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- January 12th, 2021, 3:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: California Tiger Salamanders
- Replies: 0
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California Tiger Salamanders
Folks I'm compiling historical records of the California Tiger Salamanders in the South San Francisco Bay Area, and am looking for any non-vouchered records. I have some 1960s-1970s information, mostly showing sites within current subdivisions that once had tiger sal populations. I know of a few ext...
- January 2nd, 2021, 8:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 213
Re: Happy New Year!
Kurt I remember the Xeno as well [Quah, E.S.H., Grismer, L.L., Jetten, T., Wood, P.L., Miralles, A., Shahrul Anuar M.S., Guek, K.H.P. & Brady, M.T. (2018b) The rediscovery of Schaefer’s Spine-jawed Snake (Xenophidion schaeferi Günther & Manthey, 1995) (Serpentes, Xenophidiidae) from Peninsular Malay...
- January 2nd, 2021, 3:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 213
Re: Happy New Year!
Wow Kurt, are you an Anomochilus magnet or have you figured out their niche?
Very impressive...
Jeff
Very impressive...
Jeff
- January 1st, 2021, 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2020 EOY Report - Arizona
- Replies: 13
- Views: 718
Re: 2020 EOY Report - Arizona
Wow! Nice photography of the usual plus rare critters of southern Arizona. Having lived there and seen these I can appreciate the great photography, and the work that is necessary to find some of these reclusive animals. The gila monsters bursting forth is wonderful, along with so many others. My la...
- December 23rd, 2020, 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 'Twas the night before herping
- Replies: 26
- Views: 17043
Re: 'Twas the night before herping
Merry Christmas, as well, to all.
This year the temerarious peregrinations of the coronavirus left me with few alternatives: according to my employer I could either work from home or do field work! Oh heavens...!
Jeff
This year the temerarious peregrinations of the coronavirus left me with few alternatives: according to my employer I could either work from home or do field work! Oh heavens...!
Jeff
- December 8th, 2020, 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Etymology of snake genera
- Replies: 12
- Views: 351
Re: Etymology of snake genera
Hans
I'm not even fluent in pig latin, but a long interest in etymology has deposited much nomenclatural strata in the brain pan.
If I don't know the etymology I start with the original description for clues.
Jeff
I'm not even fluent in pig latin, but a long interest in etymology has deposited much nomenclatural strata in the brain pan.
If I don't know the etymology I start with the original description for clues.
Jeff
- December 7th, 2020, 7:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Etymology of snake genera
- Replies: 12
- Views: 351
Re: Etymology of snake genera
Hans The etymology of old generic names can be tough to determine without a fluency in ancient Greek or Latin, that is, those that were created prior to the relatively recent requirement to provide an etymology in the manuscript. Hypsiscopus comes from the Greek Hypsi (high or lofty) and scopus (vie...
- November 18th, 2020, 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 600
Re: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
from visits to east TX I got the impression they were doing just fine in areas completely dominated by GC toads Yes, that is very strange. Two years ago, a friend of mine in Louisiana who was hoping to one day see a hognose went to Houston and found five in one morning. In the 1930s George Meade ra...
- October 25th, 2020, 3:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How long does a copperhead have a yellow tail?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 620
Re: How long does a copperhead have a yellow tail?
Yesterday I found a near-neonate, perhaps a couple of months old based on size, that already had a dull green tail. On the other hand, I have seen juveniles of about the same size in late spring with yellow tails (they being born late-summer/early-fall) in Louisiana. Yesterday I also saw a neonate c...
- October 17th, 2020, 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 600
Re: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
They are pretty common throughout the state. They lay large clutches of eggs so it's not unusual to see a dozen or more young ones in the fall. I've been given a couple of big clutches in the past (1990s), so there is a high reproductive potential. One came from a sawdust pile. All of the recent so...
- October 16th, 2020, 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
- Replies: 8
- Views: 600
Re: Wisconsin Hognose observations 2020
How are hognoses doing in Wisconsin? They are about gone from southern Louisiana - just a few small pockets. I get one or two reports per year, but up through the mid 1970s they were common yard snakes. The small juveniles here have an orange middorsal stripe and are Pygmy Rattler mimics, Thanks for...
