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by Jimi
September 19th, 2018, 10:13 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Looking for Mission Trails Regional Park herp partner
Replies: 6
Views: 11238

Re: Looking for Mission Trails Regional Park herp partner

Be careful, they are very cryptic and several herpers have been bitten by putting their hand in the wrong place in that type of habitat. Good advice. "Very cryptic" could be an understatement for specks. Besides sporting some pretty amazing background-matching they are also very disinclin...
by Jimi
September 18th, 2018, 2:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Looking for Mission Trails Regional Park herp partner
Replies: 6
Views: 11238

Re: Looking for Mission Trails Regional Park herp partner

Hi there Will, Welcome. Really, I mean that. And, I think most folks would be more comfortable with a little "getting to know you" before dishing up. Also, the terms of service here preclude public sharing at the level of detail you seek. Not that people aren't free to talk about whatever ...
by Jimi
September 10th, 2018, 3:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Introduction, and my favorite finds from 2017-Current
Replies: 11
Views: 15660

Re: Introduction, and my favorite finds from 2017-Current

I'll chime in - nice pics! Blanding's turtle would be cool to see - I haven't ever seen one of those. I have only been up that way a few times, never seriously herping. It's fun to see that your N leopard frogs also have a green morph and a brown one. That's how they are here in Utah too. convince m...
by Jimi
September 10th, 2018, 3:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas
Replies: 13
Views: 14526

Re: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas

I’ve gone from never having seen a rattlesnake, to now having found 18 in the field since I first posted at the end of May. Fantastic, well done! I wonder if you will live to see rattlesnakes expand their range northward. Heck, maybe they already are - plenty of other animals are (e.g., mule deer i...
by Jimi
September 7th, 2018, 10:13 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UPDATE - Sometimes the field herping comes to you...
Replies: 5
Views: 7159

Re: UPDATE - Sometimes the field herping comes to you...

One more idea - you could offer them your video, as an Outreach tool. Are you in an area of OR where rattlesnakes have been almost wiped out? Or are they still fairly abundant there? Looking at your habitat, I can see it both ways, it just depends on your general location. Anyway ODFW might like to ...
by Jimi
September 7th, 2018, 10:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UPDATE - Sometimes the field herping comes to you...
Replies: 5
Views: 7159

Re: UPDATE - Sometimes the field herping comes to you...

Ugh. Sorry, it's how I suspected. So sorry. Who comes up with this stuff? I know, right? People, just people. It didn't come on tablets off some tall mountain. ODFW staff (one person, or a small team) would have drafted it. State lawyers (probably "embeds" from the state AG's office) would...
by Jimi
September 5th, 2018, 12:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: trip report Corsica 2018
Replies: 7
Views: 16343

Re: trip report Corsica 2018

Ah, thanks Jeroen. That overflow thing, we call a spillway. Or just an overflow channel. Spillways with tall dams are often highly engineered and concrete-lined, but for dams that are just low dirt berms (like those for "stock tanks" - cattle watering ponds) they are normally a dirt-bottom...
by Jimi
September 4th, 2018, 12:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: trip report Corsica 2018
Replies: 7
Views: 16343

Re: trip report Corsica 2018

Oh that was sublime, Jeroen - thank you very much for the vicarious travel. What a crazy melange of landscapes, kind of a blend of inland SoCal and coastal Oregon, to an American. I'd sure like to make it there some day. Do you think their spoken French would be at all intelligible to a pathetic non...
by Jimi
September 4th, 2018, 12:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UPDATE - Sometimes the field herping comes to you...
Replies: 5
Views: 7159

Re: Sometimes the field herping comes to you...

Awesome little vignettes, I really like the grill-frog, and the time span of your being neighbors. Though I suspect that, as long as you're not applying direct flame to the frog, that it will move itself out of harm's way ASAP upon ignition! I think it would take a little while for the heat to condu...
by Jimi
August 29th, 2018, 1:45 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent finds: California + Arizona
Replies: 10
Views: 12193

Re: Recent finds: California + Arizona

Aces :thumb: :thumb: Especially like the octopi & green SC garter
Me too! Except for me it's the 'pus and the flies. Also the "squinting" gator lizard.

