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by FunkyRes
October 12th, 2018, 5:45 pm
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: In search of the extinct
Replies: 0
Views: 24395

In search of the extinct

The Sooty Crayfish - Pacifastacus nigrescens Probably extinct. I'm going to look for it though in the Mt Diablo watershed while also looking for remnant Rana boylii next year. Last time I went to Mount Diablo looking for Rana boylii, only found Rana draytonii in the creeks I checked. It was a Bay Ar...
by FunkyRes
October 4th, 2018, 1:21 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Range extensions in Marin?
Replies: 28
Views: 34747

Re: Range extensions in Marin?

Do rivularis prefer warmer and deeper water like torosa or cooler shallow water like granulosa? Though in that case it was indeed flowing water (which is all I've ever found torosa in). Torosa can still be found in the standing water of Tilden Regional Park, and historically (80s) I found them in t...
by FunkyRes
October 3rd, 2018, 5:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rana pipiens vs Rana sphenocephala
Replies: 3
Views: 11864

Re: Rana pipiens vs Rana sphenocephala

Thanks!
by FunkyRes
October 2nd, 2018, 5:23 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Range extensions in Marin?
Replies: 28
Views: 34747

Re: Range extensions in Marin?

Interesting. Don't have a reference, but I seem to recall on a phylogenetic tree, red-bellied are closer to rough-skinned than they are to california.
by FunkyRes
October 2nd, 2018, 5:03 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rana pipiens vs Rana sphenocephala
Replies: 3
Views: 11864

Rana pipiens vs Rana sphenocephala

Hello all - I am currently working on an article related to Rana pipiens. I was hoping end of September but realistically I am thinking beginning of November. What it is, it's a transcription of the original description in Fraktur German, the same text in modern script German (with few spelling upda...
by FunkyRes
September 30th, 2018, 8:43 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Range extensions in Marin?
Replies: 28
Views: 34747

Re: Range extensions in Marin?

Sometimes people release fire-bellied newts which could easily confused for red-bellied.
by FunkyRes
September 27th, 2018, 2:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Melanistic Snake Identification Needed
Replies: 17
Views: 23000

Re: Melanistic Snake Identification Needed

Thanks, Richard. I'm sure you're right. The tail length and shape is what concerned me most. Unfortunately, these are the best pictures available as the snake was released. Until seeing this snake, I hadn't realized how similar the two species are without the natural coloring. This leads me to ask ...
by FunkyRes
September 26th, 2018, 6:18 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: Vector range map for Rana kauffeldi
Replies: 1
Views: 18768

Vector range map for Rana kauffeldi

In Feinberg, Newman, et. al. (2014) they have a figure showing the historic perception of leopard frogs along Atlantic Coast on the left, and updated on the right. I needed that image for something I'm working on - but in vector. The image in the article is bitmap, and to be honest - looks like it w...
by FunkyRes
September 8th, 2018, 6:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Should we invalidate Pseudacris sierra?
Replies: 6
Views: 11512

Re: Should we invalidate Pseudacris sierra?

So I guess Hubbs changing to Trila Regilla books is out...
by FunkyRes
September 8th, 2018, 6:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need a CC0 or equivalent Southern Leopard Frog
Replies: 1
Views: 8982

Need a CC0 or equivalent Southern Leopard Frog

Almost posted this in image lab but it's not really a question about photography methods... I'm working on a translation of the 1782 original description of Rana pipiens - which is actually in Fraktur script German (a blackletter / gothic script) But not just a translation, also including context, s...
by FunkyRes
August 17th, 2018, 3:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Should we invalidate Pseudacris sierra?
Replies: 6
Views: 11512

Should we invalidate Pseudacris sierra?

