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- August 2nd, 2016, 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Record elevation for Great Basin Collared Lizard
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7579
Re: Record elevation for Great Basin Collared Lizard
I don't know if it's an elevation record, but on 4 June we recorded a long-nosed leopard lizard at 7500 ft elevation, also in the White Mountains, on the Nevada side- I was in the south east area of the whites in late june. I dont think I saw a leopard lizard at 7500 but I know I saw one at 7000. I...
- July 27th, 2016, 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425173
Re: Why You Dont Collect
stlouisdude wrote:Roadkill huh? I can just imagine when the cop got back to the station after seeing you, "so there was this guy anally probing a dead snake on the side of the road on hwy 8"
Haha! I generally save the scale counts and probing for after I get home.
- July 26th, 2016, 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Why You Dont Collect
- Replies: 279
- Views: 1425173
Re: Why You Dont Collect
I mostly don't collect. I do keep various mountain kingsnakes (CB), and attempt to breed them. For scenting purposes, I collect a few (3-4) fence lizards every year. For keeping purposes, I imagine, in the exact right circumstances, I might collect an animal, but it is not too likely. I currently ha...
- July 14th, 2016, 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Dishonesty in government
- Replies: 121
- Views: 40752
Re: Dishonesty in government
So, I probably am biased against the government scientists (even as I truly attempt an unbiased post). Just getting that out of the way. I do have a favorite scientific fraud (Hein Tran and CARB), it is a wonderful story about forged degrees, faulty data, coverup, political protection, and money, bu...
- June 10th, 2016, 12:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Bone-Tailed Viper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3989
Re: The Bone-Tailed Viper
HERP.MX wrote:Juveniles, and some adults, have a pale tail tip that apparently at some point was interpreted as being bone.
-HERP.MX
Super cool. Thanks for the info!
- June 8th, 2016, 9:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Bone-Tailed Viper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3989
Re: The Bone-Tailed Viper
Beautiful! What is the meaning or story behind the common name? On first reading, I would think "bone tail" would have more to do with a rattlesnake, or a snake with a white tail.
- May 25th, 2016, 10:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: DNA Confirms Nile Crocs in Florida
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10581
Re: DNA Confirms Nile Crocs in Florida
When I see things like Nile Crocs being released or escaped, I have to wonder if it wasn't unregistered reptile breeders (like the article states), but likely some drug dealer. I obviously have zero evidence, but nile crocs feel like what somebody with a bunch of drug money who wants to show they ar...
- March 31st, 2016, 7:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bucket Trap Mystery
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7334
Re: Bucket Trap Mystery
If I came across those, my thought would be "Hey, free bucket!".
- February 23rd, 2016, 10:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
- Replies: 83
- Views: 20992
Re: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
Kelly Mc wrote:Wow this all would mean that thayeri is like, the most ratchet of the lampropeltis.
Bravo for your use of "rachet" in that context, in a reptile forum. I almost spit out my iced tea onto my monitor.
- February 23rd, 2016, 10:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Reactionary regulations in Oregon
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4783
Re: Reactionary regulations in Oregon
I am sorry to report that Oregon's wildlife agency is going down the same path as CDFW. ODFW is proposing the adoption of reactionary, mean spirited, repressive, and punitive draft revising existing regulations on herps in Oregon. The new laws are on ODFW’s website at: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wi...
- February 18th, 2016, 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
- Replies: 83
- Views: 20992
Re: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
hellihooks wrote:I would suggest you start with Popper. in your search for truth.
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Thanks for posting that hellihooks. I had no Idea who Popper is before you post, and I am only 1/4 of a wikipedia article deep, but I am engrossed. Thanks again.
- February 17th, 2016, 8:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
- Replies: 83
- Views: 20992
Re: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
So, Porter, I have reread most of the thread (as best I could). You seem to have a "scientific american" or "discover magazine" overview of how genetics (and pigmentation, and light, and scientific method) works. That isn't a bad thing, but your knowledge is not complete enough. ...
