Right on! I dig them all, but that one with the gray background really catches my eye. Were the milks males, females, or a mix?
-Cole
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- August 23rd, 2012, 3:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northern Arizona 2012
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4319
- August 23rd, 2012, 3:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: So far this year...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3981
Re: So far this year...
Right click, set as background. Holy balls, there are some stellar photos in here.
Should be even more after you next trip, huh? Lucky SOBs...
-Cole
Should be even more after you next trip, huh? Lucky SOBs...
-Cole
- August 17th, 2012, 7:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
So it does not indicate reproductive isolation. Exactly. The fact that many native European populations of Felis silvestris silvestris (especially the northern and eastern ones) are threatened due to genetic swamping by their domesticated kin is solid evidence of this. Our domesticated friends are ...
- August 15th, 2012, 10:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
Gerry, interesting point you made a few back about dogs all over the world tending to revert to the classic 3rd world mutt rather than lobos ... definitely a good ponder for me. Hell, I missed that! That is true to a degree... but typically only in warmer climates. Check out some photos of feral do...
- August 15th, 2012, 8:27 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: HELP! I Have the M-word
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4740
Re: HELP! I Have the M-word
Bad-ass! Thanks for the tip. Hopefully I'll never need it again (my collection is essentially "closed"), but that's great info.Jeremy Westerman wrote:buy Coleman gear & clothing insect treatment. It has the exact same active ingredients as provent-a-mite in the same concentration
-Cole
- August 15th, 2012, 7:37 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: HELP! I Have the M-word
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4740
Re: HELP! I Have the M-word
Do you just treat the animals? No. You'll have to treat the entire enclosure. The life cycle of mites involves dropping off of their host and laying eggs in the corners of the tank, in cracks in wood, etc. If it were me, I'd have already ripped those cages apart and bleached, burned, and/or tossed ...
- August 14th, 2012, 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Black rat communal nest
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10254
Re: Black rat communal nest
Dude, unreal. That's crazy-lots of eggs. I take it you haven't moved?
-Cole
-Cole
- August 14th, 2012, 7:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: June and July- White Sands, West Texas, Arizona.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 16758
Re: June and July- White Sands, West Texas, Arizona.
The photography in your posts makes me want to throw my camera away. Seriously. Killer post, Bill. I dig it!
-Cole
-Cole
- August 14th, 2012, 7:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Three months of LECHing
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10791
Re: Three months of LECHing
Holy hell, THAT's a post! Seriously cool animals (and plants) and some stellar photos. The close-up of the Mud Snake's noggin' has to be my favorite. That eye is just unreal. That second Oxybelis shot is pretty bitchin', too.
-Cole
-Cole
- August 11th, 2012, 9:59 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: A few of this year's hatchling milks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3945
Re: A few of this year's hatchling milks
Justin, Thanks for the kind words. I really dig that they're small, so they don't take up much space, and present some challenge in getting them to reproduce and feed. They're a lot of fun! Paul, Just let me know when you're ready! LOL They'll be a change from the retics, that's for sure! Zach, I co...
- August 7th, 2012, 3:23 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: A few of this year's hatchling milks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3945
Re: A few of this year's hatchling milks
Thanks, Ross! I know what you mean - pretty unique.
- August 7th, 2012, 3:04 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Very Underrated Additions!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1811
Re: Very Underrated Additions!
Man, Thomas, those things are rockin'! I've always had a soft spot for Antaresia, but haven't pulled the trigger. Now you've got me thinking again!
- August 7th, 2012, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: A few of this year's hatchling milks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3945
Re: A few of this year's hatchling milks
Thanks, foks! They're "boring" to some people, being non-exotic critters and of small size, but I sure like them! All of the little buggers have shed now, including the 10 or 15 clutches not pictured here. The fun of getting them onto unscented domestic mouse ( Mus ) pinks has begun! It se...
- August 1st, 2012, 7:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
Gerry, I get ya. It's boiling down to semantics, I see. Imagine that... LOL Re: C. lupus x C. lupus f. familiaris , I'm talking NORTHERN North America, mostly - Northern Canada, Alaska, etc. Pre-Columbian dogs in North America even more readily exchanged genes with their wild counterparts, probably ...
