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- November 11th, 2013, 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Seeking email contact for Mark Jennings and Alex Krohn?
- Replies: 3
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- April 5th, 2013, 2:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: pahrump nevada
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1652
Re: pahrump nevada
The Chicken Ranch in Pahrump is full of all kinds of herpes. Happy hunting!
-Alex
-Alex
- February 18th, 2013, 11:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some Winter Herping Around the Bay Area
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3534
Re: Some Winter Herping Around the Bay Area
Thanks Richard! I'll start counting those scales when I'm in the overlap area. I was distinguishing the two by ventral scale coloration, but I'll start counting caudals if that's more reliable. Hubbs: Yes, I will get around to entering them. Even though they are all pretty common species of little c...
- February 6th, 2013, 6:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some Winter Herping Around the Bay Area
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3534
Re: Some Winter Herping Around the Bay Area
Thanks all! Sorry about the N/S Alligator lizard mix up. I use the scientific names more often than the common ones. JAMAUGHN: I looked at the ventrals and saw that they were mostly black rather than only partially black, that's why I called it tenuis. I'm no expert though. How can you tell by color...
- February 5th, 2013, 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some Winter Herping Around the Bay Area
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3534
Some Winter Herping Around the Bay Area
I moved to Berkeley in August to start my PhD and it's been a ton of fun. The best part, so far, has been the winter herping. As an east coaster it's been awesome to be able to herp basically year round. California is great. These animals were all found in December and January. On a warm day we foun...
- November 9th, 2012, 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake Tongs - Satan's Side Arm or God's Gift to Herpers?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10985
Re: Snake Tongs - Satan's Side Arm or God's Gift to Herpers?
Tongs are also great if you don't have two hooks and are dealing with a snake that's too short to tail. Not every snake stays on a hook. In fact I've met relatively few venomous snakes that do.
- October 22nd, 2012, 5:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Israel family vacation, part 1 - Cerastes trifecta
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8841
Re: Israel family vacation, part 1 - Cerastes trifecta
Holy crap! That sounds like an AWESOME vacation. What a trifecta!
- October 22nd, 2012, 9:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Mexico Snake ID Challenge
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4114
Re: New Mexico Snake ID Challenge
And you see? This is why this place is great. Spelndida didn't even cross my mind -- I immediately went more to the rat or garter snake side of things. Thanks everyone!
Monklet - it's a willow flycatcher. The nest monitoring was going on as part of a conservation program.
-Alex
Monklet - it's a willow flycatcher. The nest monitoring was going on as part of a conservation program.
-Alex
- October 21st, 2012, 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Mexico Snake ID Challenge
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4114
New Mexico Snake ID Challenge
This one was tough. It was found near Socorro, NM, eating eggs from a fly catcher's nest. These were captured at ~1:50AM and the nest is extremely close to a river. The nest has a diameter of about 6 inches, for scale. Good luck! https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5gdUCzr5u8I/UITVkfTLm3I/AAAAAAAAAJI...
- October 15th, 2012, 11:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herps of Singapore
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12987
Re: Herps of Singapore
Awesome shots of some awesome critters!
- October 7th, 2012, 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: amaZING ariZONA! (Part 2 of 2)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4662
Re: amaZING ariZONA! (Part 2 of 2)
Awesome post! I actually learned about botany AND herpetology. Thanks!
I think your old man of the desert is actually an old woman though
-Alex
I think your old man of the desert is actually an old woman though
-Alex
- October 7th, 2012, 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New TARGET Species for Hans in BORNEO
- Replies: 2
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Re: New TARGET Species for Hans in BORNEO
HA! I too saw that the other day. It's funny how those pictures really make it look like a road pancake. "All you have to do is search in an oil palm plantation and not deep in the heart of the jungle? Damn, anyone can do that!" ....Yeah right. It would be one of the all time coolest lizar...
- May 31st, 2012, 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Annual Rosy Club 2012
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7548
Re: Annual Rosy Club 2012
Well, *CURSES*!!! While camping in potential NV boa range, I saw a sign for this "Rosy" Club meeting and nearly pooped myself. I was camping with a bunch of non-herper friends from college and by this time it was about 2 AM on Saturday night. I had no idea what it was until I found this th...
