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by AEthelred
November 23rd, 2023, 2:30 am
Forum: News
Topic: Green Mamba on the loose in the Netherlands
Replies: 0
Views: 5676

Green Mamba on the loose in the Netherlands

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/22/euro ... index.html

The article did not say which sub species of Green Mamba it is
by AEthelred
October 3rd, 2023, 9:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Autumn copperhead quite far north
Replies: 0
Views: 4182

Autumn copperhead quite far north

Here is an as they call it "Indian Summer" fall copperhead in New England
by AEthelred
September 26th, 2023, 1:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central Mass Hoggie
Replies: 4
Views: 2512

Re: Central Mass Hoggie

I have not found a very effecient way of finding the hognose snakes. It seems to be rather hit or miss. If you find a way to consistently locate them, let me know. My efforts have been limited to just looking around habitat I know they are in and hoping for the best. It is hit or miss ,they were ex...
by AEthelred
September 24th, 2023, 12:35 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central Mass Hoggie
Replies: 4
Views: 2512

Re: Central Mass Hoggie

We may have been at the same place lol I found a young hog and an eastern milk at a well known scrub Oak forest in central MA Friday. I found those within about 15 minutes then spent the next two hours wandering around aimlessly and finding nothing. It was not very warm and so the racers seemed to ...
by AEthelred
September 22nd, 2023, 2:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central Mass Hoggie
Replies: 4
Views: 2512

Central Mass Hoggie

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A baby central Massachusetts hoggie ,very cute
by AEthelred
September 3rd, 2023, 8:40 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mt Tom Timber rattlesnake
Replies: 3
Views: 2081

Re: Mt Tom Timber rattlesnake

"Black" Timber's are getting scarce in the Granite State NHherp ,Massachusetts is doing a bit better and Connecticut is really making a comeback. I talked with some people and they in the Berkshires where I live and they say that down in Great Barrington or Sheffield they have diamondback...
by AEthelred
August 30th, 2023, 4:45 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mt Tom Timber rattlesnake
Replies: 3
Views: 2081

Mt Tom Timber rattlesnake

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by AEthelred
June 3rd, 2023, 3:10 am
Forum: News
Topic: Possible northern most sighting of copperhead
Replies: 2
Views: 2186

Re: Possible northern most sighting of copperhead

hcarlton wrote: June 2nd, 2023, 12:37 pm Photo is of a northern water snake, so that record is out.
I had thought too a Nerodia Sipedon (common watersnake) too or maybe a large milk snake
by AEthelred
June 2nd, 2023, 10:42 am
Forum: News
Topic: Possible northern most sighting of copperhead
Replies: 2
Views: 2186

Possible northern most sighting of copperhead

https://articles.atholdailynews.com/Cop ... l-51176095

The Millers River in Athol Massachusetts is in central Massachusetts only ten miles from the New Hampshire border
by AEthelred
November 11th, 2022, 8:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A much better video
Replies: 1
Views: 1928

Re: The Last Field Herping Video

Great video
Love the rattlesnake section,I have still never seen a venomous snake in the wild(very rare where I live) I envy you greatly.

One looked like a Mojave am I right and another looked like a North Pacific,and what was the really dark colored RS that was coiled up???

Thank you for sharing!
by AEthelred
October 15th, 2022, 5:43 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Northern New Hampshire
Replies: 2
Views: 7559

Re: Northern New Hampshire

I went to the Franconian Notch in the fall of 2007 and saw a mother bear and three cubs.And then hit lake Willoughby in Vermont on the way home.
by AEthelred
October 1st, 2022, 10:06 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Massachusetts Timber
Replies: 13
Views: 4321

Re: Massachusetts Timber

Makes me wonder why Maine says it has no more Timber's which makes no sense because Maine has so much wilderness. Massachusetts is fairly built up but still has a Timber population and a couple hundred copperheads and Connecticut has a small timber pop as well but so many copperheads they are not e...
by AEthelred
October 1st, 2022, 9:53 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Elevation for Vipera latastei?
Replies: 4
Views: 1660

Re: Elevation for Vipera latastei?

They thrive well in all environment's from mountain's to scrubland steppe to deserts

I would say just stay below the tree line because you want trees because trees have nuts and nuts attract rodents but this appears a very diverse snake.
by AEthelred
August 23rd, 2022, 3:10 am
Forum: News
Topic: Dogs bitten in Connecticut
Replies: 0
Views: 4555

Dogs bitten in Connecticut

www.necn.com/two-dogs-recovering-after- ... n/2810030/

Two dogs bitten by Timber Rattlesnake in Glastonbury Connecticut
by AEthelred
August 11th, 2022, 2:10 am
Forum: News
Topic: (New Link Works) Timber King William Martin dies 80
Replies: 0
Views: 4449

(New Link Works) Timber King William Martin dies 80

www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/west-virginia-rattlesnake-expert-dies-bitten-timber-rattlesnake William Marty Martin the king of the Appalachian timber rattlesnake dies at 80 Sorry link is dead and could not get it right but it will come up if you google it. He studied the Appalachian timber from Georgia ...
by AEthelred
August 9th, 2022, 5:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Massachusetts Timber
Replies: 13
Views: 4321

