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- April 8th, 2023, 6:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rain, Rain, and More Rain in Northwest California!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2620
Re: Rain, Rain, and More Rain in Northwest California!
Great post, Will! Haven't been on here and awhile, but this content is what I like!
- March 12th, 2018, 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: '17season:Utah, California, Arizona, Virginia, and CostaRica
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8893
- October 29th, 2017, 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: What happened to the forum..I hear Crickets and smell death
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10119
Re: What happened to the forum..I hear Crickets and smell de
I know that I have neglected to contribute on FHF for years, for reasons ranging from laziness to spending too much time on FB. Back in the early 2000's this was THE place to be and I learned an exorbitant amount of herp information. I do, however, still come here often and lurk and make a couple du...
- August 9th, 2017, 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida hot grand slam in 4.5 days
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8210
Re: Florida hot grand slam in 4.5 days
Great pics as usual! Glad to be of assistance man.
-Jake
-Jake
- August 8th, 2017, 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Arizona Part 1.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8517
Re: Arizona Part 1.
Very good job! I'll be there in a couple of weeks...cannot wait.
-Jake
-Jake
- August 8th, 2017, 6:41 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Photo Attachment is now available on FHF.....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 47084
Re: Photo Attachment is now available on FHF.....
You really upped your game with this one, Scott! 'Bout time!
-Jake
-Jake
- February 8th, 2017, 9:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Review Part 2
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7263
Re: 2016 Review Part 2
Just stunning! I enjoyed all of it!
-Jake
-Jake
- January 14th, 2017, 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Weird Salamander
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4973
Re: Weird Salamander
The picture you shared with me looked like a much larger salamander (in-hand pic), which is why I stated that it appears to be melanistic. Metamorphing opacum [generally] do not acquire guanophores until after the gills have absorbed. Here, I made a little something for you. https://c1.staticflickr....
- January 10th, 2017, 4:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 - A good year pt. 2
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6236
Re: 2016 - A good year pt. 2
Overall a great post, Nick. Are you going to school at UF now? If so, what's your major, if you don't mind me asking?
-Jake
-Jake
- January 10th, 2017, 4:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Weird Frog
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3640
Re: Weird Frog
Josh, this isn't a corn snake, so how sure are you?Josh Young wrote:Yep, it's a squirrel tree frog.
- November 3rd, 2016, 7:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southside Virginia
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3711
Re: Southside Virginia
Hey Jefferson. It looks like your images are not working. I'd love to see them, especially the Peaks of Otter.
-Jake
-Jake
- September 14th, 2016, 1:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: some manders
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2863
Re: some manders
Very cool, Kevin. I remember chasing abditus in 09 at the type local and freezing my ass off and still sticks with me as one of the most trying lifers I had ever looked for/found.
-Jake
-Jake
- June 25th, 2016, 2:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5835
Re: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
Yep, that be the spot. It's the herp world, word spreads like wildfire.mtratcliffe wrote: I like how everyone knows this spot without me describing it outside of mentioning the county, haha. I know Jake showed it Noah a while back.
- June 22nd, 2016, 7:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5835
Re: Post-Tropical Storm Colin and a Day with Noah M.
All good stuff. I haven't been over to dip that area in awhile but it is usually quite productive. Water levels have fluctuated due to the dam temporarily allowing more water into the St. Johns, which may be the reason for lower numbers. Glad you are getting out and seeing some cool animals. -Jake
- March 25th, 2016, 9:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpetology Conference in Gainesville
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2005
Re: Herpetology Conference in Gainesville
I haven't attended in years and I LIVE in Gainesville. I might attend this year, but who knows. Maybe it's time to go back.
-Jake
-Jake
- February 1st, 2016, 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Request for some animals....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5394
Re: Request for some animals....
Hey Berkeley. I may be heading to Athens on the weekend of the 13th (February). If you still need the Cubans, let me know. I'll see what I can gather since I've got both hanging around my house.
-Jake
-Jake
- January 15th, 2016, 4:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Summer 2015 (GA, AL, TN, SC, NM, TX) (same as main)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4285
Re: Summer 2015 (GA, AL, TN, SC, NM, TX) (same as main)
A seriously good year, Noah. Dag! You found more stuff in Big Bend in the short couple of days there than most people find in many years. I've seen one alterna and thought I was lucky as hell...not only did you get two, you got a damn hooknose (which is even better, to me).
-Jake
-Jake
- January 10th, 2016, 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 8, Southern Eyre Peninsula
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14896
Re: Thorny Devil Dreaming: Part 8, Southern Eyre Peninsula
So enjoy these, John! A dream location to go.
-Jake
-Jake
- January 7th, 2016, 10:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year in Review, Final Third of 2015 and Herp List
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6751
Re: Year in Review, Final Third of 2015 and Herp List
Typing anywhere is that hard....or maybe just unwanted. Whichever you like more.Josh Holbrook wrote:Is typing up a note on your iPhone that hard?
- January 6th, 2016, 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year in Review, Final Third of 2015 and Herp List
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6751
Re: Year in Review, Final Third of 2015 and Herp List
Very impressive. I don't think I have what it takes to do such a list and I'm always impressed with people's ability to do so; in a jealous sort of way, that is. I think I need less beer and more initiative.
Good luck in 2016!
-Jake
Good luck in 2016!
-Jake
- January 1st, 2016, 1:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: All them salamanders of 2015
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10866
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Jake, your salamander photography is ridiculous. What lens are you using? Twin macro flash, I reckon? Thanks a lot! Yes indeed filtered flashes with a Sigma 150mm and Sigma 105mm macros. Both great lenses, really. PS Door is always open up here for D. organi , E. wilderae , etc. I will likely take ...
- December 28th, 2015, 10:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Final Quarter of '15
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3888
Re: Final Quarter of '15
Good stuff and photos, Robb. Super envious of the flavissimus. One I've had absolutely no luck with.
-Jake
-Jake
- December 22nd, 2015, 2:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: All them salamanders of 2015
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10866
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
You have to escape N. Florida/S. Georgia first. It's not like you sleep, you can just go. haha.Josh Young wrote:Lot's of great photos man. Makes me want to spend more of next year looking for more salamanders.
-Jake
- December 22nd, 2015, 9:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: All them salamanders of 2015
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10866
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
Killer shots, as usual. Was that barbouri stream a temporary or permanent one? It looks like a lot of permanent streams that I see. Not sure if I'd be able to tell them apart just by looking. Were you finding them in the creeks themselves or in the adjacent terrestrial? Thank you Kyle! This is a pe...
- December 22nd, 2015, 7:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Okefenokee Trip 2015 (same as main forum too)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4329
Re: Okefenokee Trip 2015 (same as main forum too)
Great post. Okefenokee has always been one of my favorite places since going there as a kid on a school trip (for us it was exotic being from Maryland).
Your mystery turtle looks to be a Pseudemys nelsoni.
Go Gators!
-Jake
Your mystery turtle looks to be a Pseudemys nelsoni.
Go Gators!
-Jake
- December 22nd, 2015, 6:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: All them salamanders of 2015
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10866
Re: All them salamanders of 2015
It wasn't entirely intentional, but I did want to knock of barbouri which was my only lifer ambystoma. I didn't get to Maine for my laterale this year, which was disappointing. Had to many other things I needed to do with not enough vacation time.
Until next year, good fellow!
-Jake
Until next year, good fellow!
-Jake
- December 21st, 2015, 6:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: All them salamanders of 2015
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10866
All them salamanders of 2015
So, I don't make posts very often anymore. With what feels like a million things going on in my life and what feels like far too many hobbies, I find myself absent from the forum. With that in mind, I'll try my best to at least cover most of the salamanders I was able to see this year. When going th...
- December 12th, 2015, 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Episode VII: The Caudates Awaken
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4169
Re: Episode VII: The Caudates Awaken
Fantastic! I can't wait to get back up there. Soon....soon....not soon enough.
Looking for salamanders in the mountains is never wasted time, even if you find nothing. Beautiful country and I am full of jealous that you get to live up there.
-Jake
Looking for salamanders in the mountains is never wasted time, even if you find nothing. Beautiful country and I am full of jealous that you get to live up there.
-Jake
- December 4th, 2015, 10:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2763
Re: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
Very cool. I was just curious because I've been to Pigeon Mountain more times than I care to count and I've never turned up a mud in that area.
-Jake
-Jake
- December 3rd, 2015, 10:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2763
Re: Giving Thanks for Southern Herping
All of those things are great finds.
You guys flipped that mud in NW Georgia or Tennessee?
-Jake
You guys flipped that mud in NW Georgia or Tennessee?
-Jake
Re: Gecko ID
The tokay likely didn't spread further north but instead was released/escaped. There are reports of them in warehouses in NJ. As long as there is a warm place for them to survive the winter, there's no problem for them. We have populations here in Gainesville as well as in Melrose. The yellow head a...
- November 16th, 2015, 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: March 2015 Trip to Pigeon Mountain and Okefenokee Swamp Geo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4206
Re: March 2015 Trip to Pigeon Mountain and Okefenokee Swamp
It was fun and random that we ran into each other up there, but I wish Don and I could have stayed and herped with you guys. I know you found ample petraeus, why no post? Already have enough photos of them that you didn't photo any this trip? I know that's what happens to me every time I go there an...
- November 12th, 2015, 1:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: So, I lied...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2759
Re: So, I lied...
Awesome stuff, Matt! The Coastal Plain is a fun place to herp. While redbacks are a common species, that doesn't take away from their coolness. That racer doesn't look to be in very good shape. Are you sure he wasn't hit? The photo of the fox is really fantastic, too btw. Stay safe out there, and lo...
- November 7th, 2015, 8:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: RFI: Amazon
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3662
Re: RFI: Amazon
MT Amazon tours is perfect for that. There will be other people on the tour, but you are free to walk any trails at any time by yourself.
http://www.opefe.com/Amazon_tours.html
https://www.facebook.com/MTAmazonExpeditions/
-Jake
http://www.opefe.com/Amazon_tours.html
https://www.facebook.com/MTAmazonExpeditions/
-Jake
- October 28th, 2015, 7:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New to Florida area
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5915
Re: New to Florida area
Most definitely! Don't forget about the squishy herps.Stohlgren wrote:False! Salamanders and chorus frogs all winter long.
-Jake
- October 22nd, 2015, 5:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: On the River With an Old Friend
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6893
Re: On the River With an Old Friend
Fantastic post, Carl.
Believe me, Dick had a good time. He wont stop talking about it! haha.
-Jake
Believe me, Dick had a good time. He wont stop talking about it! haha.
-Jake
Re: For Jake
Where you live, Josh, it never ends and you don't need any kind of net. Lucky jerk.Josh Holbrook wrote:Salamander season??? Grab yourself a dipnet and it never ends!
Re: For Jake
Tricked me. Nothing but scales in this post.
I think you did just fine with your green snake photos. They can be a test in patience.
-Jake
I think you did just fine with your green snake photos. They can be a test in patience.
-Jake
- October 20th, 2015, 2:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Not a bad start to October.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3625
Re: Not a bad start to October.
Okay, we are so over the reptiles. Amphib season is here. Enough already!
But, I guess if you have to show them, these aren't a bad selection.
See you when the rains come, Mr. Young.
-Jake
But, I guess if you have to show them, these aren't a bad selection.
See you when the rains come, Mr. Young.
-Jake
- October 7th, 2015, 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Post photos of wild herps feeding
- Replies: 56
- Views: 49645
Re: Post photos of wild herps feeding
A Eastern Diamondback consuming a marsh rat late at night and deep in the Everglades. https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5348/8931438261_5b5291bb49_c.jpg Crotalus adamanteus by Jake Scott , on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3717/8932053430_763c6519cb_c.jpg Crotalus adamanteus by Jake Scott , on F...
- September 28th, 2015, 6:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gray Ratsnake Range Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5313
Re: Gray Ratsnake Range Question
Like Kevin said, this is a typical look for that area. The mixed grayish-yellow and only a faintly defined line behind the eye and across the prefrontals. Even as the Peterson's guide demonstrates, the intergrade zone travels on a line from the gulf hammock area up through your location, so you can ...
- September 19th, 2015, 6:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Need I'd please !!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4216
Re: Need I'd please !!
They aren't an uncommon sight around Strictly...almost anything can be found around there. T. annularis are also common in various other places. Here's one from a Lee Co. population. I actually caught a pair and bred them for a bit. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8461/7992687043_888312b952_c.jpg Tar...
- August 29th, 2015, 11:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Took the family west
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3817
Re: Took the family west
An all around amazing post! Great job!
-Jake
-Jake
- August 21st, 2015, 5:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catching up after 3 years: USA (SW/SE), Ecuador, Belize
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5536
Re: Catching up after 3 years: USA (SW/SE), Ecuador, Belize
Epicity!! That was fun to go through, Mike. Of all, my favorite has to be the utahensis. I love Coleonyx!
-Jake
-Jake
- August 13th, 2015, 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Salamania 2015 - more details
- Replies: 53
- Views: 26745
Re: Salamania 2015 - more details
I'll be quite a bit south of you man. We'll be in South Central TN and North GA. That's the plan anyway...we'll see how it works out.
-Jake
-Jake
- August 12th, 2015, 7:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Salamania 2015 - more details
- Replies: 53
- Views: 26745
Re: Salamania 2015 - more details
Still planning on it man. I'll be up in the mountains the weekend before that, too.
- August 10th, 2015, 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Birthday herping
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4586
Re: Birthday herping
Happy birthday, Bethany! Looks like you had a great time.
Every year on my birthday I try to make a trip somewhere different/interesting. And for the past 4 years I've gotten at least one lifer on, or a day before or after, my birthday.
-Jake
Every year on my birthday I try to make a trip somewhere different/interesting. And for the past 4 years I've gotten at least one lifer on, or a day before or after, my birthday.
-Jake
- August 10th, 2015, 3:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: In Search of Baja California Rat Snakes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5063
Re: In Search of Baja California Rat Snakes
Very good post! That one lyre is a knockout. Congrats on the rosaliae, those are way high on my list.
-Jake
-Jake
- July 7th, 2015, 2:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Waterdogs in Florida
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6847
Re: Waterdogs in Florida
They actually darken with age and are usually a pinkish color until they are about 3 inches. Then they turn a brownish ground color with dark spotting along the dorsum. I actually dipped about a dozen this past March in Conecuh NF. Here's some here (not my record, but I was doing the dipping): http:...
- July 6th, 2015, 6:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Waterdogs in Florida
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6847
Re: Waterdogs in Florida
Are you sure you found Necturus? It was a solid black individual? Perhaps you captured a Siren? I guess you would know if it had four legs, but just wondering since I've never seen/heard of a solid black individual from that area.
-Jake
-Jake