- May 22nd, 2012, 5:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A quick West Texas trip.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7064
Re: A quick West Texas trip.
Absolutely killer. :Looks like a road trip from El Paso is in order.
- May 17th, 2012, 6:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5992
Re: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
Gonyosoma is common out there?
- May 14th, 2012, 5:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5992
Re: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
And now you know that when making a book that covers every single reptile of SE Asia, quality sometimes gets sacrificed. A lot of his drawings are a bit different than in real life, but still it's the best broad guide of the region and can always get you started on your ID course. This, Hans, is inc...
- May 6th, 2012, 2:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Nice little find in Zavala County last night..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2170
Re: Nice little find in Zavala County last night..
Sweet mammajamma. As it loaded and I scrolled down I was said to myself, "Eh just a scarlet snake." Then as I got the end and saw the head, my jaw dropped. I had no idea what it was and until I saw the ID my world of "red touch yellow" had just been turned upside down. That is on...
- April 18th, 2012, 6:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13403
Re: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
Wow. Thanks for the praise Hans! That's a mighty big compliment and I'm honored :) This is a fun discussion, but there are so many facts at work here -- intraspecific competition, interspecific competition, niche availability, prey availability, thermal availability, evolutionary history and more th...
- April 17th, 2012, 2:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
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Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
Wow. You had me at the first photo. Awesome find Hans! What does a typical night of road cruising entail? It is usually productive with the same 5 or so species (including frogs and other things seen on the road!), or usually nothing with the occasional common species? These kraits are notoriously h...
- April 10th, 2012, 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Eastern and Western Cape - South Africa January 2012
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Re: Eastern and Western Cape - South Africa January 2012
WHEW! That was awesome Tyrone! Thanks for sharing. How'd you spot the Knysna dwarf chameleon? What kind of habitat was it in? I was in the Nature's Valley area in December and looking hard for them but didn't turn any up. I also looked unsuccessfully for the berg adder, congrats on finding such an a...
- March 8th, 2012, 4:59 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Got PMS? Let's Go Looking for Snakes!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3454
Re: Got PMS? Let's Go Looking for Snakes!
Don't worry guys, I'll perform more experiments to test their findings in the field. I'm on it!
- March 8th, 2012, 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The "Post your RAREST of the rare finds," post...
- Replies: 64
- Views: 17553
Re: The "Post your RAREST of the rare finds," post...
Dark morph Calloselasma rhodostoma. Never documented before to my knowledge. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/200770_561226066344_4304942_32270033_6057_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/188579_561226056364_4304942_32270032_5410542_n.jpg Here's a normal on...
- March 7th, 2012, 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Early start for Southern Nevada
- Replies: 5
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Re: Early start for Southern Nevada
Always a pleasure, Jerry!
- March 3rd, 2012, 4:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #27: Big Borneo Photo Dump
- Replies: 5
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Re: Borneo Dispatches #27: Big Borneo Photo Dump
HAHA!Warren wrote:Great post! Gives the flavour of Kuching.
Much better than the flavour of Vietnam, which is oddly fishy.
Cool post Hans! Thanks for sharing the beautiful scenery with us.
- February 28th, 2012, 2:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: God Hates Checkered Whiptail Lizards!!!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5278
Re: God Hates Checkered Whiptail Lizards!!!
I love this, but I must say, they did put a Aspidoscelis inornatus in there by mistake
Still, I would pass that out anywhere in public.
Still, I would pass that out anywhere in public.
- February 13th, 2012, 4:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Update on Mammal Decline Paper from Co-Author
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2603
Re: Update on Mammal Decline Paper from Co-Author
Although it's extremely unfortunate that this will likely not be read by the majority of people who read newspaper articles about the python problem, this was a very well articulated and cogent response to the sensationalism that we have seen over this PNAS paper. It also raises just and legitimate ...
- February 5th, 2012, 2:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2012 Rocky Mountain Chapter Spring Field Trip
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6208
Re: 2012 Rocky Mountain Chapter Field Trip
Looks like a rompin good time, sorry that I'll have to miss it -- got an old college reunion that weekend.
