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- October 4th, 2016, 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: fire fight
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4632
Re: fire fight
Yep, these are 3 sets of two males engaged in a wrestling match. It's a fairly rare sight at my spot, but under certain circumstances it does happen... Last Thursday, five of these fights were going on at my spot, as well as several more at other sites during the same night. If I recall correctly, i...
- October 3rd, 2016, 5:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: fire fight
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4632
fire fight
Autumn's here at last and finally I can post some news with some pictures that are worth looking at! ;) Long drought followed by some rain = maximum activity, even if conditions are not their 'better than best'. My previous count record of 240 (over 1.3km) was blown to pieces by a stunning 320...! H...
- September 26th, 2016, 12:12 am
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Aquatic animal ID
- Replies: 20
- Views: 58896
Re: Aquatic animal ID
Mola mola has a 'sharper' spine (upper surface). If that's indeed the dorsal surface we're looking at. Mammal may be a good bet...
- September 22nd, 2016, 9:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8527
Re: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
Interesting... I wonder how they would outcompete alligator lizard, because you'd think they occupy fairly different niches...
- September 22nd, 2016, 1:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Kids books for snakes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2829
Re: Kids books for snakes
Depends on the kid's age, but my son is 4 and loves this one.
https://www.amazon.com/Smithsonian-Hand ... amphibians
https://www.amazon.com/Smithsonian-Hand ... amphibians
- September 18th, 2016, 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: When is habitat restoration for herps a good thing?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 28342
Re: When is habitat restoration for herps a good thing?
Outstanding! The cynical stuff in this thread should not trump so much that we'd forget that this is the type of stories it deserves!Sam Sweet wrote:I'm calling this one a success.
- September 17th, 2016, 9:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Videos of salamanders eating in the rain
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4258
Re: Videos of salamanders eating in the rain
Counted about 250 last night.mfb wrote:Jeroen, very nice! Salamandra are high on my list of herps I'd love to see in the wild someday.
- September 16th, 2016, 2:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: herpetological parenting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4343
Re: herpetological parenting
Great! You can obviously never force these things, but I sure hope my son keeps it up for years to come too...
That would be "herp parenting"Antonsrkn wrote:Definitely thought this thread was going to be about parental behaviors in herps.
- September 15th, 2016, 5:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: herpetological parenting
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4343
herpetological parenting
I'm going to annoy people who hate pics of kids now. Be warned. Before this summer, my son got of course already some essential species. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LFIs8WqD0Ls/Ucc971xoUnI/AAAAAAAAFOo/vOL2-wPQjvk/s800/IMG_6736.jpg fire salamander Salamandra salamandra & Bas (1yr) https://...
- September 15th, 2016, 3:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Videos of salamanders eating in the rain
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4258
Re: Videos of salamanders eating in the rain
Thanks for the explanation, Mike!
Because you asked, I'll throw in this lo-fi clip from a while ago. I think I just lack patience, skill, and all other characteristics of a succesfull filmmaker...
Because you asked, I'll throw in this lo-fi clip from a while ago. I think I just lack patience, skill, and all other characteristics of a succesfull filmmaker...
- September 14th, 2016, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Videos of salamanders eating in the rain
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4258
Re: Videos of salamanders eating in the rain
Excellent! Do you have any tricks for getting them to act naturally when the lights come on?? That's a good one (although mine usually soon take off, after the freezin act)! Maybe weak light is the key...? We all tend to go for the better and the brighter headlamps, which are of course not very agre...
- September 12th, 2016, 1:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First 3/4 of 2016- part three, to Arizona and back
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7936
Re: First 3/4 of 2016- part three, to Arizona and back
Outstanding photography, as usual! What a rush!
- September 11th, 2016, 11:52 pm
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Aquatic animal ID
- Replies: 20
- Views: 58896
Re: Aquatic animal ID
Whale shark?
- September 11th, 2016, 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Singapore and Borneo Pictures
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4092
Re: Singapore and Borneo Pictures
Cool stuff! Viper should be Tropidolaemus subannulatus.
- September 9th, 2016, 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8527
Re: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
As ever so often with alien species, they hang around at harmless numbers within a small range ('lag' phase) before they enter an exponential growth phase and become invasive. Yes, it is tough, as many may just as well maintain steady-state levels and/or crumble and disappear, but IF you can, it nev...
- September 8th, 2016, 7:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: An interesting article on the place of science in society
- Replies: 68
- Views: 42152
Re: An interesting article on the place of science in societ
Same here.VanAR wrote:the Australian Research Council is now requiring that all publications made with their funding be made available to the public, somehow.
- September 6th, 2016, 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: AUGUST 2016: TRIP TO AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5432
Re: AUGUST 2016: TRIP TO AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
I would love to herp Iran. Same here, especially after one of my dearest herping buddies came back with this report => http://www.herpsafari.nl/tripreports-outside-eu/2016-4-iran/ A country with one of the weirdest snakes & the prettiest salamanders in the world, 'nough said! Envy, envy, envy! ...