- February 16th, 2016, 2:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
- Replies: 83
- Views: 20992
Re: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
Awesome! Thanks for posting. I don't believe the mitochondrial DNA is coming from a striped phase gopher snake (unless its being passed down through the Gopher snake). I'm wondering if it has been passed down from a gartersnake. Gartersnake hybrids with both gopher and kingsnakes either separately ...
- February 16th, 2016, 12:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
- Replies: 83
- Views: 20992
Re: Hybrid Evolving Morphological Theory
While I am hesitant to post anything, but whatever. For your test to see if the locals with non- normal patterns (stripped gophers, or kings, or whatever), and seeing if they are of hybrid origin, all you have to do is find a large enough sampling of mtDNA. If striping is super present in a local, a...
- December 22nd, 2015, 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8507
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
From what I heard, it was taken..... by a fox.Joseph S. wrote:By taken...as in in a pickle jar?
- July 28th, 2015, 1:23 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: think this one will hatch?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12874
Re: think this one will hatch?
Kent, while your egg is certainly worse off than mine, it is a testament to how tough colubrid eggs can be.
I did ambient temps for incubation for my knobs, and because of the cool weather this summer, I know the eggs got down into the 50s a few times. Still hatched though.
I did ambient temps for incubation for my knobs, and because of the cool weather this summer, I know the eggs got down into the 50s a few times. Still hatched though.
- June 16th, 2015, 11:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Coalinga Horned Toad Derby
- Replies: 81
- Views: 81645
Re: Coalinga Horned Toad Derby
Porter, those are great shots, I especially the last pic. Thanks.
- June 15th, 2015, 7:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Low Desert Road Cruise
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4866
Re: Low Desert Road Cruise
Great vid
- June 13th, 2015, 12:38 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: From the Onion, I give you
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3626
Re: From the Onion, I give you
If only real news could be as accurate as The Onion.
- June 8th, 2015, 9:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I've seen it, you seen it ... we've all seen...
- Replies: 58
- Views: 30982
Re: I've seen it, you seen it ... we've all seen...
Not being an expert in crotes (or anything really), but on the pacfic island(s?) that have rattlesnakes that lost thier rattles, do the other snakes there rattle thier tail? How about in the areas with species that have considerably smaller rattles?
thanks, matt
thanks, matt
- May 26th, 2015, 9:12 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Nixa [MO] man dies of suspected cottonmouth snake bite
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3747
Re: Nixa [MO] man dies of suspected cottonmouth snake bite
OK, so I read the article, and I am doing my best not to pile on the guy who died. That being said, my reading of the article leads me to believe he didn't die from a snake bite. He died because he was too manly to go to the hospital after a a snake bite, and then still refused after he started exhi...
- May 25th, 2015, 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Egg ID Help Please...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1994
Re: Egg ID Help Please...
Also, looks a little small to be Cal King.
- May 14th, 2015, 11:54 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: hairy herpetologists
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7373
Re: hairy herpetologists
So in the first pic, is the cat using the heat lamp embedded in it's eye to defrost the mice? Or is it using the Terminator eye to calculate the odds of getting away with stealing one.
- March 12th, 2015, 8:38 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Breeding H. platirhinos Qs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5021
Re: Breeding H. platirhinos Qs
Is this a normal amount of eggs? Holy cow, that is a lot of little mouths to feed!Berkeley Boone wrote: Just for the record, this was when I lived in South Carolina. I had 92 eggs laid that season (two different females) and more than 70 hatched.
Good luck! I wish you success!
--Berkeley
- March 5th, 2015, 12:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How far to Pond Turtles Roam
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2464
Re: How far to Pond Turtles Roam
Thanks for the help! I plan on checking the ponds no matter what, but just wanted to get some opinions. More info on the ponds. They are pits from hydraulic mining, that have be reclaimed and turned into wildlife areas. I don't know what the water pH is, but pictures show that normal flora is growin...
- March 3rd, 2015, 6:12 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How far to Pond Turtles Roam
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2464
How far to Pond Turtles Roam
Hi everybody, I have some ponds I want to check out, and I have found out that they are man made. How far do pond turtles roam overland to find new ponds?
