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by squinn
February 24th, 2013, 10:13 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Interresting article some may be interested in
Replies: 24
Views: 5879

Re: Interresting article some may be interested in

It's sad how many of our fellow academics don't realize that when they publish a map or exact coordinates to a site, ANYONE can find it if they look hard enough. I recently found a site that was teeming with a threatened species of salamander (saw >20 in one day) using just such methods, because th...
by squinn
February 7th, 2013, 12:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana
Replies: 14
Views: 3055

Re: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana

that is creepy but it did make me hungry for frog legs.
by squinn
February 7th, 2013, 3:20 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Some early IN Sals
Replies: 5
Views: 1538

Re: Some early IN Sals

love the Jefferson's pics!
by squinn
February 7th, 2013, 3:17 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana
Replies: 14
Views: 3055

Re: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana

really? not the best place to mention this. go plastic. i understand that these animals are no different from minnows. i fish, so i am on your side, but, just remember your audience. would be no different than me hooking a seal to my line to catch an orka. i'd have problems with many people if i we...
by squinn
February 4th, 2013, 3:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cat owners are fighting back!
Replies: 7
Views: 2084

Re: Cat owners are fighting back!

"Do We Really Know That Cats Kill By The Billions? Not So Fast" I don't even see why that matters. There is no other domesticated animal that is allowed to run at large, and intrude on other people's property. In my area, you can get fined for allowing your cat to run stray, but that is o...
by squinn
February 4th, 2013, 8:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cat owners are fighting back!
Replies: 7
Views: 2084

Re: Cat owners are fighting back!

"Do We Really Know That Cats Kill By The Billions? Not So Fast" ------ok i'll entertain this premise. I assume the author, since he/she seems so interested in scientific integrity would be ok with a wide ranging study of the gut contents of feral and outdoor domestic cat population being d...
by squinn
February 3rd, 2013, 11:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana
Replies: 14
Views: 3055

Re: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana

matt ignoffo wrote:Thanx. Cool salamanders, are A. barbouri nearby?
not near this location the area these pics were taken is classic bottomland.
by squinn
January 30th, 2013, 2:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About Cats
Replies: 31
Views: 7565

Re: About Cats

This is well worth the read whether you are pro-cat hunting or not. I find it to be satire in the purest most enjoyable form no matter where you sit on this issue. http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm
by squinn
January 30th, 2013, 5:52 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About Cats
Replies: 31
Views: 7565

Re: About Cats

name me any other animal that it is considered ok to allow them to free range in a typical suburban/urban neighborhood with no restrictions? Dogs maybe in some rural localities but most places now have leash laws or ordinances requiring fencing that dogs can't get out of. It is beyond my ability to ...
by squinn
January 24th, 2013, 4:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana
Replies: 14
Views: 3055

Re: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana

matt ignoffo wrote:Is the last barbouri or texanum?
texanum
by squinn
January 18th, 2013, 4:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How do you guys make time for family while herping?
Replies: 55
Views: 23341

Re: How do you guys make time for family while herping?

Never has come up as an issue in my family, never have had to compromise or explain this to my wife even though she has no interest whatsoever in trudging around the woods looking for snakes and salamanders but with very few exceptions my herping party includes at least one of the kids at all times ...
by squinn
January 15th, 2013, 4:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A little preview of spring in southern Indiana
Replies: 14
Views: 3055

A little preview of spring in southern Indiana

found about a dozen or so combined of these three species of sally's Sunday right after the cold weather crashed in on us again. I suppose this will have to hold me until spring. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f194/quinndragonranch/jansal_zps2814a688.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f194/qui...
by squinn
April 26th, 2012, 5:47 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Something new for me in the field and stupid people GRAPHIC
Replies: 14
Views: 2840

Re: Something new for me in the field and stupid people GRAP

sounds like a nuisance animal to me in the case of the quail eating gila, it doesn't really surprise me someone would stick a fork in it for that. Last year i found a quite large black ratsnake in one of my quail pens. He had gorged himself to the point he was too fat to leave through the entrance h...
by squinn
April 25th, 2012, 3:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Something new for me in the field and stupid people GRAPHIC
Replies: 14
Views: 2840