- September 6th, 2016, 9:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: AUGUST 2016: TRIP TO AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5432
Re: AUGUST 2016: TRIP TO AUSTRALIA, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA
Welcome here, Gabri, what took you so long?
Very cool trip!!! And yet another stellar blue coral from Singapore; judging by posts on this forum, that place seems to be crawling with them
Very cool trip!!! And yet another stellar blue coral from Singapore; judging by posts on this forum, that place seems to be crawling with them
- September 6th, 2016, 12:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: An interesting article on the place of science in society
- Replies: 68
- Views: 42152
Re: An interesting article on the place of science in societ
I really shouldn't... Ernie, there's a place on Route 66 in California you may want to move in to. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2pyteGLaZsBLsunZ6d_ILJxe2Csh3WeQgGk5gpA1_bNAFiASrE_EZEqNMbleFTe6oYx2YGgobjN9XFTGq-jNSe09KJZ7N2VafGdKqVhgcNiWAOz9WFJeioq7b77B_ZD-eWWuueY4GbxCcWAeZZvb3gasDq4x9RCn_IuvYOv...
- September 5th, 2016, 12:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8527
Re: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
Although there's a bunch of other Tarentola species, I'd guess that's a correct ID. Just like Turkish gecko, they are notorious historical hitch-hikers in the Mediterranean as well.
- September 4th, 2016, 10:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Peruvian Amazon, July-August 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4667
Re: Peruvian Amazon, July-August 2016
Much enjoyed, thanks!!! Your first unnamed toad is Engystomops petersi (or a close relative). The second strikes me as another margaritifera complex member.
- September 4th, 2016, 1:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My finds from Europe
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1763
Re: My finds from Europe
Glad you got to find some herps under suboptimal conditions! Looks like a fairly large asp. I knew you would turn up a Natrix maura in the end. I wouldn't trust the ID of the water frogs, though. Both ridibundus and perezi are highly variable and similar. While both species may co-occur (even togeth...
- August 29th, 2016, 11:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2016 - Picture heavy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5043
Re: Malaysia 2016 - Picture heavy
Two thoughts:
* The fact that 'southern' blue corals are more blue seems to hold.
* Travelling at about the same time of the year, we also failed to find the supposedly abundant fucatus, let alone venustus, on Langkawi. Dry, dry, dry.
* The fact that 'southern' blue corals are more blue seems to hold.
* Travelling at about the same time of the year, we also failed to find the supposedly abundant fucatus, let alone venustus, on Langkawi. Dry, dry, dry.
- August 29th, 2016, 8:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2016 - Picture heavy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5043
Re: Malaysia 2016 - Picture heavy
Aaah... this takes me back to last year... Good stuff! If you are interested in naming the frogs and lizards, my report from last year might help, but I'll list them here too. http://www.hylawerkgroep.be/jeroen/index.php?id=77 The report might help you name other stuff you saw but didn't show here, ...
- August 29th, 2016, 6:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Seeking Salamander ID-Great Smoky Mountains
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2783
Re: Seeking Salamander ID-Great Smoky Mountains
Certainly no expert, but here it goes... 6 might be a black-bellied 8 is probably Plethodon cylindraceus. 9 maybe too, but I'm not sure about the spots (is it spotted, or am I using reflection of water drops only...?) and the head shape kinda looks like a grey-cheeked. 10 is a seal perhaps, while 7 ...
- August 25th, 2016, 10:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "New" California rattlesnakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9690
Re: "New" California rattlesnakes
Spending time to discuss if Hoser's ravings hold any truth is taking him too seriously. Assuming that I would think to be able to have a say in what people may or may not discuss around here is taking me too seriously.
- August 25th, 2016, 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "New" California rattlesnakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9690
- August 25th, 2016, 2:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "New" California rattlesnakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9690
Re: "New" California rattlesnakes
I prefer not to even give this man's name any repeat hits online. He's his own editor, publisher, and reviewer. I think the global consensus on his "publications" is to ignore them for ten years, and when necessary resurrect or describe taxa properly. That way his papers become officially...
- August 23rd, 2016, 2:48 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: new European field guide
- Replies: 7
- Views: 18705
Re: new European field guide
Another review :mrgreen: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/FuXBEby-11CnKx0Sav4EH6dNaR8T_goj3h75_T6obw3JAypVCyZPK3to5ixvj0rE784HfFtXVRFoCXYXPUuPcCFRPZJ5kiPN65yK3UooiqP9OWgvjdHM1jJ_V4LPNZy3n-P1hPZYL17NjL-C5NwvlHGJj_D8GH4200Xk8Ndl7q7agHkfqpqOaRRrNzVHgP8RZARIWoAztAXoPHgYwMdfcnq7VjgKomjiwxrn-czk9AtFneyHx...
- August 23rd, 2016, 1:30 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Yosemite
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6915
Re: Herping Yosemite
Fascinating...LouB747 wrote:Here's a frame grab from the video. I sure thought it was a brown bear.