Will this take the place of your yearly kingsnake survey Brian?
-Alex
Will this take the place of your yearly kingsnake survey Brian?
-Alex
- February 5th, 2012, 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: question about vegas
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5736
Re: question about vegas
My fault! I read that as banded instead of striped. :oops: As much bad press as these herp dealers may give the "hobby" when they're busted, I think flagrant disobedience for the laws enacted to protect these animals makes us look much worse. While it may not be a very serious problem in N...
- February 3rd, 2012, 2:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End-of-year post from Costa Rica
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10055
Re: End-of-year post from Costa Rica
Absolutely, without a doubt, stunning. Awesome images of awesome animals. Thanks for sharing!
-Alex
-Alex
- February 1st, 2012, 2:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Western Cape, South Africa
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2133
Western Cape, South Africa
So I was lucky to be dragged along with my family to South Africa in December for a family friend's wedding outside of Cape Town. We made a two week vacation out of it, and I figured you guys would be interested in the herping spoils of the trip. First of all, South Africa is one of the most beautif...
- January 29th, 2012, 9:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Naja Sumatrana, Malaysia
- Replies: 11
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Re: Naja Sumatrana, Malaysia
You can take Naja atra off that list. Done! Really my experience only comes from the four elapid species that I've seen in the wild, but I just extrapolated. Still I'd take a docile viper on the ground over an elapid trying to bolt away from you. (The hardest one is a green mamba in a tree.... good...
- January 25th, 2012, 11:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some pictures from Malaysia
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20238
Re: Some pictures from Malaysia
Very well done! I was just talking with Hans about how frustratingly difficult it can be to find snakes in the Asian tropics. You seem to have done extremely well. How long were you in Malaysia for?
-Alex
-Alex
- January 25th, 2012, 11:37 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Naja Sumatrana, Malaysia
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4803
Re: Naja Sumatrana, Malaysia
Whew! What a beauty! Got any plans to release it? Cobras (and other large bodied, fast moving elapids -- mambas, tree cobras, maybe even Old world coral snakes) are probably the most difficult snakes to photograph. They're dangerous, fast moving, and most want nothing to do with you, so they shoot o...
- January 24th, 2012, 9:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Coming out of dens in Nevada
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1214
Coming out of dens in Nevada
So I did some scouting for dens or "pseudo-dens" (particularly C. mitchelli and C. stevensi) this fall around Las Vegas and want to check up on them as the snakes (hopefully) emerge this spring. I don't have much experience in this department and have even less time thanks to work, so narr...
- January 24th, 2012, 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: question about vegas
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5736
Re: question about vegas
Yowzas! That's great info. There's a pet store just down the road from me in Vegas that sells, among a lot of other really questionable herps, striped cal kings. I think a little bird will drop a tip to NDOW this week
Thanks for showing me that site!
Thanks for showing me that site!
- December 20th, 2011, 4:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bangkok Field Guide and request for pics
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3585
Re: Bangkok Field Guide and request for pics
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/5890_531519802934_4304942_31496506_3841220_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/5890_531520207124_4304942_31496528_437812_n.jpg Enhydris bocourti https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/5890_531520182174_4304942...
- December 19th, 2011, 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: all the viper species of Europe - an overview
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32277
Re: all the viper species of Europe - an overview
Especially knowing that you took those pictures yourself, that is quite the impressive report. Very informative too :thumb: What are the overwintering habits of these species? I assume they vary tremendously across the habitats of the continent. Would it be possible to find V. aspis or V. seonei aro...
- December 2nd, 2011, 8:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sulawesi (mostly) lizards and snakes IDs needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3340
Re: Sulawesi (mostly) lizards and snakes IDs needed
Bollocks! That's what I get for posting at 12:30 in the morning . I did mean 3 instead of 2. And yeah I would guess that 2 is some sort of Sphenomorphus but being far from Indochina, I couldn't say more. Cool ratsnake though!
