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- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- August 29th, 2018, 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Recent finds: California + Arizona
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12193
Re: Recent finds: California + Arizona
Me too! Except for me it's the 'pus and the flies. Also the "squinting" gator lizard.Aces Especially like the octopi & green SC garter
Stunning, all your pics. I love to see people get better, and to enjoy themselves. You're rockin' it both ways.
- 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/...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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? ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
That states my thoughts & feelings so well that I will just recycle it.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!
Thank you!
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- July 13th, 2018, 9:27 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: fatty liver question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 35180
Re: fatty liver question
Oh, not in the least, no no no.if he hasnt found me too annoying!
- 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...
- July 3rd, 2018, 2:27 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: ... florida iguanas ...4 the crockpot ...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13721
Re: ... florida iguanas ...4 the crockpot ...
Love it, hilarious!The way I always prepared them was to tell them "calm down, this isn't going to hurt."
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
- 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. ...
- 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". ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
Melissa: http://www.dendroboard.com/forum/beginn ... -page.html
cheers
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
cheers
I also (for whatever reason) especially liked the rock your bredlii was posed on.
+ 1just *how* did you get that pic???
cheers
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 & ...
- 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...
- 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...