And by "we" I mean people who, like, have degrees and get published, not me. Hyla regilla was described by Baird and Girard in 1852, In the very same journal, Hallowell described Hyla scapularis - and the description, it seems pretty clear it is P. regilla complex to me, and I believe it i...
by FunkyRes
July 22nd, 2018, 7:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Socal Skink ID Request
Replies: 11
Views: 10000

Re: Socal Skink ID Request

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7165/6451473113_0c6a3c16b2_z.jpg Northern Brown Skink by California Reptile & Amphibian Appreciation , on Flickr I suspect that is Skilton's Skink. Any large ones retain that pattern, or do large all look like below? https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6111/6417106633_...
by FunkyRes
June 27th, 2017, 7:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Documenting my Life List
Replies: 21
Views: 13993

Re: Documenting my Life List

you gotta take a photo or it don't count Brian seems to have missed the gold standard - you gotta pickle it for it to count. That's kind of what I'm looking for, I want photo vouchers no reasonable person would challenge as a correct ID for every species / subspecies I've encountered. Some on that ...
by FunkyRes
June 21st, 2017, 12:26 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Documenting my Life List
Replies: 21
Views: 13993

Re: Documenting my Life List

Oh - there's a Racerunner and Eastern Fence Lizard from CO - I have pictures at home and can get geolocation so I can enter those if I didn't already.
by FunkyRes
June 21st, 2017, 12:07 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Documenting my Life List
Replies: 21
Views: 13993

Documenting my Life List

I haven't been very good at entering records last few years in NAHERP. After my recent trip to AZ / Joshua Tree, I'm inspired to try to do a better job. I don't drive (Epilepsy) so herping outside of Redding is difficult, but I think if I make a goal to try and document every herp I've seen in the w...
by FunkyRes
June 20th, 2017, 4:57 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Basin whiptail ID confirmation
Replies: 5
Views: 3836

Re: Great Basin whiptail ID confirmation

Just curious, why are you still using outdated subspecies? Are you suggesting that the use of subspecies themselves are outdated? I would disagree because I believe they give us a window into the speciation process. Mountain Garters and Wandering Garters have a broad integration zone in Oregon, ind...
by FunkyRes
June 20th, 2017, 3:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Pyramid Lake Whiptails
Replies: 2
Views: 2777

Re: Pyramid Lake Whiptails

by FunkyRes
June 20th, 2017, 12:15 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Basin whiptail ID confirmation
Replies: 5
Views: 3836

Great Basin whiptail ID confirmation

http://www.naherp.com/viewrecord.php?r_id=281022

Can I get the subspecies ID verified on that record? Pyramid Lake on I5 in California

Thanks
by FunkyRes
June 19th, 2017, 11:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Please verify my NAFHA AZ records
Replies: 0
Views: 12302

Please verify my NAFHA AZ records

Spent a few days in AZ and would appreciate verification of my herp ID. I have not yet bothered to do subspecies level ID, if you know then please comment, I'll try add subspecies level later. First time herping AZ http://www.naherp.com/search.php?r_owner=25&r_country=1&r_state=38 8 records,...
by FunkyRes
June 19th, 2017, 2:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: HerpMapper vs NAHERP vs iNaturalist
Replies: 21
Views: 14239

Re: HerpMapper vs NAHERP vs iNaturalist

I stopped submitting records. Use to use an eTrex Legend, via serial port. PC motherboard don't have serial ports anymore. There are adapters but getting them to work in Linux (my OS) hasn't always worked. Bought a USB Garmin. It worked until I lost the cable, and it seems Garmin requires a Garmin c...
by FunkyRes
June 19th, 2017, 2:42 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Pyramid Lake Whiptails
Replies: 2
Views: 2777

Pyramid Lake Whiptails

Pyramid Lake on I5 in the grapevine, anyone know the subspecies of A. tigris that occurs there?
by FunkyRes
May 21st, 2017, 9:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Contra Costa County Species List and Database Gaps
Replies: 29
Views: 13146

Re: Contra Costa County Species List and Database Gaps

In my youth, I found San Francisco Alligator Lizards in Tilden Regional Park (yes positive not Southern) In my youth, I found Coast Gartersnakes in San Pablo and Pinole In my youth, I found a single California Red-sided in Pinole The Cynops record is mine, locality was Tilden where pets are often re...
by FunkyRes
July 27th, 2015, 1:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SRB History / taxonomy
Replies: 38
Views: 14919

Re: SRB History / taxonomy

See above
by FunkyRes
July 27th, 2015, 1:26 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SRB History / taxonomy
Replies: 38
Views: 14919