- July 31st, 2012, 10:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
John, Thanks for the reply! I'm sure you're aware of the myriad species concepts and the problems inherent in each. Though there are issues with each of them, that doesn't mean that the premise, as a whole, is "wrong". Just so we're clear, I'm actually not even in favor of giving " ca...
- July 31st, 2012, 8:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
John,
No problem, man. I look forward to your thoughts. I'd like to point out again what a good thread this is, overall. It's an awesome message, I just disagree with a technicality! Cats belong indoors, even where their conspecifics occur naturally.
-Cole
No problem, man. I look forward to your thoughts. I'd like to point out again what a good thread this is, overall. It's an awesome message, I just disagree with a technicality! Cats belong indoors, even where their conspecifics occur naturally.
-Cole
- July 31st, 2012, 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
Many people still refer to domestic species by a unique specific epithet, and whether or not this is "correct" is open to debate. Also, I think you are mistaken when it comes to paraphyly. Paraphyly is a monophyletic group from which one or more clades is excluded to form a separate group...
- July 31st, 2012, 2:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Behind the cheese curtain: revisited 2012
- Replies: 39
- Views: 11457
Re: Behind the cheese curtain: revisited 2012
Again, a peek behind the cheese curtain doesn't disappoint! I love the habitat shots (so damn green!), milks, Liochlorophis in myriad colors, those big moths, and everything else. Good post, Tim.
-Cole
-Cole
- July 31st, 2012, 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Texas 2011 - 2012
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7012
Re: Texas 2011 - 2012
Wow! Pretty sweet series of photos - you should post more! That Macrochelys takes the cake for me and reminds me of that old photo of KW holdng one. Bad-ass turtles.
-Cole
-Cole
- July 31st, 2012, 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bullfox (Bullsnake x Fox Snake hybrids)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7401
Re: Bullfox (Bullsnake x Fox Snake hybrids)
Good stuff, guys! I read the article in J.H. a few weeks back and have been meaning to give you a shout-out here on the forum. Time's a bugger, though, so I'm just now getting around to it! It's always nice to see articles by fellow forum-goers. Cool photos, too.
-Cole
-Cole
- July 31st, 2012, 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Feral and Domestic Cats
- Replies: 45
- Views: 13136
Re: Feral and Domestic Cats
John, Good post! My wife and I also have a cat... an INDOOR cat. They're horrible for the environment in non-native (and some native... see below) areas. And now, for a requisite side-track: The only thing I'd dispute is the taxonomic stance TWS has taken for "domestic" cats. It seems to m...
- July 30th, 2012, 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Toad invasion! need ID's
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2018
Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
It did in life - they were just washed out. The 1-3 warts per light-edged dark spot are a classic woodhousii trait.SnakeDude wrote:it still doesn't seem to have any remnants of dark spots
-Cole
- July 30th, 2012, 9:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Florida's" House Geckos
- Replies: 30
- Views: 33463
Re: "Florida's" House Geckos
Awesome post. Someone's needed to do this for a long time! Thanks!
-Cole
-Cole
- July 25th, 2012, 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Toad invasion! need ID's
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2018
Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Though these are adults, compare the blotch pattern of the woodhousii with the cognatus . The woodhousii have 1-3 warts, often reddish in color, per black-outlined blotch. The cognatus have large blotches. Here's a washed-out woodhouseii: http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q6/colegrover/DSCF0750.jpg...
- July 25th, 2012, 4:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Toad invasion! need ID's
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2018
Re: Toad invasion! need ID's
Anaxyrus woodhousii is most likely - I'm with Rob. Those are NOT cognatus - they've got a different morphology and distinctly different blotches. Are they low-land toads, or from higher up? What sort of habitat? Any photos of the adult animals from the area? A. boreus toadlets can look similar to w...
- July 25th, 2012, 7:38 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: A few of this year's hatchling milks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3945
A few of this year's hatchling milks
It's been a busy year with respect to both my work schedule and home improvement projects (a simple deck is a nightmare for a not-so-handy dude). In spite of my lack of time, I did manage to get a number of pairs of snakes together. As some of you may know, I specialize (basically to the exclusion o...
