th, 2014, 5:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A few beautiful February Copperheads
Replies: 7
Views: 1774

Re: A few beautiful February Copperheads

What got my attention is that one looks like a normal Broad-banded, the other closer to Southern. What county are they in?

Jeff
by Jeff
February 5th, 2014, 3:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: snake - Caño Ajíes: Venezuela
Replies: 3
Views: 1152

Re: snake - Caño Ajíes: Venezuela

Corallus ruschenbergerii
Second confirmation
by Jeff
February 3rd, 2014, 9:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: KuanKuoShui NR, China
Replies: 8
Views: 3780

Re: KuanKuoShui NR, China

That can be easily remedied by adjusting your longitude about 180 degrees to the west! Good call, puts him about 200 miles east of the Bahamas. If he can stay afloat for three weeks, making sure to catch the subtle deflect from the general North Sea to Azores current, he will be flush with Chioglos...
by Jeff
February 2nd, 2014, 8:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Transforming Cope's Giant Salamander (Xpost from NW Chapter)
Replies: 2
Views: 1897

Re: Transforming Cope's Giant Salamander (Xpost from NW Chap

That's a nice find, but I guess this isn't a post-game jab for the Seahawks?

Jeff
by Jeff
January 29th, 2014, 4:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mexican White-lipped Frogs in Texas
Replies: 6
Views: 1972

Re: Mexican White-lipped Frogs in Texas

Those are all relatively old numbers for those institutions. You can find those records, plus those of other institutions, by doing a search here http://herpnet.org/

In addition, three of those collections have searchable databases online.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 26th, 2014, 1:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Indian snake ID, please!
Replies: 7
Views: 2639

Re: Indian snake ID, please!

John says
Maybe Argyrogena fasciolata
My confidence is greatly increased.
by Jeff
January 26th, 2014, 8:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Indian snake ID, please!
Replies: 7
Views: 2639

Re: Indian snake ID, please!

My confidence is only moderate, but looks like a very pale Platyceps ventromaculatus.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 18th, 2014, 2:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Gassing Snakes- public comment period ends 5pm January 22
Replies: 15
Views: 4332

Re: Gassing Snakes- public comment period ends 5pm January 2

Yesterday I received a call at my agency from a gentleman from Texas, who wanted to know what he needed to catch rattlesnakes in Louisiana, and if you could still gas the dens. I guess he's feeling some pressure?

Jeff
by Jeff
January 17th, 2014, 8:03 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: Brazilian herp books
Replies: 4
Views: 3797

Re: Brazilian herp books

Mais Agrada! I was told about the Anolios site over a year ago but had not attempted a purchase. I have had varied success with foreign publishers, from dead silence and $60 down the tube to prompt air express on my desk in a week. How long did it take to receive the books?

Jeff
by Jeff
January 15th, 2014, 7:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: January species counts
Replies: 16
Views: 4545

Re: January species counts

Thanks Beanie,
that's the known spot. I was just curious because of the Ambystoma records, which are not going to be associated with the spot you mentioned.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 14th, 2014, 6:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: January species counts
Replies: 16
Views: 4545

Re: January species counts

Beanie

Was that redback at the K Campground area?

Jeff
by Jeff
January 14th, 2014, 3:47 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Odd looking frog
Replies: 4
Views: 1744

Re: Odd looking frog

Beanie

Squirrel tree frog. They're usually one color or the other.

Chris

Head is too small for young Gray.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 14th, 2014, 12:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A Couple Frog Call Videos from Louisiana
Replies: 5
Views: 1871

Re: A Couple Frog Call Videos from Louisiana

Phil

Those are both fantastic mini-documentaries! It's difficult enough just to see a chorus frog before it ducks under.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 13th, 2014, 7:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Test your Turtle ID Skills
Replies: 9
Views: 2545

Re: Test your Turtle ID Skills

I second the Kelly Mc determination.
by Jeff
January 12th, 2014, 7:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Invasive species.
Replies: 55
Views: 9603

Re: Invasive species.

