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- March 11th, 2018, 10:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Couple 2017 South Central Alaska Highlights
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4626
Re: A Couple 2017 South Central Alaska Highlights
Wow, that’s way up there. I know UAF studies them up into the Brooks Range but I don’t know if there’s any confirmed from North of there in Alaska. I’d really like to take a rambling drive up the Dalton Highway toward Prudhoe Bay and try to record some in the North Slope Borough.
- March 10th, 2018, 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A Couple 2017 South Central Alaska Highlights
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4626
A Couple 2017 South Central Alaska Highlights
Howdy herpers. Long time no post. Happy to finally see an integrated photo function. Sad to see the California forum gone... First, if you're looking at a South Central Alaska post and expecting to see anything but Wood Frogs, prepare to be disappointed. But these two finds were really special. The ...
- July 5th, 2016, 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Northernmost Entry
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12728
Re: New Northernmost Entry
Jeff- Other species that depend on forest ecosystems are expanding north of the Brooks Range and Arctic Circle as the tree line creeps further north along rivers and streams. This is documented in moose and snowshoe hare, and others. It wouldn't surprise me if wood frogs were able to do the same. Ho...
- July 2nd, 2016, 9:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Northernmost Entry
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12728
Re: New Northernmost Entry
Thank you, and thank you for your two kingsnake books, I found them very helpful when I was in California.
- July 1st, 2016, 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Northernmost Entry
- Replies: 5
- Views: 12728
New Northernmost Entry
Moved Wood Frog records one degree of latitude North and knocked off another Alaska borough. 90 miles short of the Arctic Circle. I'll get one above it one of these days.
http://www.naherp.com/viewrecord.php?r_id=260105
http://www.naherp.com/viewrecord.php?r_id=260105
- November 12th, 2015, 12:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: some recent salamanders found in San Diego
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3153
Re: some recent salamanders found in San Diego
Since none of the confirmed range of newts and salamanders in Alaska is accessible via road from the highway system, I'd have to either fly to Juneau or Ketchikan and rent a car or drive 1500 miles up and around and then back down to Prince Rupert or thereabouts in British Columbia for the chance to...
- November 7th, 2015, 5:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: some recent salamanders found in San Diego
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3153
Re: some recent salamanders found in San Diego
Cool stuff Jeff. Jealous of the Tiger Salamander. Always wanted to see a big one and since they're invasive in those parts, I'd probably keep it. I never had luck finding large blotched ensatinas on the road, only flipping. Montereys were what I always found on the roads south of I-8. Have you found...
- October 17th, 2015, 2:21 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Way Up North
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2740
Re: Way Up North
Wood frogs are incredible and the ones that survive interior Alaska winters are literally frozen solid for 7 months or more every year. There has been some concern lately that our warming temperatures and low total snowfalls in recent years might be harming wood frog populations that depend on a bla...
- October 9th, 2015, 10:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Way Up North
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2740
Re: Way Up North
The state and the University of Alaska have records of them from up to, and maybe even North of the Brooks Range. I'd expect to see them throughout the SE Fairbanks census area and the Fairbanks North Star Borough proper. I just don't go up there much. Next time I'm in the city of Fairbanks I need t...
- October 8th, 2015, 10:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Way Up North
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2740
Way Up North
Just entered what I believe to be the northern-most record in the HERP database-- a Wood Frog from the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area of Alaska. More surprisingly, the frog was found in the coldest river system I fish-- a spring-fed river known for its trophy Arctic Grayling. My toes go numb in neo...
- October 3rd, 2015, 3:58 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: An key observational note on Eastern Hognose care
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9593
Re: An key observational note on Eastern Hognose care
Seems common in ratsnakes. Nearly every adult obsoletus-type ratsnake I see for sale has some degree of nose deformation. The two I've had tended to rub their noses when kept in glass enclosures and, starting out, I worried their health and appearance would suffer. I found the solution -- assuming a...
- June 14th, 2015, 11:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: April to June in So. Cal. - new photos added
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6175
- May 14th, 2015, 11:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Navy wont let me herp!!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6111
Re: Navy wont let me herp!!!
Previous comment about begging forgiveness rather than asking permission is spot on. Dont get bit or injured or arrested and you won't be needing to beg forgiveness anyway. And really, if you're a reasonably cautious and ethical Herper, none of those things should happen anyway. And also, as mention...
- March 29th, 2015, 12:41 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: CB rosy bites vs WC rosy
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16272
Re: CB rosy bites vs WC rosy
Never seen or heard of a wild rosy trying to bite. My WC Rosy has been fed in her enclosure for the four years I've had her and has never tried to bite. About the only precaution I take (if you can call it that) is I always feed from tongs. I also handle her regularly between feedings. She has fed o...
