Field Herp Forum

Sorry for the derail but pre-contact human population densities in the America's fascinate me. And I grew up right outside Portsmouth, pretty close to serpent mound. So I kind of love this post. Serpent mound is built on a meteor impact site too. Honestly the place kind of creeps me out. No disrespe...

I hope they are paying you something for your lies Ernie.

Dr. Bryan Hamilton (since that title seems to mean something to you)

Solid conversation until this..... I had the same bs in Texas last year with my African lion hunt, damn coyotes harassed it to the point of exhaustion so we brought out the chopper and warfarin and set things right. Sarcasm? In 2012, Tejon Ranch agreed to pay $136,500 in fines and restitution for il...

The mohave desert is tough in the fall. Any chance you can go a bit further south into the sonoran desert? For rattlesnakes, I'd plan to road cruise as much as possible. Black widows I usually find under debris and around humans. Think abandoned buildings and junk piles. Good luck! It sounds like a ...

Its never happened to me since.... I still tap rocks and occasionally I'll get a snake to rattle.

We do need to flip some rocks.

Twenty five years ago, early May in southern Ohio I found my first timber rattlesnake. It was on steep rocky point overlooking the Ohio river. I’d looked on my own for a couple years and had never found one. Timber rattlesnakes were kind of the “big game” of the area. Commercial collecting had just ...

Ernie roo roo back on the forum! I imagine a gollum like creature, sitting in the dark for the last 8 months, plotting its response, watching all the you tube, reading all the breitbart. Then risiNG lIKE A PHOENIX TO Post something SO sMaRt, Something so BRilLIant, there can be NO DOUBT! Its not har...

Merry Christmas everyone. I miss seeing Ken on the forum.

The scarring on that water snake suggests snake fungal disease. Do you know if its in the area?

They both look like Desmognathus to me. Some of them can only be identified based on species or genetics.



Disclaimer: I am NOT a salamander id expert. But I like to play one online.

dthor68 wrote:Google Earth can help you find some good locations. However, it also helps poachers and collectors find the same locations.

Such is the paradox of technology. Used for good and evil, right and wrong. Can there be light without darkness?

Are they available for purchase?

hotographs vs drawings, maps showing delineation of subspecies, range maps on same page as the animal? All of the above. Its really the premiere guide(s) and the maps are often better than some of the state guides. They are also very, very reasonably priced at around $15. I haven't used the newly r...

I still like the Peterson guides. There is an eastern and western version.

Were you in New Mexico or Colorado? Are you thinking of Mexican gartersnake or NEW mexican gartersnake?

You got it.

I haven't ever herped the Smoky's but reports do seem to be very salamander heavy.

Timber rattlesnakes seem to be commonly encountered in the Smoky's.

If you can find good roads to cruise get out there and do it!

You probably do. And that's OK.

Headland and Greene's paper on snake attacks is interesting. In spite of the high rate of attacks by giant pythons, I don't think there were any successful ingestions of adults.

Nice job. Great idea to send some encouragement.

Wow. Awesome post. I liked everything except the dislocation....

What species of Bothrops is that?

Any pics of the DOR rattlesnakes?

BillMcGighan wrote:isn't 03 possibly harmful to pets and humans?

Now that you mention it, it does say "For use only in unoccupied spaces...."

Thanks for catching that.

Thanks for the great advice. I really appreciate it. I agree racks are easy cleaning but I've had too many escapees. I also have several rattlesnakes and I need really secure cages for them. Someday maybe I'll go back to a rack system. I might try the air purifier. I actually have a ozonater for dea...

I'm looking for any advice on ways to make snake cage cleaning easier and more efficient. This has become very important since I no longer have a snake room and the snakes share my bedroom.

I appreciate any advice that isn't "Stop feeding em".

Can we settle this the mature adult way? With a dance off!

Agree to disagree?

New invasive amphibian.

https://earther.com/invasive-cannibalis ... 1826053656

I'm glad to see that the existing laws are being enforced in Arizona. Its a good reminder to be informed and legal when field herping.

Nicely done! Love the minecraft star wars shit too btw.

cerbs are the word. welcome back.

I was feeling western too at first glance. That side photo is vital...

Kelly Mc wrote:Poorly founded lesson concept.

Or the poorest ever...

Now the lady that reported it is being threatened. Good times.

Wildlife work is so competitive and pays so little, I don't really encourage anyone to go into it as a career anymore. Herpetology has never got much support and currently wildlife funding is taking a hard hit. I'm really pessimistic these days. Folks like Ernie, who constantly degrade science and s...

Hi Hunter, Very nice stuff! I've only seen birthing once in lutosus and it was a female I brought into the lab. Would you mind if I use those pictures in my dissertation defense? Full credit to you off course..... That patternless lutosus is beautiful. I wonder if that has ever been reported in the ...

The regional forums are in fact gone. There is a thread somewhere explaining the rationale.

I like to be out early, when its still too cool for lizards, while it warms up. Collard lizards like it hot but they are a lot easier to capture and photograph if you you can find them when they are still a little on the cool side. We don't really give specific locations on this board but someone mi...

Wow Rye beautiful photo's of a "slow" year. I hope to get in the field with you this year.

Bumping this most excellent of posts. RIP Kent.

I'm not sure that the role of precipitation is well understood for snake detectibility. Like a lot of people on the forum, I think precip plays a role, but it does not guarantee you'll find snakes. IMO being out there looking is much more important than waiting for the perfect window to search. This...

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42428528

pdf is open access:
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/ ... 7.full.pdf

The only trick I have I got from Kelly. The "Root Lowell Flo-Master Pressurized Pump Sprayer " changed the way I humidify and also changed my relationship with my snakes. Its a really nice, reasonably priced sprayer compared the cheap ones that I had used in the past. The snakes (at least some of th...

May can be good for sure. Lots of folks prefer to herp the Mexican monsoon, which typically starts in July and runs through September. The pulse of moisture during the growing season can bring out your target species.

May or August would probably be my choice for time to herp Arizona.

Any concerns with safety in Myannmar? It seems like a very unstable and dangerous place right now.

Hi Lawrence,

So less canopy cover is better? That's the opposite of what I would have expected. Any thoughts on why?

Its really too bad ErnieRoo can't play nice. I wish someone would send him to time out. This was a cool discussion, but now its all lost in the rants. I had some thoughts but I'll hold off on sharing them. Ernie is the same guy that claimed its impossible to model reptile populations. In Ernie's min...