Re: Massachusetts Timber

Makes me wonder why Maine says it has no more Timber's which makes no sense because Maine has so much wilderness. Massachusetts is fairly built up but still has a Timber population and a couple hundred copperheads and Connecticut has a small timber pop as well but so many copperheads they are not ev...
by AEthelred
June 12th, 2022, 9:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Massachusetts Timber
Replies: 13
Views: 4321

Re: Massachusetts Timber

That is a very different-looking Timber! Here in Louisiana they're always yellow or beige. I was impressed by the strange black one's from New Hampshire that are shown in Al Braswell's "Timber Rattlesnake Conservation Action Plan." Yours is close. Jeff They are so dark here it is true,the...
by AEthelred
June 10th, 2022, 4:14 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Massachusetts Timber
Replies: 13
Views: 4321

Re: Massachusetts Timber

No one has died from a rattlesnake here since 1793 so they don't cause many problems,the last snake death was in the 1970's when a very small child died from a copperhead. There are an estimated 500 or so rattlesnakes in the state mostly in the southern Berkshires but a few other isolated places.An ...
by AEthelred
June 10th, 2022, 4:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Massachusetts Timber
Replies: 13
Views: 4321

Massachusetts Timber

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Ever seen a real Massachusetts native Timber Rattlesnake?

Here it is,I think this is from the Mt Everett area in the southern Berkshires
by AEthelred
December 9th, 2021, 1:33 am
Forum: News
Topic: Massachusetts Alligator captured
Replies: 2
Views: 3110

Re: Massachusetts Alligator captured

Due to federal law stating that an animal that has learned to associate food with humans may not be returned to the wild.The alligator will live out it's years educating children on wildlife in some type of wildlife program the news has reported
by AEthelred
December 8th, 2021, 2:31 am
Forum: News
Topic: Massachusetts Alligator captured
Replies: 2
Views: 3110

Massachusetts Alligator captured

In western Massachusetts the Westfield river runs from the east Berkshires down to the Connecticut river in Springfield. Over the past few months an alligator has been spotted many times in the Westfield by boaters and fishermen. Yesterday it was captured by a brave man in Agawam MA and he turned th...
by AEthelred
July 21st, 2021, 11:34 pm
Forum: News
Topic: New Fungus killing snakes
Replies: 0
Views: 7135

New Fungus killing snakes

Does anyone know anything about the fungus killing snakes in the eastern US?

I live in a region with a very fragile Timber rattlesnake,copperhead and Black Rat population and am concerned it could wipe them out.
by AEthelred
January 31st, 2021, 1:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cannibal Coachwhips?
Replies: 8
Views: 3603

Re: Cannibal Coachwhips?

Were seeing more and more snakes eating snakes that weren't previously known for eating snakes
by AEthelred
December 7th, 2020, 11:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4811

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Wikipedia has always worked for me.
by AEthelred
October 22nd, 2020, 11:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
Replies: 10
Views: 5339

Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper

BillMcGighan wrote: October 22nd, 2020, 3:29 pm A DOR is a herp that is "Dead On Road".
Yes there are AORs
Ok I understand ,around here people call that "road kill" or sometimes slang "road pizza"
by AEthelred
October 22nd, 2020, 1:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
Replies: 10
Views: 5339

Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper

I've not witnessed live ophiophagous behavior in Cottonmouths but have occasionally found water snakes in the gut of DORs. From the 1907 edition of The Reptile Book by Raymond L. Ditmars where he describes herping in a swamp in South Carolina during a drought : “The drying up of the water appeared ...
by AEthelred
October 16th, 2020, 10:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
Replies: 10
Views: 5339

Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper

Just saw a Mozambique spitting Cobra eat a Puff Adder,no huge surprise in an Elapid eating a Viper,if the Viper eat the Elapid,a bit more surprising.

I guess a lot primarily rodent eating snakes will eat snakes when rodents are not available.
by AEthelred
October 16th, 2020, 1:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
Replies: 10
Views: 5339

Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper

Here in NC, I've seen a photo of a copperhead eating a corn snake (not another viper). I've also seen a couple of photos of black racers eating copperheads, and of course eastern kingsnakes eating various snake species. I use this info, whenever possible, to deter people from killing snakes indiscr...
by AEthelred
October 11th, 2020, 11:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
Replies: 10
Views: 5339

Would a pit viper eat another pit viper

So I saw a YouTube video of a cotton mouth killing and eating a rattlesnake,I'd guess a very small Eastern Diamondback.I couldn't get how to put the video into the post but if you go to youtube and put in "water moccasin eats rattlesnake it should come up. I have never heard of this before,has ...
by AEthelred
June 24th, 2020, 4:26 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Some young gators from northeastern North Carolina
Replies: 3
Views: 3052