It is only a mile or so from a river I would imagine has pond turtles, but the area in between looks pretty dry.
thanks,
Matt Wentz
It is only a mile or so from a river I would imagine has pond turtles, but the area in between looks pretty dry.
thanks,
Matt Wentz
- February 22nd, 2015, 4:31 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Suriname Parrot Snakes
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5014
Re: Suriname Parrot Snakes
Thanks for sharing, I love seeing "odball" species, especially when it appears they are thriving.
- December 27th, 2014, 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Wet and wonderful Arizona 2014
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5065
Re: Wet and wonderful Arizona 2014
I was going to ask the same question.Fieldherper wrote:Awesome!!
What's the story on the tricolor? VERY low band count!! Never seen a pyro with count that low. Milk?
FH
Great gila monster shots too!
- December 8th, 2014, 12:43 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: best reptiles for outreach and educational programs
- Replies: 21
- Views: 28451
Re: best reptiles for outreach and educational programs
Just to put my 2cents in , I think that a gopher snake would be great for your purposes. Calm, but large enough to not get hurt easily. Plus there is the added benefit of teaching kids (and parents) that not all blotched snakes are rattlesnakes, and they don't all "need" to be killed, &quo...
- November 26th, 2014, 3:40 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Tennessee Turtle (and other wildlife) laws?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5631
Re: Tennessee Turtle (and other wildlife) laws?
Then sale of Uncooked Chicken, either in parts or whole needs to be banned immediately. And Damp Kitchen Sponges - we mustnt forget the deadly Damp Kitchen Sponges. Add sprouts to the list of things that need to be banned. http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/salmonella-10-states-linked-raw-sprou...
- October 13th, 2014, 6:58 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Well, well, well- looky what we got here!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8008
Re: Well, well, well- looky what we got here!
This is a great chapter to the story of the Torts being stolen, and then on the roam!
- September 8th, 2014, 9:58 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Don’t let this happen to you. DON"T feed your snake goldfish
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3636
Re: Don’t let this happen to you. DON"T feed your snake gold
Was the snake able to get the whole thing down?
I wish Nerodia were still legal in California, I had one about 20 years ago, and she was a facinating snake.
I wish Nerodia were still legal in California, I had one about 20 years ago, and she was a facinating snake.
- September 3rd, 2014, 7:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cobra on the loose in Thousand Oaks
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5348
Re: Cobra on the loose in Thousand Oaks
Interestingly the news outlets got the ID correct (albino cobra). Usually we see things like killer anaconda on the loose, or someone identifies a gopher snake as a timber rattle snake. Wasn't there a scare up north where a ratsnake was thought to be a venomous snake in some sort of locker room?
- August 31st, 2014, 11:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Arroyo Toad Site Torn Up by Off-Road Vehicles
- Replies: 45
- Views: 12992
Re: Arroyo Toad Site Torn Up by Off-Road Vehicles
What about the state water resources control board (SWRCB) or the EPA? All water is regulated by some agency. Under the most strict reading of EPA regulations, they have dominion over every molecule of H2O in the universe, including hydrogen and oxygen that could possibly combine to form water Stirr...
- August 28th, 2014, 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: This Guy Needs To Be Stopped...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2546
Re: This Guy Needs To Be Stopped...
Out of curiosity what is the proceedure to report these sort of things? Is there an email adress to send CA F&G a link or screen cap? It isn't poaching (right?) so Cal tips would be the wrong contact?
- August 5th, 2014, 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Trip to Tahoe/Truckee and Tehachapi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3932
Re: Trip to Tahoe/Truckee and Tehachapi
I don't have any good spots, or even good recommendations, but I know that 395 is one of the most beautiful drives you could take. Have fun. On that long of a ride, you should come across some snakes on the road. Parts of 395 are pretty lonely, you might even find the snakes still alive. If you have...
- July 31st, 2014, 2:49 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: craigslist winners
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4339
Re: craigslist winners
Weird. Some sort of scam? I don't know how it would be a scam, but the two combined are super weird.
- July 20th, 2014, 7:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Desert Snakes Still Moving?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3122
Re: Desert Snakes Still Moving?
whoops, didn't mean to post. back to work everybody, nothing to see here.
