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- April 18th, 2017, 7:23 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Court lectures FWS on grammar, lifts ban on snake shipments
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24761
- April 17th, 2017, 7:39 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Court lectures FWS on grammar, lifts ban on snake shipments
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24761
- April 3rd, 2017, 1:43 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Reptiles of Paraguay
- Replies: 1
- Views: 10855
Reptiles of Paraguay
FYI, here's a new and completely open-access book on the reptiles of Paraguay.
https://repository.unm.edu/handle/1928/32390
https://repository.unm.edu/handle/1928/32390
- April 2nd, 2017, 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Man Eaters
- Replies: 91
- Views: 37401
Re: Man Eaters
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- April 1st, 2017, 9:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Man Eaters
- Replies: 91
- Views: 37401
Re: Man Eaters
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- October 4th, 2016, 1:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12869
- September 22nd, 2016, 9:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Kids books for snakes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2828
- March 30th, 2016, 5:15 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: RIP Don Broadley
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3236
Re: RIP Don Broadley
Sad news. I considered Don to be the leading expert on the Python sebae/P. natalensis group, and his papers were thorough and well-written. When I wrote a review of the biology of these snakes and asked him to review it, he sent thoughtful and biologically insightful comments that were really helpfu...
- February 17th, 2016, 9:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Imports stopped because of salamander threat
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4417
- April 1st, 2015, 7:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Handheld GPS for tech idiot
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6694
Re: Handheld GPS for tech idiot
For those who are most comfortable using their tablets and phones, you can add a Garmin GLO for $100. It uses both GPS and GLONASS satellites, so more options for connecting with magic boxes in the sky. Throw it in your pack and it syncs with your device via bluetooth so that you can get 3m accuracy...
- March 21st, 2015, 8:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top Down Effects of Snakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6561
Re: Top Down Effects of Snakes
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- February 9th, 2015, 7:33 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and..
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3224
Re: Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium a
Kraus' book was published in 2009, so it doesn't include many recent records. That said, it's very well-written and contains a huge amount of info. It has ~130 pp of text and a few hundred pages of data-rich tables, as well as a CD that allows you to sort/extract data more easily. I reviewed it for ...
- January 29th, 2015, 6:25 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: New paper on translocation of reptiles
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5393
Re: New paper on translocation of reptiles
I'd consider the cost:benefit ratio. If it costs $100 in gas, labor, etc for an employee (whether biologist, Venom One unit, whatever) to make a snake call, and there are a couple hundred calls per year, it could be that in the long run the species would benefit more from using that money to buy lan...
- January 29th, 2015, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: New paper on translocation of reptiles
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5393
New paper on translocation of reptiles
This looks to be a solid review of the evidence with respect to moving 'nuisance' reptiles: B.K. Sullivan et al. 2015. Problems with mitigation translocation of herpetofauna. Conservation Biology It appears to be an 'unlocked' pdf that's accessible to anyone: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11...
- January 28th, 2015, 1:40 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Snake in the Grass vs. Invasive Pythons
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12884
- December 9th, 2014, 7:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South FL after dark; never a dull moment...
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13793
- October 31st, 2014, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Looking for advice on setting up a pit-trap array
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12057
Re: Looking for advice on setting up a pit-trap array
Mesopredators can be a huge problem for pitfall arrays that are left in place for a while - in the US raccoons and opossums quickly learn to check buckets and eat your prizes, and I assume civets etc would do the same at Lawachara. I've even seen racers start traplining along pitfall arrays within a...
- August 29th, 2014, 9:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Can snakes control disease?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5604
Re: Can snakes control disease?
Almost forgot - here's one of the few manipulative studies out there for snakes:
http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/11-1359.1
The response for rodents was even stronger when we knocked back snakes in a 5-ha enclosure a couple years ago, but that hasn't yet been published.
http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/11-1359.1
The response for rodents was even stronger when we knocked back snakes in a 5-ha enclosure a couple years ago, but that hasn't yet been published.
- August 29th, 2014, 8:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Can snakes control disease?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5604
Re: Can snakes control disease?
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- August 7th, 2014, 1:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Everglades monster constrictor hunt. Doing my part.
- Replies: 135
- Views: 36528
- July 10th, 2014, 8:07 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Bathroom breaks reveals venemous snake...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4070
Re: Bathroom breaks reveals venemous snake...
It's obviously a ratsnake.
David Steen did a blog post on it: http://www.livingalongsidewildlife.com/
David Steen did a blog post on it: http://www.livingalongsidewildlife.com/
- June 10th, 2014, 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: QUICK! how could u safely remove a snake from a mouse trap?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5628
Re: QUICK! how could u safely remove a snake from a mouse tr
We use glueboards all the time for sampling skinks on Pacific islands, mortality rates are close to zero if you check the traps every half hour and keep them in the shade. I've spent the last 3 mornings sampling with glueboards, they're a great field tool in some circumstances if you consider the li...
- May 1st, 2014, 7:21 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Snakes of Borneo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4201
Re: Snakes of Borneo
I got my copy straight from Bjorn complete with cool Malaysian stamps on the package, hadn't realized that it's not in stores yet. Jeff, the book is 310 pp and the accounts seem to average about a page of text each. A few spp have text but no illustrations (e.g. Xenophidion acanthognathus, known fro...
- April 30th, 2014, 4:00 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Snakes of Borneo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4201
Snakes of Borneo
Just got my copy of Snakes of Borneo, by Stuebing, Inger, and Lardner. My first impression is that it's a massive improvement over anything else available. Gorgeous pictures, very nice line drawings, and concise species accounts. Now I want to visit and find a Xenodermis javanicus, among other beaut...