Re: Something new for me in the field and stupid people GRAP

Now about the stupid people. Recently, I was driving up a ranch road and saw a Gila Monster in the middle of it. Not a big deal for the area where I live but right away I noticed something was wrong with the animal. There is virtually no traffic on this road and it looked like it had not been hit. ...
by squinn
April 19th, 2012, 3:26 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: An Unusual Upper Midwestern Spring
Replies: 14
Views: 3523

Re: An Unusual Upper Midwestern Spring

cool shot of the devil's cauldron shrooms.
by squinn
April 5th, 2012, 5:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: What herps have you eaten?
Replies: 49
Views: 7855

Re: What herps have you eaten?

okay the stories of herps we ate were all fun but it's time to start actually sharing recipes! i'll get the ball rolling. Haven't tried this yet but this is what i plan for my next culinary adventure as soon as i find one of these things up for "adoption" :) Iguana in Curry Sauce 1 Iguana ...
by squinn
March 23rd, 2012, 3:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: What herps have you eaten?
Replies: 49
Views: 7855

Re: What herps have you eaten?

Noticed this thread in the mammal forum. Figured it'd be funny to start one here. No lists, just one event per post. I'll start with Sideblotch/western fence/tiger whiptail lizards. Backpacking trip with roomie. We didn't bring any of those freeze dried dinners or beef jerky along, so were craving ...
by squinn
March 21st, 2012, 5:35 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: What herps have you eaten?
Replies: 49
Views: 7855

Re: What herps have you eaten?

Noticed this thread in the mammal forum. Figured it'd be funny to start one here. No lists, just one event per post. I'll start with Sideblotch/western fence/tiger whiptail lizards. Backpacking trip with roomie. We didn't bring any of those freeze dried dinners or beef jerky along, so were craving ...
by squinn
March 15th, 2012, 4:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A Warm Week in Southern Indiana
Replies: 9
Views: 2934

Re: A Warm Week in Southern Indiana

Nice post as always, keep 'em coming i got out twice this week in my little corner of SIN the bullfrogs and leopards were out in full force insane to think it's only half way through march. Looks like rain here tonight might have to go have a little fun tonight too.
by squinn
March 12th, 2012, 2:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up
Replies: 84
Views: 34153

Re: World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up

Paul White wrote:It's mostly the treatment prior to death and the whole carnivale aspect of it that turn a lot of us off. I mean FFS, skinning them alive?
why do they skin them alive does the meat get tough and stringy or something if they aren't dressed immediately?
by squinn
March 12th, 2012, 2:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up
Replies: 84
Views: 34153

Re: World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up

I personally have never quite gotten to the point to understand why rattlesnakes are the sacred cow for herpers. The precedent of utilizing reptiles for food and product is already here. I rarely go through a couple weeks without eating some kind of herp, traditionally frog legs or gator tail, and a...
by squinn
March 11th, 2012, 5:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up
Replies: 84
Views: 34153

Re: World's Largest Rattlesnake Round-up

"Santa isn't real" ... teach them the basics on evolution ... bashing religion ... Telling their kids there's no Santa and no god. you know what sweetwater really needs, and the poster doing all the god and santa stuff could probably make this happen with or without their blessing is midg...
by squinn
March 11th, 2012, 12:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Frogs
Replies: 12
Views: 1552

Re: Frogs

great post! gonna have to see if the frogs are out here tonight looks like rain!
by squinn
March 8th, 2012, 12:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?
Replies: 8
Views: 2403

Re: How Many of you think this Day Gecko is REALLY extinct?

shame this species couldn't have held on another century or less it is almost certain that hobbyists and herpeculturists could have bred this species and saved it from extinction assuming it was like other day geckos. Undoubtedly this would have been a popular captive. Does make me wonder.....you wo...
by squinn
March 4th, 2012, 10:52 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: albino western fox snake
Replies: 43
Views: 9843

Re: albino western fox snake

any possibility this animal may be an escaped pet hybrid snake? Everything about it says that it's a fox snake. Was it an escaped pet? I think I can say with with 99.9% certainty, that no, it was not a pet. Fox snakes aren't bred much in captivity that I know of. There definitely isn't a lot of alb...
by squinn
March 4th, 2012, 7:53 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Amphibian movements in S. Indiana
Replies: 7
Views: 1420