Re: Some young gators from northeastern North Carolina

There is supposedly some type of crocodilian species in lake Onota in Pittsfield Massachusetts.The Mass environmental police are staking out the lake in order to see if purported sightings are accurate. Being that Alligator's are not native anywhere near Massachusetts it would have to be an exotic p...
by AEthelred
April 14th, 2020, 4:26 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge
Replies: 4
Views: 4145

Re: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge

Thanks for taking the time, Bill. I just couldn't deal with the goofiness. It's a matter of evidence, not of opinion. cheers I certainly welcome any critical responses and I am not a professional scientist by any means and maybe it's just coincidence that there are similarities between snake specie...
by AEthelred
April 8th, 2020, 3:45 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herping in New Hampshire
Replies: 3
Views: 3171

Re: Herping in New Hampshire

Hey NHherper, I am also A New Englander,I am from the Berkshire's.Your lucky to see that Timber,I have never seen a rattlesnake or copperhead in the wild.

Where about's in New Hampshire did you see that Timber,they say there is fewer than 200 left in N.H
by AEthelred
March 25th, 2020, 10:56 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge
Replies: 4
Views: 4145

Snakes and the Alaskan land bridge

This is a post on the Alaskan land bridge theory,a belief I hold that North American snakes came from east Asia and crossed the Alaskan land bridge at a time when the climate was hospitable to snakes. North America has pit vipers and one species of Elapid,the Coral snake which are both found in east...
by AEthelred
February 26th, 2020, 4:38 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Odd colored Large Eyes Pit Viper
Replies: 5
Views: 3205

Re: Odd colored Large Eyes Pit Viper

Another great video Lou,you are certainly couragous picking up that pit viper,likely wouldn't kill you but would have been a painful bite.
by AEthelred
January 18th, 2020, 3:01 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My scariest experience while herping caught on video
Replies: 18
Views: 5820

Re: My scariest experience while herping caught on video

Where's the video,I don't see a link.
by AEthelred
December 7th, 2019, 3:34 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Montana Milksnake
Replies: 3
Views: 2226

Re: Montana Milksnake

Milkshakes can do well in cold weather area's and l have seen them in Vermont.
I once had to call fish and game because there was a milksnake in a Vermont laundry mat.But when fish and game arrived the snake escaped under the driers.
by AEthelred
November 16th, 2019, 6:06 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Top 10 Venomous Snakes
Replies: 5
Views: 2905

Re: Top 10 Venomous Snakes

Awesome video,never realized there are so many Krait species
by AEthelred
September 27th, 2019, 7:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Finding Snakes in the City
Replies: 4
Views: 11749

Re: Finding Snakes in the City

Great video,I really liked that Green Mamba or maybe it was a Jamison's Mamba,they did'nt show it for very long so it was hard to tell, in that snake room.Your awfuly brave I would have been in big boots in that tall grass.
by AEthelred
September 26th, 2019, 6:07 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Chinese Cobras Spit?
Replies: 6
Views: 12917

Re: Chinese Cobras Spit?

Stereotypicaly African cobras are spitters and Asian Cobras are bitters but there are a few Asian Cobras that spit.I think Bangladesh has a spitting cobra
by AEthelred
September 21st, 2019, 4:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Chinese Cobras Spit?
Replies: 6
Views: 12917

Re: Chinese Cobras Spit?

Great video I really liked that
by AEthelred
August 30th, 2019, 5:38 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SF Bay Area Rubber boa Herping Advice?
Replies: 5
Views: 18387

Re: SF Bay Area Rubber boa Herping Advice?

Try Talking to the locals.stop at a store that sells outdoor supplies or a gun store.hunters know terrain.ask people at those types of stores,they may know where to go
by AEthelred
August 28th, 2019, 9:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SF Bay Area Rubber boa Herping Advice?
Replies: 5
Views: 18387

Re: SF Bay Area Rubber boa Herping Advice?

You got there habitat down for sure.you have done your research that's for sure.If you can find that habitat you should be successful.animals need a certain habitat and if you find the habitat you can usually find the animal or reptile.if your lucky enough to find someone here who knows Santa Cruz t...
by AEthelred
August 17th, 2019, 4:46 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Charina bottae distribution
Replies: 12
Views: 26791

Re: Charina bottae distribution

Rubber boas are officially known to live in Nevada as well as Wyoming,Montana and even British Columbia
by AEthelred
July 27th, 2019, 4:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)
Replies: 13
Views: 19432

Re: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)

The Eastern Ghats run along India's Eastern coast, starting from the Khallikote mountains (the one we visited above) and going down further South into Peninsular India. The biodiversity here is very poorly documented compared to the Western Ghats. you read and see a lot on television about the West...
by AEthelred
July 26th, 2019, 7:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)
Replies: 13
Views: 19432

Re: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)

I've heard of the Western Ghats but never heard of the eastern Ghats.where are they
by AEthelred
July 26th, 2019, 2:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)
Replies: 13
Views: 19432

Re: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)

Nice photos looks like you had a fun trip.