- April 22nd, 2014, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Everglades Python Documentary
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4359
- April 1st, 2014, 8:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hiking the Grand Canyon: the Havasupai Indian Reservation
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4631
Re: Hiking the Grand Canyon: the Havasupai Indian Reservatio
It's a great hike and gorgeous spot, although some of the campsites are (or used to be) over-used and dusty as all hell. You'll burn a lot of camera card memory just on waterfalls and travertine. The trail is wide and obvious - bring enough water and a big hat and you should be fine. There are some ...
- February 24th, 2014, 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: In Depth Article On UC Berkeley Researcher Tyrone Hayes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2248
- February 20th, 2014, 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A reminder to feed your snakes pre-killed food.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6814
Re: A reminder to feed your snakes pre-killed food.
Not quite on topic, but we once found a radiotelemetered massasauga in SE AZ that had been neatly unzipped and all the organs removed, along with the major muscles along the spine. There were incisor holes into the brain case, and little rodent footprints in the dust all around it. We suspected a gr...
- February 20th, 2014, 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A big Burmese python in Everglades National Park.
- Replies: 77
- Views: 27889
- December 24th, 2013, 10:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Fake Snakes for Road-Cruising--CHEAP!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4277
Re: Fake Snakes for Road-Cruising--CHEAP!
Cheap fake snake: Take a handful of white pebbles and put them in a sinuous pattern on blacktop, with a gap equal to the pebble size between each one. Presto, you have a Cal king. You get brake lights and cussing every time. Used to a be common practice in the Mojave.
- December 18th, 2013, 4:02 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: VIDEO: Mice Airdropped to Guam's Brown Tree Snakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14190
- December 10th, 2013, 1:32 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: VIDEO: Mice Airdropped to Guam's Brown Tree Snakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14190
- December 7th, 2013, 10:21 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: VIDEO: Mice Airdropped to Guam's Brown Tree Snakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14190
- December 7th, 2013, 10:17 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: VIDEO: Mice Airdropped to Guam's Brown Tree Snakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14190
- December 7th, 2013, 1:08 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: VIDEO: Mice Airdropped to Guam's Brown Tree Snakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14190
- August 9th, 2013, 3:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Light question...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2780
Re: Light question...
(and by the way, the Lupine Betty is now burning at 3600 lumens!)
- August 9th, 2013, 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Light question...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2780
Re: Light question...
The costs for quality bulbs and high-density batteries are coming down quickly, and should continue to do so. The Lupine Wilma line, for example, has almost doubled its lumen output (now at 2400) in 3 years while staying at more or less the same price point. Pretty soon even those cute Fenix lights ...
- April 16th, 2013, 10:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moon phases and herping
- Replies: 46
- Views: 9126
Re: Moon phases and herping
Check out the Sperry et al paper in the latest JHerp (and talk to Kevin Messenger). Keep in mind that many herpers have some degree of confirmation bias re: moon phase. For example, if someone thinks that snakes are more active on moonless nights, then they may be more likely to go herping on moonle...
- April 12th, 2013, 2:52 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Nikon macro advice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3069
Re: Nikon macro advice
Thanks, Chris, but I'm talking about the SU-800 (wireless Speedlight Commander), not the SB-800 (a flash).
- April 12th, 2013, 1:38 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Nikon macro advice
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3069
Nikon macro advice
I just ordered a Nikon D7100 and the R1 macro kit for fieldwork; it's time to get back to getting decent images after a decade of point and shoot. So far we're planning to use my old (ca. 1996) 105mm f/2.8 macro, but it may not have all the TTL capabilities of a more recent version. The pop-up flash...
- March 25th, 2013, 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Success! Florida Python Bio-Blitz
- Replies: 57
- Views: 18168
- March 11th, 2013, 7:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Success! Florida Python Bio-Blitz
- Replies: 57
- Views: 18168
- March 8th, 2013, 9:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake Hook?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12711
Re: Snake Hook?
One more note on this subject - I get excited when I catch a snake, and I'm absent-minded, and this combination means I leave hooks in the field. Sometimes I recover them, sometimes I don't. I can think of two lost stumprippers off the top of my head, one in the bottom of the Grand Canyon and one in...
- February 28th, 2013, 10:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Aruba herping?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3649
Re: Aruba herping?
I agree that getting bent out of shape about localities in this instance indicates lack of familiarity with the island. It's not a big chunk of land, and Arikok represents about a quarter of the island, including most of the undeveloped barranca. I didn't provide any specific localities, nor much mo...
- February 27th, 2013, 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Aruba herping?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3649
Re: Aruba herping?
Get yourself on up to Arikok Natl Park for starters. Go from tree to tree looking on horizontal branches for invasive boa constrictors, then scan the litter for rattlers. I found 6 boas and 1 rattler in 2 hrs the last time I was there, but that was probably better than average. While walking between...
- February 22nd, 2013, 3:15 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Interesting solution to Guam's snake Problem
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10614
- February 22nd, 2013, 12:53 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Interesting solution to Guam's snake Problem
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10614
- January 17th, 2013, 1:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #64: Roadcruising Study (HELP REQUEST!)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5007
Re: Borneo Dispatches #64: Roadcruising Study (HELP REQUEST!
Sounds like a great project, and lots of fun. If you've read the Reptile Biodiversity book, then you've read Gordon's chapter on population biology. I think it's perhaps the most important chapter in the book, because he really stresses detection probability. The problem with most of the older road ...
- December 11th, 2012, 8:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Film, gasp!: Slide Scans From the Past
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4315
Re: Film, gasp!: Slide Scans From the Past
I've been meaning to start scanning the cream of my slides. What make/model of scanner did you use? Anybody else have recommendations? I'm thinking about getting a few people together, buying a good one with our pooled resources, then selling it after we're done with it.