Re: SRB History / taxonomy

Response on subject of a "rare" US herp - off topic to this thread :

http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... 20&t=22355
by FunkyRes
July 23rd, 2015, 11:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SRB History / taxonomy
Replies: 38
Views: 14919

Re: SRB History / taxonomy

How communal are Rubber Boas? I have only ever had two specimens, both of which I kept, when I was in my teens. I had a male I collected in West Contra County near Richmond, CA - possibly within the city limits, I don't know, and a younger female I collected in the hills of El Cerrito. Neither were ...
by FunkyRes
July 23rd, 2015, 5:44 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SRB History / taxonomy
Replies: 38
Views: 14919

Re: SRB History / taxonomy

If I read it right - scale counts are useless because there is too much variety. A locality may be fairly consistent but there is too much variety from locality to locality amongst populations that appear to have continuous gene flow. So in the Rubber Boa complex, scale counts are not a reliable met...
by FunkyRes
July 22nd, 2015, 9:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Gartersnake (cyrtopsis) behavior - Rhabdophis impersonation
Replies: 41
Views: 16785

Re: Gartersnake (cyrtopsis) behavior - Rhabdophis impersonat

I agree with Kelly MC With respect to tail rattling, I think the evolutionary reasoning behind it has to do with the fact that a lot of predators have vision that focuses on movement. When a predator attacks the tail, the snake can then fight back with the head. Flattening the neck, Gartersnakes usu...
by FunkyRes
July 21st, 2015, 3:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Which Sceloporus?
Replies: 4
Views: 2618

Re: Which Sceloporus?

It was down in the grasslands, in an area that is a wetland preserve for birds. Western Painted Turtles, Red-Eared Sliders, American Bullfrogs, and the whiptail I asked for ID on were also present at the locale.
by FunkyRes
July 18th, 2015, 2:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Unidentified tree frog
Replies: 13
Views: 4676

Re: Unidentified tree frog

That would be great because I have hundreds of tadpoles. I volunteer in a protected 70 acre plot in the middle of a very suburban area and while we do have bullfrogs, eastern box turtles, snappers, painted turtles and a few garter snakes, there are no tree frogs or peepers. I would love to re-intro...
by FunkyRes
July 18th, 2015, 12:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Unidentified tree frog
Replies: 13
Views: 4676

Re: Unidentified tree frog

The picture is coming through now, I can't identify species but it looks at least North American to me, I would guess Pseudacris for the genus.
by FunkyRes
July 18th, 2015, 11:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Unidentified tree frog
Replies: 13
Views: 4676

Re: Unidentified tree frog

Upload the pictures to photobucket and you can copy the bbcode from photobucket,
by FunkyRes
July 17th, 2015, 11:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Which Sceloporus?
Replies: 4
Views: 2618

Re: Which Sceloporus?

Thank you, I'll just do undulatus in the database then.
by FunkyRes
July 17th, 2015, 11:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Which Whiptail ??
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

Re: Which Whiptail ??

Here is a zoom

Image

Does that help?
by FunkyRes
July 17th, 2015, 3:12 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Egg Mass
Replies: 0
Views: 1823

Egg Mass

I'm not even sure they are amphibian. This slow moving stream appeared to be without fish, but there were wandering gartersnakes nearby, they eat something. I heard a few plops that sounded Rana in nature, and Columbia Spotted Frogs were visually seen in other streams and ponds. Yellowstone NP Are t...
by FunkyRes
July 17th, 2015, 2:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Which Whiptail ??
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

Which Whiptail ??

Image

El Paso County, Colorado

About the size of a typical Western Skink.

I suspect Plateau Striped Whiptail but cant rule out Six-lined Racerunner.

Thanks for help.
by FunkyRes
July 17th, 2015, 2:07 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Which Sceloporus?
Replies: 4
Views: 2618

Which Sceloporus?