Re: Amphibian movements in S. Indiana

love the spotted pic.
by squinn
March 3rd, 2012, 5:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Salamanders of SIN
Replies: 1
Views: 706

Salamanders of SIN

hadn't been out much this year so figured i'd take my little herping buddy out today in Southern Indiana for a little salamander trip. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f194/quinndragonranch/mar2sally011.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f194/quinndragonranch/mar2sally014.jpg http://i47.photobuc...
by squinn
March 3rd, 2012, 5:40 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: albino western fox snake
Replies: 43
Views: 9843

Re: albino western fox snake

any possibility this animal may be an escaped pet hybrid snake?
by squinn
March 1st, 2012, 5:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Wild caught albinos???
Replies: 264
Views: 115133

Re: Wild caught albinos???

wc green frog


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by squinn
February 26th, 2012, 5:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A cool Experience
Replies: 5
Views: 1316

Re: A cool Experience

Great find! i had every intention of getting out this weekend to look for some sallies but life sorta happened and alas it was not to be.
by squinn
February 17th, 2012, 4:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Farancia (or Regina) in captivity
Replies: 27
Views: 6719

Re: Farancia in captivity

Catching crayfish is really easy, if you use traps. Canned cat food draws them in. I was just gonna say that :P If you can find a shallow (permanent) muddy body of water you'll probably find lots of crawfish too. I like small neighborhood ponds, they seem to always have a LOT because they're over f...
by squinn
February 17th, 2012, 1:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Alice Springs, NT - December 2011
Replies: 34
Views: 11489

Re: Alice Springs, NT - December 2011

That red bearded dragon is just insane......wow.
by squinn
February 12th, 2012, 3:06 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My Liitle Part to help the Snapping Turtle In Ontario
Replies: 15
Views: 3240

Re: My Liitle Part to help the Snapping Turtle In Ontario

That would have been my thought as well I imagine there are darn few people left that have any interest in taking snapping turtles for food. I think you'd be surprised. It's amazing what bored "hill folk" will do. Seriously. In one of the beef capitals of the world, I still hear about peo...
by squinn
February 11th, 2012, 4:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My Liitle Part to help the Snapping Turtle In Ontario
Replies: 15
Views: 3240

Re: My Liitle Part to help the Snapping Turtle In Ontario

Good question There are people on this forum who are much more qualified to answer this question than I am but I will take a stab at it. Collection is probably not as big a threat as other things such as careless motorists who run them over resulting in roadkill Then there are other predators One t...
by squinn
February 11th, 2012, 5:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My Liitle Part to help the Snapping Turtle In Ontario
Replies: 15
Views: 3240

Re: My Liitle Part to help the Snapping Turtle In Ontario

Dell Despain wrote:
Warren wrote:Snapping turtle take is regulated and monitored in Ontario.
Indeed.

Bag limits could be reduced, and or banned. In my humble opinion.

-Dell
Is over collection/hunting significantly negatively impacting this species in this range?
by squinn
February 8th, 2012, 1:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: and you folks say that the turtleman is a bad guy
Replies: 19
Views: 4553

Re: and you folks say that the turtleman is a bad guy

I don't assume that all "yokels" catch turtles and slap them around on the water, or pull on their tails to dislodge them from the mud. If they did all do that, then sure, I would be prejudice against them, but I don't honestly think that is the case. I simply don't like the way this one ...
by squinn
February 8th, 2012, 10:09 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: and you folks say that the turtleman is a bad guy
Replies: 19
Views: 4553

Re: and you folks say that the turtleman is a bad guy

It's also quite possible that the whole Turtleman-visiting-the-sick-kid thing was an attention-seeking ploy in order to promote his TV ventures. Kind of hard for me to come to that conclusion if their were no camera crews present and the only media attention it got was some third rate county paper....
by squinn
February 7th, 2012, 2:35 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The Snake That Can Send You Back Through Puberty
Replies: 9
Views: 2097

