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Doritos, parasites and open wounds, you've seen stuff Kelly....

I don't have any real phobias but parasites creep me out. Just thinking out them makes my heart rate go up.

With respect to my position that both sides of the 'climate change' issue should be examined, I agree that folks should examine both sides. However you're not presenting both sides Richard. You're presenting an extremist position and trying to pretend its a centrist view. You do this time and time ...

Its a real shame Ernie still has a venue to spread his garbage here.

Red Rocks is closed at night so not a great place for road cruising.

That's a tough time for the Mojave desert. Things usually peak mid spring and the mojave desert doesn't get he beneficial growing season rains like the sonoran desert. If you head south to the sonoran desert, mid August can be really productive. Its usually too hot around vegas in august, even at ni...

That sounds rad. Far enough south for mitchelli?

Hey Jimi,

Its from Montezuma Castle, Yavapai county.

Your title says it all. Sick post brah....

Hope you're feeling better. Those adders are spectacular.

This link was helpful for me:

http://www.californiaherps.com/snakes/p ... ulata.html

Here's a link to the observation on inaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3540904 Folks are trying to say both snakes are ground snakes. To me the "eater" is definitely not a groundsnake. I've never seen that pattern or color combination in a groundsnake and I love to look at picture...

The photo was definitely click bait.

Forced perspective or not, that is a magnificent and monstrous beast....

I found this on inaturalist. Pretty cool feeding observation from Arizona. I'm looking for corroboration on the species involved in this photo. Thank you. Edit: The photographer asked me to take the photo down. Follow the link to see the photo. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3540904#activi...

Chris, I'm of the belief that people involved with putting down such an animal, and making it public, should make themselves available to answer questions about it. I understand the idea behind this but I can see it quickly becoming an interrogation that the biologist and agency can't win in the ey...

That is an adorable and uplifting series of posts. Thanks for sharing, it makes me smile. really cool back story on the cornsnake too.

Congratulations on the new neonate in the family unit. I think you will be having a lot of introducing them to herps.

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...

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 ...

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...