- July 6th, 2012, 9:49 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Getting teeth out
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5339
Re: Getting teeth out
Are they at the surface? I've had luck with duct tape (which also works well for glaucoids from prickely pear cactus). If not, I'd treat it like a sliver and try to dig it out. That said, sometimes they're just stuck - I've got a calcified spot on one of my nuckles where a Dumeril's boa bit me and l...
- July 6th, 2012, 8:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis ID?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2620
Re: Lampropeltis ID?
It's a ruthveni. Take it.
- July 6th, 2012, 8:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis ID?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2620
Re: Lampropeltis ID?
Any other photos? From that one shot, it looks like ruthveni. A lateral, ventral, and head shot would be helpful.
-Cole
-Cole
- June 27th, 2012, 11:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Third Installment from the Sonoran
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6568
Re: A Third Installment from the Sonoran
Your photography never fails to stun. I can't even pick out a favorite, though that first Rhinochilus shot is pretty rockin'.
Awesome post, man.
-Cole
Awesome post, man.
-Cole
- June 27th, 2012, 7:15 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Appalachicola Kings
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1889
Re: Appalachicola Kings
Wow - those are great looking, Justin! How's the one from the "big" egg?
-Cole
-Cole
- June 27th, 2012, 7:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southwest Kansas Screamer Milks, and Their Neighbors....
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5592
Re: Southwest Kansas Screamer Milks, and Their Neighbors....
Killer post, Dan! I can see now why you were pushing so hard for us to come out that way for a few days while we were down in Kansas! The Sonora and the Heterodon are pretty sweet. I REALLY dig the big Coachwhip, too. I saw my first one ever crossing the road on the way to Fraser's farm in May. A gl...
- June 26th, 2012, 3:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Colorado 2012
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1406
Re: Herping Colorado 2012
Cool post! Looks like you guys have had some good times this year. I dig that first Pituophis shot. Milks are all about timing. They're abundant, but easily missed. Up here, we have about a 2-week window for them some years. During that two weeks, though, they can be the most common herp under cover...
- June 25th, 2012, 8:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Photoguide to Australian Geckos -- Part 3
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7008
Re: Photoguide to Australian Geckos -- Part 3
Truly awesome series of posts, David! I mean, magnificent!
What's the story with Uvidicolus sphyrurus? Is it closely related to Nephrurus like Underwoodisaurus is?
Thanks,
-Cole
What's the story with Uvidicolus sphyrurus? Is it closely related to Nephrurus like Underwoodisaurus is?
Thanks,
-Cole
- June 25th, 2012, 8:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Photoguide to Australian Geckos -- Part 2
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4786
Re: Photoguide to Australian Geckos -- Part 2
Oedura, Nactus, Nephrurus... holy hell, man! Great stuff. How many species of Nephrurus do you see sympatrically? If several, are they often syntopic, or is there some sort of habitat partioning?
Thanks,
-Cole
Thanks,
-Cole
- June 25th, 2012, 8:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Photo Guide to Australian Geckos
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8183
Re: Photo Guide to Australian Geckos
David, I'm sure you must have known how much I'd love these posts... I've only made it though this first installment - I'm almost too excited to open the others! I'm especially fond of the Heteronotia, the Lord Howe Island critters, and that spectacular Chameleon Gecko. Seriously great post - thanks...
- June 22nd, 2012, 8:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: OT: Herp Professors
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7409
Re: OT: Herp Professors
UT Arlington has a pretty stellar herp program and does a lot of work in the Neotropics. Check it: http://www.uta.edu/biology/herpetology/
- June 22nd, 2012, 8:39 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7700
- June 22nd, 2012, 7:20 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Little Ricky
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2408
Re: Little Ricky
Kelly,
That's one cool turtle. Seriously neat animal. Thanks for sharing!
-Cole
That's one cool turtle. Seriously neat animal. Thanks for sharing!