Re: The Snake That Can Send You Back Through Puberty

sounds like it will be the new hot weight loss craze for 2012 also! There will be a russell's viper in every chubby home in America!
by squinn
February 6th, 2012, 3:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Re: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

you'll be surprised how easy it is as long as you stick to the 5 or 6 unmistakable ones. I don't eat anything i need a spore print from to confirm edibility http://americanmushrooms.com/edibles.htm is a good place to start I am completely self taught and by no means an expert most of the mushrooms ...
by squinn
February 6th, 2012, 1:34 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Re: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

I wish I knew someone in my area that enjoyed various wild mushrooms who could teach me the ropes. I bought a mushroom book several years back and took it into the woods one day looking for some edibles. Every time I found a mushroom there were 4 or 5 that looked exactly the same in the book, and h...
by squinn
February 6th, 2012, 9:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Re: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

[I've not heard of them preying on other Ambystoma? Can you cite a source for that? It honestly sounds like you might have them confused with another species, maybe Tiger salamander complex. Some salamanders do skip the larval stage or have a very brief one, where vernals aren't as important. I've ...
by squinn
February 6th, 2012, 3:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Re: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

Ambystoma opacum don't necessarily breed in vernals. They're often found guarding eggs in the Fall, under rotting logs. Spotteds will breed in vernals for sure, and are probably the most commonly posted egg masses on the forum. so how does that work life cycle wise on the marbled if they don't use ...
by squinn
February 5th, 2012, 7:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: and you folks say that the turtleman is a bad guy
Replies: 19
Views: 4553

Re: and you folks say that the turtleman is a bad guy

http://floydcountytimes.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Shell-Shocked-+Auxier+boy+gets+visit+from+hero+&id=17277502&instance=home_news_lead&fb_source=message Shell-Shocked: Auxier boy gets visit from hero AUXIER — One Floyd County boy who has been battling cancer for the last nine mon...
by squinn
February 5th, 2012, 2:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Re: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

yea, the ponds they breed in can be rather inconspicuous. Either way, pretty awesome to come across that many. I've never flipped an Ambystoma. this is the earliest i've seen them in this area, guess it's gonna be a real early spring, later in the year it's pretty much a guaranteed place to find a ...
by squinn
February 5th, 2012, 2:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Re: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

ThatFrogGuy wrote:Very nice finds. Were they around a pond?
i'm not aware of any ponds near there, the area has a lot of vernal pools that hold water seasonally, oddly enough i've never found as much as an egg mass in that area much less larvae there, but the place is loaded with several species of sallies.
by squinn
February 5th, 2012, 1:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but
Replies: 20
Views: 5402

Southern Indiana mushroom hunt fail....but

Thought i'd get out with my daughter today in Southern Indiana to do a bit of late season oyster mushroom hunting....not such a great day on the shrooms but we did have some cool finds i thought i'd share sorry for the crappy pics but all i had was an ipod on me today as i wasn't expecting to find m...
by squinn
February 1st, 2012, 3:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mammal populations dropping dramatically in the Everglades
Replies: 95
Views: 16630

Re: Mammal populations dropping dramatically in the Everglad

Raccoons are considered native to the United States, as they came here naturally about 4 million years ago. even if they are native human activity has without a doubt seriously bolstered their numbers. I doubt racoons ever existed in the rediculous numbers they do today historically, one of the spe...
by squinn
January 29th, 2012, 3:03 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Snake dies from baby's bite
Replies: 5
Views: 2743

Re: Snake dies from baby's bite

dog bites man= not news...man bites dog=newsworthy baby bites snake= send it out on the international wire.
by squinn
January 25th, 2012, 2:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup no longer killing snakes
Replies: 25
Views: 6941

Re: Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup no longer killing snakes

There is a poll on this news site asking if people think roundups are harmful and need to be ended. Right now the no side is winning but the number of voters has remained small. Please visit this site, the poll is at the bottom left of the page, and vote "yes" http://www.cairomessenger.co...
by squinn
January 22nd, 2012, 2:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup no longer killing snakes
Replies: 25
Views: 6941

Re: Claxton Rattlesnake Roundup no longer killing snakes

Jimi, I was thinking about posting this in the SE board just in case. Fortunately (unfortunately?) there are no burms in Georgia so having a burm roundup is out of the question however I have thought about how nice it would be to see a feral hog festival replace the rattlesnake roundups. The Fitzge...