- July 15th, 2014, 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: turtle dogs
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2414
Re: turtle dogs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iL9TH9X7cfc too bad i have no sound on my computer right now. -ben If you can play the youtube clip, there is a button on the player for closed caption. It works, but a few of the words are wrong, but can easily be figured out. Such as us...
- July 3rd, 2014, 1:39 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Teenager Shot Attempting to Kill Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5403
Re: Teenager Shot Attempting to Kill Snake
Mwentz i didnt mean to come off cavalier, it wasnt at heart direct to your comments, its just so wearing to hear about killing rattlesnakes, or people wanting to kill them, again and again. And yeah - in reference to your post, to think that a little lock, once again, could have prevented the whole...
- July 2nd, 2014, 9:48 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Teenager Shot Attempting to Kill Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5403
Re: Teenager Shot Attempting to Kill Snake
I would attribute this less to karma, and more to a lack of gun training. here are a few things that went wrong 1. Kids thought that a gun was a solution to kill a snake. (there is greater chance of getting bit trying to kill a snake, than by pure accident) 2. Kids went to get gun from gun safe. 3. ...
- June 29th, 2014, 4:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Arsonists spotted
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3024
Re: Arsonists spotted
Thanks for stopping a potentially very dangerous situation :beer: And for the reminder to all to carry our phones with us. I have a backup non-smart phone that I take if I am going into rough terrain. I don't like the idea of breaking my very expensive smart (but still dumb) phone. The backup is MIL...
- June 26th, 2014, 11:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cattle trough pond turtles?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1907
Re: Cattle trough pond turtles?
I'm not sure...there have been as many as 8 turtles seen basking on that board in the recent past, and they have been in the troughs for over 70 years...so that indicates breeding, leaving the trough to lay eggs and access for the juveniles and adults to return to the troughs. One has rocks piled a...
- June 25th, 2014, 4:13 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Stolen Tortoises-- BOTH tortoises now recovered!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14466
Re: Stolen Tortoises-- BOTH tortoises now recovered!
Congrats on the recovery of the male! He just wouldn't ask directions, while the girl got tired of wandering around in cirlcles, and left him.
- June 23rd, 2014, 12:56 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Stolen Tortoises-- BOTH tortoises now recovered!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14466
Re: Stolen Tortoises-- UPDATE!
mwentz, the tortoise was found within the same neighborhood. I think the guy that found her really did just find her, and not have anything to do with her disappearance. --Berkeley I wasn't implying anything nefarious with the guy that found her :) If found more than a mile or two, I was just think...
- June 18th, 2014, 11:53 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Stolen Tortoises-- BOTH tortoises now recovered!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14466
Re: Stolen Tortoises-- UPDATE!
Just out of curiosity, how far away was the Tortoise?
- June 5th, 2014, 11:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Great Start to the Herping Year! 2014
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3882
Re: Great Start to the Herping Year! 2014
I was going to say the same thing . I have never seen a box turtle in the wild, but I guess that guy is a testament to how well the shell can close to "box" them up.John Martin wrote:Man, I'll bet that boxie has some stories to tell
- June 5th, 2014, 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Question for the group
- Replies: 72
- Views: 21733
Re: Question for the group
I don't mind any sort of reminder or question about an entry. I have been known to make a mistake or forget something. plus the dog ate my homework. And I have questioned somebody (i forget who) about a toad subspecies. It was on honest mistake on their part. Just clicked wrong on the pull down menu...
- June 2nd, 2014, 7:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5582
Re: New desert-phase Helleri locale?
[quote="hellihooks" Excavator, Backhoe...whatever... you don't pay much attention to heavy equipment... when you ARE heavy equipment... :crazyeyes: http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb4/hellihooks/IMG_0305.jpg [/quote] make sure you put the rock back after you backhoe it! :crazyeyes:
- May 29th, 2014, 11:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Newt Leg Regeneration
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16397
Re: Newt Leg Regeneration
I just wanted to say that was a very cool photoset. Thanks for documenting it.