- August 22nd, 2016, 11:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "New" California rattlesnakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9690
Re: "New" California rattlesnakes
Please. Ignore. Hoser.
- August 21st, 2016, 11:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Queensland trips overview [pic heavy]
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9712
Re: Queensland trips overview [pic heavy]
Wooow!!! Top-notch photography of a place that's in my top 3 of places to go, thanks a lot!
- August 20th, 2016, 4:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Far North Queensland Introduction
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3479
Re: Far North Queensland Introduction
Morelia viridis as the first of a post, who could ask for more? Thanks!
- August 20th, 2016, 1:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Yosemite
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6915
Re: Herping Yosemite
Are there still brown bears in CA?LouB747 wrote:Saw 2 bears while we were there. Ones in the video at the end. Thought it was a brown bear. Didn't realize there are only black bears in the park.
- August 19th, 2016, 12:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: hunting a new European viper species
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3965
Re: hunting a new European viper species
I'm looking forward to them continuing on with some of the genetic with a few more markers do you know if that is their intention? Yes, but if they will & will be able to, is always wait-and-see. It seems not so much a matter of more markers, but rather getting a hand on nuclear data of the eas...
- August 18th, 2016, 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: hunting a new European viper species
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3965
Re: hunting a new European viper species
Thanks for your replies! It is probably best to follow that link I posted, as it seems to be an open source paper. Walser was long believed to represent an isolate of berus, as there's a natural and sizeable gap. While morphologically very similar to berus of the "Italian/Alpine" clade, th...
- August 18th, 2016, 12:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: hunting a new European viper species
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3965
hunting a new European viper species
Probably because my better half asked me to take it easy and not do any herping trips this year, I’ve been writing some less than positive stuff around here lately. Let me make it up to you by posting about my only (and very short) adventure of this year (excluding more local stuff and already 1000+...
- August 18th, 2016, 12:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
Not sure what you think you know about my research and its virtues, Ernie, but I'm scientist and as such evil by nature. However, I thank you for your reply. The felony theft charge was for refusing to give back to the owner a Pit bull that had come onto my property and killed some of my animal's, u...
- August 17th, 2016, 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: When is habitat restoration for herps a good thing?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 28342
Re: When is habitat restoration for herps a good thing?
This has been a very interesting thread! I just don't know how realistic it is to hope for long-term, hands-off solutions to a lot of conservation problems. In my part of the world, as we're at a point where trully natural areas do not exist & the entire country looks more or less like one big c...
- August 17th, 2016, 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
You didn't. No need to apologize for being more civil and polite than me.Jimi wrote:didn't mean to come off like a hard case
- August 17th, 2016, 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
Removed the link, btw.
- August 17th, 2016, 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
Actually, I spent a night in a Greek jail and was brought before a judge because of... looking for fire-bellied toads too close to the Turkish border (even though the same place was packed with bbq-ing people 6 hrs earlier). Luckily, Greek police live in the stone age, so my mug shot only exists som...
- August 17th, 2016, 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
Not on a witch hunt. Just curious about who's behind the name and what the animal related charge is about, but I now think I maybe should drop it and I apologize for what seems bad taste indeed. I may also lack insight in your (or any) legal system, indeed, which is why I probably would not consider...
- August 17th, 2016, 12:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
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- August 16th, 2016, 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NEW BOOK: Snakes of Mexico
- Replies: 90
- Views: 107111
Re: NEW BOOK: Snakes of Mexico
Naturally!Brian Hubbs wrote:Well, that really just depends on if it was written by a Belgian or not...right?
- August 16th, 2016, 7:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425268
Re: Why You Dont Collect
Its a bummer I couldn't work in something about molecular phylogeny to make Jeroen happy. I'd rather hear you talk about what happened on 5/25/2015. :P For what it's worth, I've learned from what others have replied to your posts, so thanks for that. Guam is an interesting case to learn from, for s...
- August 16th, 2016, 5:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Craziest Border Patrol Story
- Replies: 41
- Views: 23369
Re: Craziest Border Patrol Story
It is so funny to me to see the shock on their face when they act like i am totally insane to come from indiana to Arizona to look for snakes. Imagine what you get if you're from Belgium. I still think that one guy that kept going on about waffles and his coin collection wasted our time to the exte...
Re: France
You are much more likely to find Natrix maura and e.g. Malpolon monspessulanus in that area than the species you mentioned. Especially maura should be fairly easy in any type of not too fast flowing water. They are not too picky in terms of water quality and may feed on both fish and amphibians. Pro...
- August 15th, 2016, 11:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Trip to Thailand - The snakes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3976
Re: Trip to Thailand - The snakes
Great! Really jealous of that emerald Gonyosoma...
- August 15th, 2016, 11:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NEW BOOK: Snakes of Mexico
- Replies: 90
- Views: 107111
Re: NEW BOOK: Snakes of Mexico
I'll add that the new book is gorgeous and offers a wealth of information. Trashing it just because of some taxonomic choices would be a mistake (even though it was written by a European ).