Oh, oh, let's not forget the largest invasive of them all...the stu
....people who destroy native vegetation by placing long series of plywood slabs over the landscape.
by Jeff
January 11th, 2014, 6:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: List for California Herps
Replies: 28
Views: 7910

Re: List for California Herps

Ooh...my name was mentioned again...
Of course, it is synonymous with a scholarly review published in an international, peer-reviewed journal.
by Jeff
January 11th, 2014, 5:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: List for California Herps
Replies: 28
Views: 7910

Re: List for California Herps

Gary Everything that was Masticophis is now in a monophyletic group that includes Coluber. That group adopts the oldest genus name, which is Coluber. The Pyron et al. analysis is the most recent to address the Coluber-Masticophis issue, but only as part of a hyper-taxonated evaluation of squamate sy...
by Jeff
January 11th, 2014, 6:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: List for California Herps
Replies: 28
Views: 7910

Re: List for California Herps

Also, it looks like they put X. sierrae back into X. vigilis, they don't show Contia longicaudae, or Uma rufopunctata, but they do show Sceloporus magister and Sceloporus uniformis, along with Sceloporus vandenburgianus as a full species. The Pyron et al. paper (if that's what you are referring to)...
by Jeff
January 10th, 2014, 4:44 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: List for California Herps
Replies: 28
Views: 7910

Re: List for California Herps

Jeff Boundy told me about the change back to Masticophis when he was editing my new book-Harmless Snakes of the West...the paper may not have been published yet. A couple of years back Frank Burbrink told me that Coluber and Masticophis shared a most recent common ancestor, as per sequence data to ...
by Jeff
January 9th, 2014, 4:22 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

For the Native American people concerned, the Oxford English dictionary lists Mohave as preferred with Mohawa and Mojave as alternatives, tracing these words to the native words aha, and makave. Other sources gives us Hamakhava as the source name, with Năksʹ-ăt, Soyopas, Tzi-na-ma-a, Wamakava, and ...
by Jeff
January 8th, 2014, 5:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Would like to hear your thoughts on this Video.
Replies: 23
Views: 3589

Re: Would like to hear your thoughts on this Video.

I feel dumber for having watched that
Thank you Andy, I have no clue what it was about, but you spared me from watching it. My day is all :thumb:

Jeff
by Jeff
January 7th, 2014, 3:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

this particular stance seems to open the door for lots of confusion, IMHO, and has lent itself to the creation of quite a few unweildy names. As a committee, with subcommittees, the group needs to set its own guidelines and stick to them. The process has been additive, and one may notice the increa...
by Jeff
January 7th, 2014, 6:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

Umm, I assumed spinifer was referring to the typo "Ezstern"...
Umm, I assumed spinifer was referring to the typo "Ezstern"...
Note to self: use reading glasses.
by Jeff
January 7th, 2014, 6:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

I wonder what the rationale for this one was in the 7th edition.... :roll: Quote: E. l. longicauda (Green, 1818)—Ezstern Long-tailed Salamander The Committee decided against duplicate names for a species and any of its subspecies to clarify which taxon is involved when only the English name is used...
by Jeff
January 6th, 2014, 8:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

it be spelled Morave
Very close...

I think Mohave is an Anglicized version of the original "Mo'hottie!" [exclamation point in original petroglyphs]

Jeff
by Jeff
January 6th, 2014, 7:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

The rationale for the spelling of Mohave/Mojave is discussed in the hardcopy 6th edition. The Mohave or Mojave spellings were non-uniform in the literature, so Brian Crother contacted a specialist in Native American languages at UCLA for an opinion on the matter. She replied that the natives of the ...
by Jeff
January 6th, 2014, 5:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

thats
should read "that's"

See, we're pretty thorough. And, I'm open to switching back to Brian Jubbs, but that spelling is in the Spanish Names list. It's like Ray Joser.

I'll check on Hila next time I'm on the Papaho Reservation.

Jeff
by Jeff
January 6th, 2014, 4:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
Replies: 39
Views: 6893

Re: SSAR Standardized Names

They used to wait until the hard copies had sold before making the electronic version available. That's never been an issue. Once the website was established, the plan was to periodically update it as online editions. The sixth edition was published in hardcopy in 2008. The website was updated afte...
by Jeff
January 1st, 2014, 6:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Official 2014 New Years Day Herp Challenge Results Thread
Replies: 11
Views: 3469

Re: Official 2014 New Years Day Herp Challenge Results Threa

Beanie

Where were you today? I am curious about the marbled salamander locality.