-Cole
- June 22nd, 2012, 7:17 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7700
Re: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
Justin, Those are fantastic, man! They're gonna be killer. In this way a subject in forum becomes a kind of genre of clues for other people present and future that would click on the topic ( Lampro Breeders???) that has relevence to their own concerns. Otherwise we might as well just email or phone ...
- June 21st, 2012, 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hognose sympatry/hybrids?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2520
Re: Hognose sympatry/hybrids?
I am not aware of any records, in peer-reviewed literature or anecdotal, of Heterodon hybrids in the wild or in captivity. I'd say it probably doesn't happen. There are likely lots of isolating mechanisms between them.
-Cole
-Cole
- June 21st, 2012, 1:58 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7700
Re: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
Dudes, I agree that excess moisture can be an issue and can cause eggs to swell, subsequently leading to embryo death, egg rupture, etc. However, Justin said this: One egg is nearly doubled in size of the others. (emphasis mine) ... which leads me to suspect that the egg clutch isn't being "mis...
- June 21st, 2012, 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New to herping.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3582
Re: New to herping.
Sam, Welcome! Though I don't live in Wyoming, I'm a neighbor, so to speak. I also spend a bit of time down there. Where abouts do you live? "Western Wyoming" is a fairly large geographic region! Are you in the Cody area? Evanston? I can't give much better advice than you've received from J...
- June 15th, 2012, 1:20 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7700
Re: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
Justin, I've tried a number of different things and still experiment a little. I tend to shoot for 78-80F, but have had excellent luck in the 82-84F range, too. At 78-80F, the eggs take a little longer to hatch, but the hatchlings are larger. For instance, Pale Milks tend to incubate for ~6 weeks at...
- June 15th, 2012, 8:18 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7700
Re: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
Justin,
It can! I do seem to see it more often when incubating a lower temperatures, which typically results in loger incubation and larger neonates. Must be some correlation, there.
-Cole
It can! I do seem to see it more often when incubating a lower temperatures, which typically results in loger incubation and larger neonates. Must be some correlation, there.
-Cole
- June 15th, 2012, 7:55 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
- Replies: 29
- Views: 7700
Re: Lampropeltis Breeders ?????'s
Justin,
No cause for concern. I've had eggs swell and stretch to an amazing degree. They're bound to do that as the embryo inside grows and the egg takes up moisture from the surroundings. In short, it's normal and I see it every year.
-Cole
No cause for concern. I've had eggs swell and stretch to an amazing degree. They're bound to do that as the embryo inside grows and the egg takes up moisture from the surroundings. In short, it's normal and I see it every year.
-Cole
- June 15th, 2012, 7:23 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: what snakes do you breed( lizards and frogs are welcome)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 12826
Re: what snakes do you breed( lizards and frogs are welcome)
Cole your milksnakes are so beautiful. I would venture to say that the light bands/backg could be called truly Silver. Cole your milksnakes are so beautiful. I would venture to say that the light bands/backg could be called truly Silver. Thanks, Kelly! I appreciate that! My wife and I have been app...
- June 14th, 2012, 7:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Natal Midlands , Kwa Zulu Natal - South Africa
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5809
Re: Natal Midlands , Kwa Zulu Natal - South Africa
Wow - unreal diversity and photography! That big male Bradypodion is a stunner!
Thanks for posting. I can't believe I overlooked this when it was first put up.
-Cole
Thanks for posting. I can't believe I overlooked this when it was first put up.
-Cole
- June 11th, 2012, 10:38 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Anyone know of any CB salamander breeders?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1843
Re: Anyone know of any CB salamander breeders?
If you're interested in Captive Bred (I'd assume so, based on what I've considered to be your conservation-minded approach to things), these are nice: http://market."not allowed"/detail.php?cat=126&de=927235 and so are these: http://market."not allowed"/detail.php?cat=126&...
- June 11th, 2012, 8:07 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Red or Yellow V. acanthurus?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12648
Re: Red or Yellow V. acanthurus?
Almost every commercial breeder uses dirt. Pro exotics, australianaddiction, Pet rock reptiles, python Pete, Rare earth, and Doug Price. I'd be willing to bet that they use "soil" rather than "dirt"... dirt being such a technical term and all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirt :...