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- April 9th, 2021, 12:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern California in late March.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4373
Re: Southern California in late March.
Any luck?
- April 9th, 2021, 12:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping SE Sierras report
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4564
Re: Herping SE Sierras report
Nice post, read every word, then scrolled down looking for a surprise boa picture, but None. Sounds like you had the best advice and technique, but no luck. It's post like this that keep me returning to the FHF. I hope it picks back up soon.
- January 18th, 2020, 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My scariest experience while herping caught on video
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5868
Re: My scariest experience while herping caught on video
You are too nice, that guy would have got mouth from me, which would have included "mind your own business." Furthermore, if this is a state park or reserve, what is he doing picking up wildlife, not to mention chucking them over hillsides. If this is your scariest experience so far, they ...
- September 21st, 2019, 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How I found a rubber boa (the wrong way)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20394
Re: How I found a rubber boa (the wrong way)
Enjoyed the story, thanks for posting. Looking forwards to reading more of your adventures...
- March 21st, 2019, 10:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: [VIDEO] NWHO: SoCal Herping 2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6385
Re: [VIDEO] NWHO: SoCal Herping 2
Pretty neat stuff for mid-September. I've enjoyed your Northwest videos, so when i saw one from SoCal, I had to watch. Sorry it took so long for someone to help with descriptions, but that's a Western Toad (Anaxyrus boreas), not A. punctatus. There was a time when this place was bustling with amazin...
- August 26th, 2018, 12:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: August Road cruising in SoCal
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6493
Re: August Road cruising in SoCal
DO NOT GO! Save your gas money or head into the mountains. Go to the SoCal mountains, Eastern Sierras, or as others said go to Arizona. If you head into California's desert now, you will only see geckos (if your lucky) and zebra-tails sleeping on the road. Monsoons with flash-floodings are awesome, ...
- January 19th, 2018, 11:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gila Monster on Google Street View
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13000
Re: Gila Monster on Google Street View
Too cool!
- May 13th, 2017, 12:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Photos of some recent sick herps
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13369
Re: Photos of some recent sick herps
...those herps don't look sick to me, great shots too. I hope you're feeling better. "Things that make you go hmmmm"
- May 3rd, 2017, 12:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Whole Lotta Leopard Lizards
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3403
- May 3rd, 2017, 12:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Collared Lizard Swarm at Joshua Tree
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9959
Re: Collared Lizard Swarm at Joshua Tree
WoW, incredible shots! looks like an interesting adventure
- March 9th, 2017, 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: More SoCal action
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6092
Re: More SoCal action
Very cool, as most of your videos are...
- January 14th, 2017, 5:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First finds of 2017
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3195
Re: First finds of 2017
Nice post Jeremy, looks like one of my old stomping grounds, however I never found an Arboreal that awesome. Looks like a nice start to 2017
- January 2nd, 2017, 2:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4017
Re: Favorite Herp Pics of 2016
Those are pictures to be proud of—they're amazing. Happy New Year
- December 26th, 2016, 11:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gekko gecko
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2437
Re: Gekko gecko
Nice shots of one of the coolest geckos in the world, IMO.
- December 24th, 2016, 11:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Inland Australia
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7745
Re: Inland Australia
Awesome! Has science discovered what the knob is for, on knob-tailed Geckos?
- December 21st, 2016, 11:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ID this salamander larvae
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2369
Re: ID this salamander larvae
I'm going with Northwestern Salamander.
- December 17th, 2016, 11:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Year in Review
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8755
Re: 2016 Year in Review
WoW, that was amazing—discoveries, as well as the pictures.
- December 10th, 2016, 11:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Review Part 3 (AZ)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6516
Re: 2016 Review Part 3 (AZ)
Amazing post and photography, I'm happy not to have past this post by. Perhaps i'm missing something, but isn't the Sonoran Desert Toad now referred to as Incilius alvarius?
- December 7th, 2016, 11:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Jim's Song - Dicamptodon (written by Jim Bass)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7419
Re: Jim's Song - Dicamptodon (written by Jim Bass)
Ha, Ha, Ha, that was awesome, brought a huge smile to my face.
EVen the salamanders are smiling...
EVen the salamanders are smiling...
- November 24th, 2016, 10:13 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Firefighter bitten by a decapitated rattlesnake's head
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9218
- November 23rd, 2016, 11:13 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Firefighter bitten by a decapitated rattlesnake's head
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9218
Re: Firefighter bitten by a decapitated rattlesnake's head
Sounds like Karma bit him in the asz, that is if you consider the finger his asz. On nature trail—I'm assuming to see nature with family. Then comes murder, venom, rocks, and blood... awesome learning experience for children. I really am tired and angered by assaults on Mother Nature simply due to o...
- November 21st, 2016, 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Namibian Field Herping Trip November 2016
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14211
Re: Namibian Field Herping Trip November 2016
Great post, loved the map too. I have watched wildlife movies from way back, when David Attenborough was the voice of the best wildlife documentaries around. There was one film about the Namib Desert and the Web-footed Gecko—Outstanding especially when seeing such amazing creatures for the first tim...
- November 16th, 2016, 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge September 2016
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2722
Re: Kofa National Wildlife Refuge September 2016
Amazing how lush things appear once crossing over The River from California, even the insects get bigger and cooler. I would never have imagined Sonoran Desert Toads there; amazing trip.
- November 15th, 2016, 11:20 am
- Forum: Bird Forum
- Topic: Verdin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 14800
Re: Verdin
What in the world are you doing, wasting valuable herping time. Yeah, its a nice shot, it would be flipping you the bird if it had hands. Now get back to discovering prehistoric Pond Turtles and kings.
- November 13th, 2016, 12:32 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13297
Re: Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)
Amazing! those are the best shots of a Recluse on the net. Sometimes, I see "Desert Recluse" in the California desert, have any shots of those yet?
- November 5th, 2016, 7:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which is best survival knife
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3239
- October 9th, 2016, 1:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: HERP users WARNING
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2739
Re: HERP users WARNING
Dots on maps are far from publicizing precise locations, besides if every road was a Whitewater Road field herpers wouldn't have to converge on one place they would be scattered everywhere. Perhaps sharing locations wouldn't be so bad.
- October 9th, 2016, 12:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Advices for a California trip in September
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9410
Re: Advices for a California trip in September
I have found several Wandering Garter in the Mono Lake area and they have turned out to be Thamnophis e. vagrans. The yellow middorsal stripe can be bright and distinct at times, and the sides are grey often with a checkered pattern. A dark head cap is also suggestive of T. e. vagrans, and one pictu...
- October 9th, 2016, 11:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery Snake from urban San Diego County
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10785
Re: Mystery Snake from urban San Diego County
Eimen, I agree it looks a lot like a Wandering Garter
- October 8th, 2016, 8:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery Snake from urban San Diego County
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10785
Re: Mystery Snake
This snake is from a residential neighborhood in San Diego.
Jeremey could you posts those Two-stripe Garters snakes, espically if they have a middorsal stripe, like this one seems to have descending down the lateral portion of the body.
Jeremey could you posts those Two-stripe Garters snakes, espically if they have a middorsal stripe, like this one seems to have descending down the lateral portion of the body.
- October 8th, 2016, 11:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery Snake from urban San Diego County
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10785
Re: Mystery Snake
I'm thinking its a checker-patterened Eastern Garter Snake. Lets give it another day or so for others to guess, then I'll post the3 location, which will only make this mystery snake harder to identify.
- October 7th, 2016, 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery Snake from urban San Diego County
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10785
Mystery Snake from urban San Diego County
Anyone know what this snake is? Location will be kept secret for now, so not to cause bias
- September 29th, 2016, 10:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Where to herp in India?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5378
Re: Where to herp in India?
Bummer, India just got a bit less interesting, but the cuisine remains the best!
- September 28th, 2016, 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Advices for a California trip in September
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9410
Re: Advices for a California trip in September
WoW, you traveled extensively and got some pretty good shots too! Hard to tell from the "Mountain Garter" shot, but Mono Lake is in the Great Basin Desert and the realm of Thamnophis e. vagrans.
- September 28th, 2016, 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Where to herp in India?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5378
Re: Where to herp in India?
I have yet to reach India, but I imagine the street markets have some interesting creatures for sale. Street herp'n, in addition to the above suggested wild locations.
- September 28th, 2016, 8:30 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12877
Re: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
Interesting story, reminds me of this video from youtube...
- September 13th, 2016, 8:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Amazing Predation by a Leopard Lizard
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5045
Amazing Predation by a Leopard Lizard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCLmuZqBn6w Posted on Youtube by Emily Taylor " On May 8, 2016, the Cal Poly Herpetology class observed an interesting predation event in the Mojave National Preserve. A large adult female long-nosed leopard lizard killed a small adult desert iguana, then pulled...
- September 12th, 2016, 12:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Highest elevation herp in Oregon?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3473
Re: Highest elevation herp in Oregon?
Pretty neat observation—habitat shot looks cool too. Great place to explore during the summer. Herps include amphibians and they reach much higher than reptiles.
- September 12th, 2016, 12:48 am
- Forum: Fish Forum
- Topic: Aquatic animal ID
- Replies: 20
- Views: 58893
Re: Aquatic animal ID
hmmm, Mola mola comes to mind.
- September 5th, 2016, 9:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8526
Re: Moorish Wall Geckos in LA County
WoW, that must have been an incredible surprise. Great pictures too, especially for being inside a crevice.
- August 26th, 2016, 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Queensland trips overview [pic heavy]
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9712
Re: Queensland trips overview [pic heavy]
Dang, your my idol, those pictures are incredible!! Any of those images, blown up, and framed, would look awesome on someone's wall.
- August 24th, 2016, 10:23 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Sonora, MX
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13075
Re: A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of Sonora,
There are many things that I appreciate about the book — the animal descriptions are great, even describing the fine details needed for distinguishing the very similar appearing whiptails; detailed range maps; filled with color pictures; contains every known species of the region, including small co...
- August 23rd, 2016, 5:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "New" California rattlesnakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9690
Re: "New" California rattlesnakes
From Idyllwild, Riverside County — Californiaherps.com
If others have pictures of 'Crotalus h. idyllwildi' from Idyllwild or San Jacinto Mtns please post.
- August 23rd, 2016, 12:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "New" California rattlesnakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9690
Re: "New" California rattlesnakes
The more I research the Idyllwild rattlers, the more i'm intrigued — http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatrepti ... 7zuDrQvui5
- August 18th, 2016, 12:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Doi Suthep from top to bottom
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3855
Re: Doi Suthep from top to bottom
Amazing post, especially how creatively it is displayed.
- August 18th, 2016, 11:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Craziest Border Patrol Story
- Replies: 41
- Views: 23368
Re: Craziest Border Patrol Story
I have a pretty cool border patrol and helicopter story from Imperial County, CA. While solo-herping next to the border with several bight flashlights, including one brighter than a car's headlight, I heard the darked-out (lights off) helicopter flying over the border toward me. Then it made what se...
- August 18th, 2016, 11:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: San Diego Alligator Lizard
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5009
Re: San Diego Alligator Lizard
This is an old image from the eastern Sierra Nevada. It has much of the same red and it was found among cedar pine needles. Others with similar color have been found elsewhere in California, especially at higher elevations.
- August 18th, 2016, 11:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Yosemite
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6915
Re: Herping Yosemite
WoW, stunningly clear shots! Pretty soon the bears will be in the Valley, they seem to converge there in September before heading off to hibernate.
- August 10th, 2016, 10:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Santa Ana river
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8909
Re: Santa Ana river
A two-striped Garter and it looks to be from the rocky, higher portion of the Santa Ana River. Is that assumption correct?
- August 7th, 2016, 1:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Record elevation for Great Basin Collared Lizard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7589
Re: Record elevation for Great Basin Collared Lizard
mwentz, thanks for the report. Sounds like an interesting hike, did you get plenty of pictures. The White Moutains are pretty awesome, mysterious too. Any shots of the 7000' leopard?