Stunning, all your pics. I love to see people get better, and to enjoy themselves. You're rockin' it both ways.
by Jimi
August 29th, 2018, 1:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Arizona 2018: Good times
Replies: 16
Views: 16211

Re: Arizona 2018: Good times

My other son is starting his Ph.D in Thailand working with Green tree vipers and Big eyed vipers (Trimeresurus). Very cool, I'm a bit jealous (except for that "more school" part, ha ha - No Thanks!!!"). Do you know which "green"? Albolabris maybe? Are these urban, suburban/...
by Jimi
August 28th, 2018, 4:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Replies: 38
Views: 31731

Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up

Hopefully I did not come off too off-putting, but I too am passionate and sometimes the RPM gets up there a bit. No sweat, me too. And you nailed me on "defensive", I can be like that. I also think part of this is somewhat of a learning gap in that, I remember talking to some older wildli...
by Jimi
August 27th, 2018, 5:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Replies: 38
Views: 31731

Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up

Alright Drake, I'm going to try and de-escalate some here. Quote: So, uh - what games are you talking about? It's disrespectful and will absolutely get you a different kind of response from me. I think you know this and did so out of spite. I didn't mean it that way. I started writing without the &q...
by Jimi
August 27th, 2018, 4:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: August Road cruising in SoCal
Replies: 4
Views: 6490

Re: August Road cruising in SoCal

Monsoons in California's deserts are nothing compared to what a person will see in Arizona. My experience is similar. Sometimes you can see something come out for a quick drink, I've heard of Gilas (Mojave, outside of CA) and torts doing this, I've seen it myself with specks and rubers. You certain...
by Jimi
August 24th, 2018, 5:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Replies: 38
Views: 31731

Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up

While I do see some legitimacy in a portion if what I feel Jimi is trying to say, you sir are basically speaking the gospel. (...) Trying to play some of these games just doesn't make sense in the end and can be an enormous waste of your time, energy, and money. I think maybe I've been misinterpret...
by Jimi
August 23rd, 2018, 11:18 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Replies: 38
Views: 31731

Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up

Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact...means your violations in one state, might influence your violations or even requests for licenses and permits in another! Ah, thank you Bill. Excellent item to mention . (Why didn't I? Does a fish perceive the water? Ha ha.) Also, I really appreciate Bill's st...
by Jimi
August 22nd, 2018, 3:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Replies: 38
Views: 31731

Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up

I’d be pleasantly surprised to see them not want to search once you have tipped your hand. Well, try it, I can virtually guarantee you're gonna be pleasantly surprised at least once in a while. But when you aren't - that's where you pleasantly say "No PC? No warrant? You wanna touch my stuff? ...
by Jimi
August 21st, 2018, 4:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Replies: 38
Views: 31731

Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up

I told him I just make videos and that he was welcome to check our car if he wanted I would not do that! If they have probable cause (like, because you have a hook, and an animal "in possession", yet have no license ...) they can legally search it anyway. If they do not have PC, they cann...
by Jimi
August 17th, 2018, 4:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping around Tokyo / Japan July/August 2018
Replies: 2
Views: 4298

Re: Herping around Tokyo / Japan July/August 2018

Awesome. That might have been the best "normal" post (I mean not one of Lou's great movies ...) here from Japan, ever. Certainly among the best. You made going to Japan and doing some herping look pretty decent! And at what must be a pretty crappy time of year - imagine if you'd gone in (I...
by Jimi
August 1st, 2018, 10:44 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
Replies: 9
Views: 9795

Re: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching

I am such a fan of your reports....! The fact that they are full of tasty herps helps of course, but the narrative is always such a pleasure to read. Thanks!
That states my thoughts & feelings so well that I will just recycle it.