- October 11th, 2020, 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 715
Re: Would a pit viper eat another pit viper
A coworker sent me a photo of an adult cottonmouth eating a juvenile cottonmouth here in Louisiana. Cottonmouths are gluttons for a wide range of prey (fish, frogs, other snakes, small mammals, pig fat, regurgitated sea food, turtles, etc.). They may be an exception within viperids.
Jeff
Jeff
- October 10th, 2020, 3:10 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
- Replies: 20
- Views: 937
Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Hans What an eloquent story. Your subtle and entertaining use of humor as an undertone throughout made for non-stop reading. The story probably could not have been better told. In contrast, one of my recent books (2014 - Snakes of the World...Wallach, Williams and Boundy) rated this review on Amazon...
- September 1st, 2020, 4:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Golden Guide
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1456
Re: Golden Guide
The Zim and Smith Golden Guide was the trigger for me as well. I got a copy for my birthday in 1964 and expected to find Dicamptodon basking beside waterfalls as portrayed therein (didn't work, by the way). The glue binding was awful and I went through several copies at $1 each. Several years ago I ...
- August 7th, 2020, 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Arizona... Bufo retiformis?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1839
Re: Arizona... Bufo retiformis?
Middle Ajo Road - Kitt Peak Turnoff to a little west of Sells, they are routine, in case you don't want to risk 85. My observations are 40 years old though. As Steve said, rain is a must, and just keep the windows down and listen for mixed choruses.
Jeff
Jeff
- May 21st, 2020, 9:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New To Oregon--Need and ID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1361
Re: New To Oregon--Need and ID
Dunn's, Plethodon dunni, though they are usually close to moving water.
Jeff
Jeff
- March 13th, 2020, 3:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Big Gartersnake Post
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3713
Re: The Big Gartersnake Post
Here is a very large Sierra Garter from the Kern Plateau, from the 1991, about 45" live measurement.
- February 11th, 2020, 6:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Can someone ID this snake?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2590
Re: Can someone ID this snake?
It's a Texas Brown Snake, Storeria dekayi texana. I've seen a few with the red ground color, though they are usually tan or beige.
Jeff
Jeff
- March 11th, 2019, 8:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: terrapin ID question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4428
Re: terrapin ID question
Jeroen
They appear to be standard, farm-raised Pseudemys concinna. They are exported from the USA by tens of thousands each year. As are some Graptemys...
Jeff
They appear to be standard, farm-raised Pseudemys concinna. They are exported from the USA by tens of thousands each year. As are some Graptemys...
Jeff
- March 7th, 2019, 6:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northern California Trip Report (2/16-2/24 2019: Picture Heavy)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7978
Re: Northern California Trip Report (2/16-2/24 2019: Picture Heavy)
After lunch, we made out way back into the woods, Young love This was a wonderful post for me, as I'm from the Santa Clara Valley, and made many of those same trips up the coast and down to Monterey. For twenty minutes I thought I was back in California. My office window is behind me, so I got to e...
- January 10th, 2019, 2:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7773
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Kurt
With Anomochilus and Xenophidion under your belt, there are few remaining conquests.
Your post is a great resumé for "Expert Field Man" - others need not apply.
Jeff
With Anomochilus and Xenophidion under your belt, there are few remaining conquests.
Your post is a great resumé for "Expert Field Man" - others need not apply.
Jeff
Re: Hello
locality corns you say? http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =2&t=25426
Kelly - note reference to Okeetee
Kelly - note reference to Okeetee
- January 2nd, 2019, 6:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End of year post
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3076
Re: End of year post
No known sympatry - scarlet kings like the ridgetops and milks are in the floodplain. They probably come within a mile of each other, but neither seem to be in the forested ravines.Are they sympatric with milks in places in LA?
Jeff
- December 27th, 2018, 9:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: End of year post
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3076
End of year post
When I say end of year, I mean December 24th. R-Man, Mike and I visited one of the usual spots north of Baton Rouge. First snake was a Black (Speckled) King Next was a corn Another corn A baby king A different king A copperhead A couple more kings And a final corn. Note that Feliciana corns are not ...