-Alex
-Alex
- December 1st, 2011, 9:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sulawesi (mostly) lizards and snakes IDs needed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3340
Re: Sulawesi (mostly) lizards and snakes IDs needed
1 is correct, 3 is Eutropis longicaudata, and 5 is correct
- November 28th, 2011, 9:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hot Stove Herping: Part One
- Replies: 49
- Views: 25809
Re: Hot Stove Herping: Part One
Wow I'm really digging that Corallus hortulanus. Yeah I liked how you just threw that in there as an "oh by the way, check out this crazy looking thing...." Awesome post. These posts are becoming a yearly favorite of mine and so far this one hasn't disappointed. Did you take any special p...
- November 28th, 2011, 8:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #16: Python's Last Meal (GRAPHIC CONTENT!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4627
Re: Borneo Dispatches #16: Python's Last Meal (GRAPHIC CONTE
I'm holding to it -- even when they're mangled to bits, there's no prettier array of colors on any other python. Hans, you were saying that you're not impressed by the number of snakes that you've found so far in Kuching. You said that you could find this number of snakes in one night in Taiwan. I t...
- November 21st, 2011, 7:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #14: Dumeril's Monitor
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4797
Re: Borneo Dispatches #14: Dumeril's Monitor
HA! When I saw the first photo I assumed he was much bigger than that. ...But you just have a very small car hood. Oh well. Still a very cool find. Maybe now you'll think twice about just passing by these snake cousins...
-Alex
-Alex
- November 9th, 2011, 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some snakes (Taiwan)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3624
Re: Some snakes (Taiwan)
Python Guy wrote:Any beauty snakes?
I thought they were all beauty snakes
Although those were some REALLY beautiful Ovophis and Viridovipera, I think my favorite was the Oligodon simply because of their cool behavior on your beaches: http://www.pnas.org/content/108/18/7455
Awesome post!
-Alex
- September 22nd, 2011, 8:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #8: Snake Night At Kubah
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8100
Re: Borneo Dispatches #8: Snake Night At Kubah
I'm not sure what else there is to say. Hans, you are great. Have you figured out the best month for herping Sarawak yet? How about a trip up to the Kelabit highlands?
AWESOME post.
AWESOME post.
- September 22nd, 2011, 8:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some PA shtuff
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2682
Re: Some PA shtuff
Great cow of Moscow! Beaaaauuutiful. LECH my buttox. Hold on, I'm gonna link this to my friend who has never seen a copperhead before...
Congrats on a sweet season Scott.
-Alex
Congrats on a sweet season Scott.
-Alex
- August 26th, 2011, 4:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Khao Yai Trip
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10944
Re: Khao Yai Trip
You did well! Congrats! Khao Yai is such an awesome place -- and to think it's only a few hours from Bangkok, it makes for an awesome weekend trip. It seems like you got around the car problem without any problems as well. Of course I loved the snakes whose namesake I took for my account. Very cool!...
- August 23rd, 2011, 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Danum valley; Malaysian Borneo
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5270
Re: Danum valley; Malaysian Borneo
Jumpin jahoosaphet. Man, oh man, did I miss out on Borneo by not going to Danum while I was there. Every single post or person that I've read/heard of that went there has found amazing things -- you are no exception. Just awesome!!! I think Rhacophorus nigropalmatus and Rhacophorus reinwardtii are t...
- August 14th, 2011, 12:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gunung Leuser: Sumatra
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10618
Re: Gunung Leuser: Sumatra
Your viper is indeed a juvenile T. wagleri. That's an awesome Theloderma as well. I think I stared at the forest stream picture for about 5 minutes just saying "awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome awesome" over and over in my head. Great shot. I've heard people saying that they could g...
- August 13th, 2011, 11:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bukit Lawang, Sumatra
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2599
Re: Bukit Lawang, Sumatra
Keep it coming! I'm feeling a bit inspired myself...
-Alex
-Alex
- August 7th, 2011, 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches 002 - Kopstein's Bronzeback Eating Lizard
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9228
Re: Borneo Dispatches 002 - Kopstein's Bronzeback Eating Liz
Wow Hans, what luck! Indeed your frog is Staurois natator, and I agree that they can be a pain to approach for a quality photo. For a good frog book, I suggest Inger and Stuebing's A Field Guide to the Frogs of Borneo . Although it's wickedly overpriced there, I got in the bookstore of Kinabalu NP f...