Thank you!
by Jimi
August 1st, 2018, 10:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Best Month For Arizona and Lizards?
Replies: 5
Views: 5783

Re: Best Month For Arizona and Lizards?

Oh that's funny, someone (or some Russian troll-bot! ha ha ha) recycled your post. Which I had answered at some length. As had Derek. I wonder what the implications of that might be... Anyway, do your most fervent hoping for a decent winter. I think a La Nina is setting up, which is not helpful. Goo...
by Jimi
July 31st, 2018, 11:28 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas
Replies: 13
Views: 14526

Re: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas

cruised a Valley garter snake There aren't many opportunities for that here, just due to their small, localized distribution and who owns the land where they live. So, those typically get walked here. Other garters however, I have found plenty after dark cruising. Especially the various elegans sub...
by Jimi
July 29th, 2018, 9:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Best Month For Arizona and Lizards?
Replies: 5
Views: 5783

Re: Best Month For Arizona and Lizards?

I might back it up a few weeks. Depends on the elevation and latitude you want to hit. But based on your targets (all of which I consider quite cold-tolerant) it would do you no harm to go earlier than you are thinking. My reasoning is, you're playing around with it getting real hot, which will driv...
by Jimi
July 25th, 2018, 12:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas
Replies: 13
Views: 14526

Re: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas

Re: paved vs unpaved, that's an interesting one. I think dirt, sand, and gravel are more alike (to each other) and can be lumped, and truly paved is different. Unpaved is cooler, so when it's hot out can be cruised earlier in the afternoon and later in the morning. Unpaved cruising to me is more lik...
by Jimi
July 23rd, 2018, 11:28 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas
Replies: 13
Views: 14526

Re: Cruising advice for NorPacs, Gophers, and Rubber Boas

Yeah Techno, that was a pretty good write-up. The only piece I'd quibble with was the suggestion that very-recent rain anywhere in the US is generally much help for cruising snakes . - Definitely in dry country where you get strong evaporative cooling, it is the kiss of death. Just forget it, go som...
by Jimi
July 13th, 2018, 9:27 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: fatty liver question
Replies: 16
Views: 35180

Re: fatty liver question

if he hasnt found me too annoying!
Oh, not in the least, no no no.
by Jimi
July 5th, 2018, 10:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Will be passing through Kansas (Topeka) & Wyoming (Cheyenne)
Replies: 2
Views: 3398

Re: Will be passing through Kansas (Topeka) & Wyoming (Cheye

Cool. Are you going to the U? (Univ of Utah?) I have a friend on the philosophy faculty there. My wife and I watched fireworks w/ her & her family at another's house last night actually. No need to bust for scutulatus when you arrive. They are super easy, within their very small Utah distributio...
by Jimi
July 3rd, 2018, 2:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: ... florida iguanas ...4 the crockpot ...
Replies: 3
Views: 13721

Re: ... florida iguanas ...4 the crockpot ...

The way I always prepared them was to tell them "calm down, this isn't going to hurt." ;)
Love it, hilarious!

I ate them in Honduras. Perfectly good food. The green skin is a little odd, but...not a problem unless you make it one.

cheers
by Jimi
July 2nd, 2018, 5:25 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: fatty liver question
Replies: 16
Views: 35180

Re: fatty liver question

Hmm. Tough case. Between this active, eating, drinking, and passing waste regularly right before death and this this was also a young animal- I believe around 7 years old I share your curiosity about some sort of acute intoxication maybe being involved. And wonder if the routine diet was just fine. ...
by Jimi
June 28th, 2018, 12:00 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: fatty liver question
Replies: 16
Views: 35180

Re: fatty liver question

Bummer for your friend to lose an animal. I don't really have answers for your questions; I could speculate (ignorantly...) but reserve judgment for now. However on this: a vet who does not have much experience with reptiles I will share the opinion, that this might be "very not helpful". ...
by Jimi
June 27th, 2018, 12:37 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Holtville locality Cal king
Replies: 6
Views: 23476