- December 13th, 2018, 2:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: EOY 2018 - Lots of Lampro - (TX, WA, OR, CA, CO, LA)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14057
Re: EOY 2018 - Lots of Lampro - (TX, WA, OR, CA, CO, LA)
Kyle Thanks for applying the defibrillator to FHF - stimulated me anyway. Do those snakes require therapy after enduring one of your and Armin's combined, glam studio sessions? If you get the urge for another post, I would like to see a longitudinal series of holbrooki/splendida shots from Houston t...
- October 31st, 2018, 12:10 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Diablo Range herpin'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 42398
Re: Diablo Range herpin'
Do you know the elevation at which Mr. Hutchins found that boa? 2300-2400 feet And when are you going to retire and return to Calif. to finish the job of conducting surveys for this and that species of herp? ASAP, but don't want to dismiss the God-given gift of being a state herpetologist in a dive...
- October 30th, 2018, 3:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Diablo Range herpin'
- Replies: 51
- Views: 42398
Re: Diablo Range herpin'
The vouchered specimen in the CAS was picked up by a friend of mine, Bill Hutchins, on a road on a steep, east-facing slope that was heavily wooded. The ranger at one of the nearby state parks (HWC) found a rubber boa in the head of a steep ravine back in the late 70s, a little below the ponderosa p...
- October 8th, 2018, 7:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Curiosity about latest date people have found Pyromelana
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10118
Re: Curiosity about latest date people have found Pyromelana
October 1st, hatchling in Cochise County.
- October 3rd, 2018, 4:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rana pipiens vs Rana sphenocephala
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11568
Re: Rana pipiens vs Rana sphenocephala
Rana sphenocephala have a white spot on the tympanum
- October 2nd, 2018, 11:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick trip to the Smokys
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13940
Re: Quick trip to the Smokys
I sent your dull 2-liner photo to Dave Sever, who discovered and named Eurycea junaluska, and he had this to say:
"If it is from a base-level stream (Abrams Crk, Fighting Crk, etc.) within the GSNP or neighboring drainages (Tellico, Cheoah), then it is very likely junaluska"
Jeff
"If it is from a base-level stream (Abrams Crk, Fighting Crk, etc.) within the GSNP or neighboring drainages (Tellico, Cheoah), then it is very likely junaluska"
Jeff
- June 19th, 2018, 7:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Identification Help
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5974
Re: Identification Help
Sagebrush Lizard - Sceloporus graciosus
- May 3rd, 2018, 12:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Licensing Question
- Replies: 17
- Views: 12258
Re: Licensing Question
A non-resident Basic Fishing License is $60. That will allow you to annoy, photograph, take, and possess most species in any numbers. Our Endangered (no touch) list follows the Federal Endangered list. The Forest Service requires their own permits if you are doing research (short version of what Jim...
- December 10th, 2017, 10:16 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9796
Re: A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand
New paperbacks are $42 from the publisher, but you can find them online for a little less (mine was $39). I don't know the hardback price, as Oxford Press offers it in paperback. Coming from Oxford, there were probably many printed, and Oxford has regular discount catalogs. Buying expensive hardback...
- November 4th, 2017, 4:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sumatra frog ID
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2186
- November 1st, 2017, 10:01 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles
- Replies: 24
- Views: 24314
Re: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles
Is there a mechanism to propose changing the forms to better reflect the animals' source and therefore greatly improve management of the species (and others)? Seems like the farmers would be all about calling their respective Congressmen to help make it happen. Louisiana turtle farmers have been wo...
- October 31st, 2017, 5:39 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles
- Replies: 24
- Views: 24314
Re: Commercial harvest and export of snapping turtles
The reported numbers of wild-caught turtles that leave the United States are false due to reporting requirements on export forms. All farm-raised hatchling turtles that leave Louisiana, typically around a million per year, are required to be reported as "W" for wild-caught. The Federal export form (...
- September 25th, 2017, 4:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14709
Re: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
Regarding Zach's question: Wildlife enforcement tends to operate on directives from above about what agents should be looking for during a particular day, week, or season. When this new regulation takes effect, enforcement agents may be in warning mode (informing people that they encounter about the...