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c38/FunkyResFHF/IMG_0919_reduced_zpstflmzwmt.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c38/FunkyResFHF/IMG_0922_cropped_reduced_zpsfffm1yi4.jpg Locality: El Paso County, Colorado I suspect it is Eastern Fence. I think only other possibility is Desert Spiny but I think ...
by FunkyRes
July 16th, 2015, 12:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Thamnophis Elegans speculation
Replies: 4
Views: 2659

Re: Thamnophis Elegans speculation

Unless there is geographic isolation, I don't think reproductive isolation happens overnight. I think as two different lineages diverge from a common ancestor, gene flow can still occur between them for some time. When the two populations remain compatible enough that nature does not select against ...
by FunkyRes
July 16th, 2015, 3:47 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Thamnophis Elegans speculation
Replies: 4
Views: 2659

Thamnophis Elegans speculation

First speculation, and quite possibly incorrect - First I speculate that coasties and mountain garters are the same thing, just different color variations. The mountain garters here in Shasta County seem to be just like the coast garters I grew up with in SFBA except for the coloration. But there ar...
by FunkyRes
July 16th, 2015, 12:56 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Pet Peeves
Replies: 54
Views: 27306

Re: Pet Peeves

Sorry I kind of dropped out for awhile.

I'm kind of back, maybe, we'll see.
by FunkyRes
July 15th, 2015, 8:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: ID confirmation needed (Sceloporus vs Uta)
Replies: 3
Views: 1904

ID confirmation needed (Sceloporus vs Uta)

http://www.naherp.com/viewrecord.php?r_id=232646

At the time, Sceloporus was the only genus on my mind, I don't get to herp a lot where there are Uta.

Now I suspect it is Uta but before I change the ID can I get a confirmation from someone with experience with Uta?
by FunkyRes
May 12th, 2013, 8:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: L fisheri relative in Mexico ??
Replies: 0
Views: 1883

L fisheri relative in Mexico ??

Repost from the main forum: Saw this on wikipedia but no reference - The fisheri/chiricahuensis complex has a close relationship with an unnamed leopard frog species called only "Rana species 2" known from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Anyone know what it is talking about? No hablo español, pid...
by FunkyRes
May 11th, 2013, 4:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Mexican relative of L fisheri ??
Replies: 2
Views: 963

Mexican relative of L fisheri ??

Saw this on wikipedia but no reference -
The fisheri/chiricahuensis complex has a close relationship with an unnamed leopard frog species called only "Rana species 2" known from San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
Anyone know what it is talking about?
by FunkyRes
May 5th, 2013, 1:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Unsuccessful in the field (Now Successful!)
Replies: 19
Views: 3803

Re: Unsuccessful in the field

I'm in Shasta County, CA - you'd think by now I'd have both an Oregon Gartersnake and a Shasta Alligator lizard in the database. I've found the latter but never able to get a voucher. I've not yet found the former even though I'm 100% sure I've herped where they should be on optimal days. It just go...
by FunkyRes
May 5th, 2013, 1:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Unsuccessful in the field (Now Successful!)
Replies: 19
Views: 3803

Re: Unsuccessful in the field

jimoo742 wrote:I don't have much to add other than please don't let one day (or one week) of not finding anything get you down. It is part of the deal. PLENTY of times I've gone into habitat I know has loads of herps and in seemingly good conditions and found nothing.
#truth
by FunkyRes
April 3rd, 2013, 2:59 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?
Replies: 13
Views: 4712

Re: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?

5000 feet solidifies sagebrush, in my mind anyway.

Sure, fence are found that high and even higher, but I've found as I get that high - sagebrush quickly become more numerous. For me it seems to be somewhere around 3,000 feet where fence becomes scarce and sagebrush becomes common.
by FunkyRes
April 2nd, 2013, 5:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?
Replies: 13
Views: 4712

Re: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?

I've never found a specimen I thought was a hybrid, but I wonder how often if ever the two do hybridize where both are found. My guess is F1 is all there would ever be if any.
by FunkyRes
April 2nd, 2013, 5:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?
Replies: 13
Views: 4712

Re: Sagebrush Lizard or Western Fence?

Hard one - the scales look too keeled to be sagebrush but the rear legs sure look sagebrush. I'm gonna guess sagebrush. What was the elevation?
by FunkyRes
March 31st, 2013, 10:48 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Letter Draft to CDFG
Replies: 24
Views: 5139

Re: Letter Draft to CDFG

I think scientific collection is more than someone like me needs, who will not and should not actually ever collect any SSC specimens nor is involved in a specific scientific study. A "citizen science data permit" that is lower level would be awesome.