Re: Holtville locality Cal king

I've never been so disappointed at deli cup shows in the past 5 years with the overwhelming amount of ball Pythons coupled with the general feeling that I'm at a flea market where the same person selling snakes could just as well be peddling cheap tools or a velvet picture of Elvis! I know the feel...
by Jimi
June 25th, 2018, 1:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bullfrog call causing ripples in the water
Replies: 4
Views: 5628

Re: Bullfrog call causing ripples in the water

Still haven't seen Alligators bellowing in the wild It's fun, but captives are easier. I used to live in St Augustine FL and can enthusiastically recommend a spring trip to the Alligator Farm there (a nice little AZA-accredited zoo). You can see bellowing gators, live examples of every extant croco...
by Jimi
June 23rd, 2018, 2:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bullfrog call causing ripples in the water
Replies: 4
Views: 5628

Re: Bullfrog call causing ripples in the water

Thanks, that's pretty cool. Alligator bellowing does the same thing. I wouldn't have thought to look for it in a frog.
by Jimi
June 19th, 2018, 4:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Identification Help
Replies: 3
Views: 6243

Re: Identification Help

See the CA Herps site, or get yourself a Stebbins. Do both, really - "no bars" is not a problem when you're holding a field guide! And there's no screen glare, and no dead battery, ever. It's definitely not a Uta , it's one of the 2 scelops that occur there. The key diagnostics occur on th...
by Jimi
June 15th, 2018, 11:24 am
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Is a supertank possible?
Replies: 20
Views: 39257

Re: Is a supertank possible?

I'd also go for a filtered water feature (changing water every day was a pain) Water feature = PITA. It's the newb's siren call. That said, I can hardly stay away from the damn things. Too pretty and interesting to let go of. And some animals really key in on the moving water, to drink. I like a dr...
by Jimi
June 13th, 2018, 2:46 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Is a supertank possible?
Replies: 20
Views: 39257

Re: Is a supertank possible?

Here's that toad/skink thing. Scroll around for the video. http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/new-members-introductions/336297-75-gallon-vivarium-toads-skinks.html (You can see that it's a pretty nice bunch of people on there. Some serious issues came up, and some strong differences of opinion, but it...
by Jimi
June 12th, 2018, 12:43 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Is a supertank possible?
Replies: 20
Views: 39257

Re: Is a supertank possible?

Cool story, thanks Bill. I can't believe anyone thought a food-sized animal would survive enclosed with a bigger Varanus...that was epic dumb.

Melissa: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/beginn ... -page.html

cheers
by Jimi
June 11th, 2018, 3:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping Namibia - 5 000 km's a photographic diary.
Replies: 1
Views: 6204

Re: Herping Namibia - 5 000 km's a photographic diary.

Please enjoy! Boy did I. Those were awesome, thank you. I really liked the horned adders. That grey one - wow. Is that color variability standard for them in any one spot, or do they usually have a certain characteristic "look" in a given spot? And that one spot you went to was odd? Thank...
by Jimi
June 11th, 2018, 2:52 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: Is a supertank possible?
Replies: 20
Views: 39257

Re: Is a supertank possible?

On Dendroboard I saw a thread including a large, heavily-planted terrarium with 5-lined skinks and American toads. They seemed like good roommates (and engaging captives FWIW). There was some video I found quite interesting. The narrative was pretty good too - many curious insights, things one might...
by Jimi
June 11th, 2018, 12:07 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: OMG, she did'nt!
Replies: 51
Views: 131528

Re: OMG, she did'nt!

Jimi doesn't dine on Raven's Pie. Not gladly but I like to think I'm mature and self-aware enough to know - and admit to one and all - when I've made a mistake. I try. I'm an imperfect human with good intentions. I think he was before your time here Nope, I think the crash just reset all our join d...
by Jimi
June 9th, 2018, 8:04 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Moloch, Morelia and more, the Red Centre, Aus.
Replies: 7
Views: 11751

Re: Moloch, Morelia and more, the Red Centre, Aus.