Thanks,

Jeff
by Jeff
December 22nd, 2013, 7:43 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Help with two Borneo snake IDs please
Replies: 14
Views: 5052

Re: Help with two Borneo snake IDs please

Does anyone remember those little colubrids imported fairly abundantly in the early 90s, they called them at first "Indonesian Garter Snakes" sometimes "Chinese Garter Snakes" because they ate fish. Then they (the wholesale companies) started listing them as Indo or Chinese &quo...
by Jeff
December 18th, 2013, 8:06 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rana draytonii or Rana boylii
Replies: 9
Views: 1801

Re: Rana draytonii or Rana boylii

Owen... I've never seen RLF and YLF in the same waters The creek to the east of your favorite county park, and a couple of localities elsewhere. Redlegs occupy the spots with cutbanks and relatively deep areas around root overhangs. At such places reproductive output seems low relative to what yello...
by Jeff
December 13th, 2013, 6:48 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Milksnake changes published
Replies: 62
Views: 51203

Re: Milksnake changes published

We now have two herpetologys...1) DNA BS, and 2) The way things are TODAY. I belong to the 2nd group (Ahem.... herpetologies, please) I belong to the 3rd group -- Total data. For example, paleontological data: what is Lampropeltis similis, and what does it tell us about the history of the L. triang...
by Jeff
December 12th, 2013, 2:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Milksnake changes published
Replies: 62
Views: 51203

Re: Milksnake changes published

Like Travis said Regardless of how much sampling is done, that argument can always be made... there will always be gaps/questions. Anytime you evaluate a point inside of a gap, you create two gaps. My one complaint from the point of a United States inventory is that the authors did not evaluate a sa...
by Jeff
December 9th, 2013, 2:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Spring Garter Snakes 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 786

Re: Spring Garter Snakes 2013

Welcome proteroglyph!

Those are Wandering Garter Snakes (Thamnophis elegans). By flooding do you imply that you are from Colorado?

Jeff
by Jeff
December 7th, 2013, 4:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping 2013 Part 4
Replies: 20
Views: 6648

Re: Herping 2013 Part 4

like cbernz said...

Your first two "bullfrogs" are Rana chiricahuensis (Chiricahua leopards) = first declaration -- I haven't seen enough yavapaiensis adults for a handle on their range of color, but never saw a green one.

Jeff
by Jeff
December 7th, 2013, 2:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping 2013 Part 1
Replies: 6
Views: 2793

Re: Herping 2013 Part 1

Will

Out of all the remarkable photography that you presented on this humble trip to San Diego, my favorites are the 3rd and 4th. Few people outside of southern California may realize how difficult it is to find coastal habitat like that, and especially with no sign of human populace in view.

Jeff
by Jeff
December 4th, 2013, 5:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: If you were to go rediscover a Herp, which one would it be?
Replies: 43
Views: 18294

Re: If you were to go rediscover a Herp, which one would it

I sort of rediscovered a snake known only from a single specimen collected in Ethiopia in the 1940s -- a blind snake, Leptotyphlops parkeri. The discovery was made in a museum here in Louisiana, of a mis-identified specimen. It was collected by Tulane herpetologist Harold Dundee in 1972 when he step...
by Jeff
December 3rd, 2013, 6:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: An Unexpected December Find in NE Ohio Today
Replies: 15
Views: 4943

Re: An Unexpected December Find in NE Ohio Today

What Tamara said, and I suggest a Herpetological Review Note.
by Jeff
December 3rd, 2013, 5:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: An Unexpected December Find in NE Ohio Today
Replies: 15
Views: 4943

Re: An Unexpected December Find in NE Ohio Today

TS That is an exemplary observation and documentation! There are some mid-1900s notes on snakes out in snow outside of spring emergence, and, there is a photo of a Butler's garter snake under sheet ice in Holman's Fossil Snakes book. Any idea why it may have been changing locations? One more snake t...
by Jeff
December 2nd, 2013, 6:17 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: What are your favorite herp books?
Replies: 2
Views: 2594

Re: What are your favorite herp books?

The classic !!

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