Field Herp Forum

Hi everybody, I need to do field researchs in Pargauay but I'm not working for an university or a scientific structure. So I'd like to know one of you can help me with a guide suggestion for snakes, or maybe a structure... Plan is not to collect snakes or kill them. They'll be examined/photographed ...

Hey Jimi, thanks for your message. The altitude was between 220 and 313 m. However we had the feeling to be higher because of the surrounding mountains. But the sea was quite near. Here are some pictures of the habitat, the Kupa river, between Slovenia and Croatia : https://redcdn.net/hpimg4/pics/71...

Where are the frogs man ???

I've been in Slovenia for a fly fishing trip last summer, but I took a few reptiles pictures of course : Natrix tessellata juvenile : https://redcdn.net/hpimg4/pics/31178414r.jpg https://redcdn.net/hpimg4/pics/4138628814.jpg Natrix natrix persa shed in Croatia : https://redcdn.net/hpimg4/pics/376889...

Thanks a lot for this report !!! That was really a pleasure to read you and to witness such beauties !

Oh "insert profanity here" yes ! I haven't noticed that !!!! Thanks to the both of you !

Well, mine is not particularly spectacular when it comes to quality, but that's my favourite because I had to go to walk for several hours in a deep forest at night to take it. It's a fight between two Sachatamia albomaculata males. http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/493255fightingalbomaculata2r.jpg

Oh no sorry, I mixed up with an other Lampropeltis... L.t.hondurensis lives in the north of the country right ? Then no, I haven't been there.

Daniel : No, unfortunately (almost) all species I've seen are in this topic. I surely have been where they are but haven't seen one. Actually when I was in orotina, the guy who own the place I slept showed me a piture on his cell phone of a dead one that he found the day before. A quite big specimen...

Never been to this place, but I think like a lot of place in CR, there are really good guides on site. Once there just ask for what you want. In Tortuguero I made it clear that I wanted someone who loves reptiles and amphibians. The guy at my hostel just told me to wait for a minute and phoned one o...

wow... the lateralis are really awesome - way cooler than seeing a Bothrops in my opinion! Your first toad looks like a young melanochlorus and your frog pair look like crassidigitus to me. :beer: Will, that's not Incilius melanochlorus. Those toads were found in the south and that specie lives in ...

Thank you Will. Yes, that's definitely some crassidigitus again. Well, Bothrops is one of my favourite genus so... Maybe the next time ! We've already planned to go back there in order to visit other places like Corcovado, Guanacaste, etc. And this time we'll try the dry season, or what they call su...

@ Shanicy : A lot were found by the local guides. In fact it's very difficult to have access to "free" forest in that area. Everything is made for tourism and there is almost no wild trails. But I've managed to find one or two by myself. :) I remember an afternoon where I tried to find wild path... ...

Thanks to you guys, yes, the amphibian diversity was awesome, and it's definitely one of the best country for such encounters. And I have not take the time to seacrh for newt and salamanders !

I come from France Mr nosy Thanks for your comment ! That was indeed a marvelous trip.
Berkeley thanks for the information. I'll go on that way for a few research.

Hi everybody, I've been to Costa Rica for two weeks in May 2015. Here comes the acceptable pics I've brought back with me. I'm not a pro, some pictures aren't that good, I don't have big lens and so on, and above all, at certain moment, humidity damaged mystuff ! But hell, I'm very happy with what I...

Hey Johan,

Thanks for the tips. Of course I'll go herp at night.

And thanks for the info concerning the hook.
Regards,

J.

I'm Johannes from France and just recently registered here. I keep snakes of various genus since 6 years now and like more and more to see them, as well as frog and lizards, in nature. I'm going to Costa Rica in May, where I'm sure to witness some real beauty. So every advice is welcome ! Oh and of ...