Thanks very much for all that. Your continent sure has some neat squamates. And a few frogs, ha ha.

I also (for whatever reason) especially liked the rock your bredlii was posed on.
just *how* did you get that pic???
+ 1

cheers
by Jimi
June 7th, 2018, 4:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: OMG, she did'nt!
Replies: 51
Views: 131528

Re: OMG, she did'nt!

I dunno if he was banned. With all the other crap that still flies here, you'd doubt that, wouldn't you? I would...I suspect he just...submerged into the mire. Or got busy with his new life in upstate NY, or VT, or wherever it was he relocated to from FL, or TX, or wherever. wondering if we would he...
by Jimi
June 7th, 2018, 12:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: .. owwweee ...
Replies: 2
Views: 6423

Re: .. owwweee ...

... mess wit da bull, and ewe'r gonna git the horn :p Indeed, if not both the horns, and the hooves to boot. We have a staff member here who was very nearly killed (not his first bite...so his body's reaction probably included some immune response) by a DOR abyssus . He made a real mess out of his ...
by Jimi
June 7th, 2018, 11:47 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: OMG, she did'nt!
Replies: 51
Views: 131528

Re: OMG, she did'nt!

Just out of curiosity, is that the same Gerald who used to go by gbin on this forum? Oh, Lord No ! God that's funny though. I was speaking of the late Gerald McKeown. You're speaking of Gerry Binczik (or something like that). Totally different temperaments and online personas. GM was - in my limite...
by Jimi
June 7th, 2018, 8:58 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: OMG, she did'nt!
Replies: 51
Views: 131528

Re: OMG, she did'nt!

PARC is basically a collection of regional groups (SEPARC, SWPARC, etc) that somewhat resemble this description: I believe it is an academic group of college students, teachers and professionals. I would amend Craig's description to read: It is a professional group of managers, academics, and studen...
by Jimi
May 25th, 2018, 2:07 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping with a Dog - Advice sought...
Replies: 19
Views: 18733

Re: Herping with a Dog - Advice sought...

till I saw Belgian Malinois Indeed. They are most impressive. Very much created to work extremely closely with humans - like, part prosthetic organ, part projectile weapon that eagerly comes back for another shot. Dogs really like to be a part of what you do. A dog like a Mal or GSD or border colli...
by Jimi
May 24th, 2018, 9:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Field trip destinations around Yuma AZ
Replies: 9
Views: 10314

Re: Field trip destinations around Yuma AZ

the drought of the millenia ... : { My notion is, we're already well into it - basically we're in about a 20-year drought already with a couple of good years. Which is probably what any really long drought looks like - gotta be a couple wet periods in there. I think we're suffering both hydrologica...
by Jimi
May 21st, 2018, 5:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Field trip destinations around Yuma AZ
Replies: 9
Views: 10314

Re: Field trip destinations around Yuma AZ

Dunno 'bout that dude - maybe he got out, maybe he didn't. Not exactly near Yuma, but...I just spent some time w/ friends in the Cerbats & Hualapais. Got a little spanked. Tough herping! Ha ha ha. Best thing we saw was a fattie groundsnake. Herpwise anyway - it's a killer area for scenery & ...
by Jimi
May 10th, 2018, 11:12 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping with a Dog - Advice sought...
Replies: 19
Views: 18733

Re: Herping with a Dog - Advice sought...

Hi Brick, I'm sorry you lost your dog. It beats the alternative (dog outlived you) but it's really just the better of two crappy options. Eh, what can you do though? Life is a serial heartbreaker. I've had and trained (and eventually lost) a number of dogs too. Craig and Bill clearly have tons of ex...
by Jimi
May 8th, 2018, 5:06 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Licensing Question
Replies: 17
Views: 13881

Re: Licensing Question

Man, at that time of year I might be inclined to stay in West Texas! Prime time there. But despite it being a tad late in the snakiest season (spring...), I think you have a good shot at seeing a high diversity of stuff. Kisatchie NF has a great diversity of habitats (including some hills with rocks...