- September 25th, 2017, 1:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14709
- September 16th, 2017, 7:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14709
Re: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
Kelly, Chris, Richard and Save Nevada: I am also curious about who is/are Save Nevada, but the link that was provided regarding the history of Nevada commercial take was neutral and informative. From the linked data it is apparent that a half dozen species are targeted for commercial take. From the ...
- September 14th, 2017, 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: San Francisco Garter Snake (LIFER)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6033
Re: San Francisco Garter Snake (LIFER)
Lou
Was that really in Santa Cruz County, or maybe San Mateo. There is one valid record from Santa Cruz County, and finding another would be very important toward understanding the distribution of SF Garters vs California Red-sided.
Jeff
Was that really in Santa Cruz County, or maybe San Mateo. There is one valid record from Santa Cruz County, and finding another would be very important toward understanding the distribution of SF Garters vs California Red-sided.
Jeff
- August 25th, 2017, 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Joint Herping Post: Michigan
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3782
Re: Joint Herping Post: Michigan
Bethany Good see an old young face back on the Forum. This is a great tour of a place that I've never been, and I am always interested in posts from the non-usual places. It is intriguing to see animals at the margins of their geographic/climatic tolerance. What does a hog-nosed snake do during a su...
- August 15th, 2017, 4:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3711
Re: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog
I've lived in Baton Rouge for 25 years, but came here from California and other parts west, including western Washington (not Seattle).What part of Louisiana are you from. My family is from South Plaquemines, but I grew up in Chalmette
Jeff
- August 14th, 2017, 6:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3711
Re: Gartersnake swallowing a green frog
Exhibit A: One of the sad sounds of the Louisiana swamp is the scream of small Rana clamitans being swallowed feet-first by Western Ribbon Snakes.
Evidently it is not restricted to the South.
Jeff
Evidently it is not restricted to the South.
Jeff
- August 14th, 2017, 5:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Arizona Part 1.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7303
Re: Arizona Part 1.
The patchnose is a Big Bend. Mountains have a single, wide black stripe on each side:
- August 1st, 2017, 4:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida hot grand slam in 4.5 days
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7354
Re: Florida hot grand slam in 4.5 days
Nice job Kris. The photographic backdrops in some are great - so difficult to achieve in the shadowy east.
If the incerts reflect the new potential for Scott's photo hosting, then let me be the first to congratulate Scott on making this option available.
Jeff
If the incerts reflect the new potential for Scott's photo hosting, then let me be the first to congratulate Scott on making this option available.
Jeff
- July 23rd, 2017, 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from larva
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6878
Re: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from l
Ah, much better.
I anxiously await your posts on A. talpoideum, A. texanum and A. maculatum.
Jeff
I anxiously await your posts on A. talpoideum, A. texanum and A. maculatum.
Jeff
- July 23rd, 2017, 12:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from larva
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6878
Re: Marbled salamander (Ambystoma opacum) progression from l
This is great for those of us in the land of 4 Ambystomas, but photos 3 and 4 have disappeared.
Jeff
Jeff
- July 21st, 2017, 4:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: turtle ID request
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3102
Re: turtle ID request
Old male Red-eared Slider.
Jeff
Jeff
- July 19th, 2017, 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Of mountains, lakes and human fish - Slovenian vacation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3355
Re: Of mountains, lakes and human fish - Slovenian vacation
Yours was a very nice travelogue to a place that most of us will never see. Combining scenic photographs with the animals allows viewers to see, in a two-dimensional sense, what was certainly a very memorable trip. Pelias basking on a rock in a stream! The offhand remark that you left the family in ...
- July 8th, 2017, 4:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Question: What is the etymology of the word oreganus
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3868
Re: Question: What is the etymology of the word oreganus
Holbrook's original description of Crotalus oreganus was spelled thus in the first edition of his "North American Herpetology", 4th part of 1840. In his second edition (1842), he spelled the name Crotalus oregonus. In both editions he stated "...the celebrated naturalist Mr. Nuttall, who procured it...