- January 30th, 2015, 10:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: recently enlisted in navy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6070
Re: recently enlisted in navy
I'll echo the sentiment about deployment herping. Navy liberty policy makes free-roaming herping very difficult and it will nearly always hinge on you convincing someone to go with you who would rather be sitting in a bar (most Sailors today and historically seem to prefer to see the world from a ba...
- January 16th, 2015, 5:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: recently enlisted in navy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6070
Re: recently enlisted in navy
Wish lists are just that and you'll quickly find out that, depending on needs of the Navy and the specifics of your job specialty, there are certain places you have a very high likelihood of being stationed regardless of what you pick. I always got what I asked for but only because I usually figured...
- October 16th, 2014, 9:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alaska Frawgs
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7657
Re: Alaska Frawgs
I have noticed that our wood frogs look and behave somewhat differently than those I've caught in central New York, but hadn't noticed that those "down south" lack significant spotting. That's neat. The most significant difference I had picked up on was that up here their legs are shorter,...
- October 16th, 2014, 12:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alaska Frawgs
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7657
Alaska Frawgs
Just added some wood frogs to the database and herpmapper. Any hope of seeing more this year has faded as I watch the snow creeping down the mountains. I didn't get out and specifically look for frogs this summer like I'd planned, too many distractions in too short a season. But I did find a few inc...
- September 21st, 2014, 3:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Frogsicles: Wood Frogs Freeze to Survive Harsh Alaska Winter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1690
Re: Frogsicles: Wood Frogs Freeze to Survive Harsh Alaska Wi
I have a bunch of records of wood frogs from fishing trips all over Soutchcentral Alaska this summer that I need to upload to the database. I'm holding out for a late straggler, the trees are yellow and it's getting nippy at night but I think if I looked hard I could find one. Last I checked there w...
- July 26th, 2014, 2:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 2: Summer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4981
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 2: Summer
More fantastic stuff, glad you had luck in my favorite canyon. Keep hitting it, it's definitely a good boa spot and I feel like there ought to be barefoot geckos there as well. I don't know when I'll be back in Cali. My next herp adventure will likely be in the Southeast somewhere. In the meantime I...
- July 23rd, 2014, 10:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County 2014 – Part 1: Spring
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5630
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County – Spring through Summer 201
Excellent! Glad one of us finally found a Switaki. I guess I just wasn't doing enough good deeds to please the reptile Gods -- though i did once rescue a couple who locked themselves out of their car in Anza Borrego. I think that Karma only earned me a few banded geckos and a leaf nosed snake. Great...
- July 18th, 2014, 10:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4199
Re: Shovel-nosed snake hunting using sand vibrations??
I don't have anything useful to add about shovelnosed snakes. I found many while in San Diego, always crossing pavement, usually moving very quickly. I also kept one for a month or so. I only saw it eat once and the rest of the time the crickets just disappeared. Something I did find interesting abo...
- June 18th, 2014, 2:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick Trip To Montana
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4517
Re: Quick Trip To Montana
Thanks all. NAcairns, nice to see a comparison on the tadpoles, pretty sure they were way too big for Pseudris. No habitat shots but it was basically a mud puddle. As for advice in that area, I've only herped it three times and prior to this the best I'd found was a single Bullsnake. There's no shor...
- June 15th, 2014, 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick Trip To Montana
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4517
Quick Trip To Montana
Went to Montana for five days to attend a family event in the Northeastern portion of the state. I lived in Great Falls for a few years as a kid and try to get back to do some fishing, herping, and fossil hunting once in awhile. This visit was fairly abbreviated but I managed to find two lifers with...
- June 6th, 2014, 9:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Question for the group
- Replies: 72
- Views: 21733
Re: Question for the group
I appreciate having my entries "peer reviewed." Fundad and others have helped me correct embarrassing errors and I appreciate it. I agree a PM system is preferable to having the remarks immortalized in the comments, but it's fine either way. I take it for what it is: sage wisdom from folks...
- April 29th, 2014, 5:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alaskan Emergence
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4019
Re: Alaskan Emergence
Sad to hear that about the toads, I didn't even know they made it that far North. One of these days I'll make it down to Cordova to fish for Steelhead and I'll be sure to look for toads while I'm at it.
- April 28th, 2014, 12:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alaskan Emergence
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4019
Re: Alaskan Emergence
sjfriend-- just let me know when. Maybe double up a frogging/fishing trip somewhere. Surfinherp-- we saw moose, caribou, a coyote, and a northern hawk owl (among other raptors) on the way out there today. I haven't really shot much wildlife up here because I just don't have the lenses for it-- most ...
- April 27th, 2014, 9:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alaskan Emergence
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4019
Alaskan Emergence
Slogged out to some land my wife and I are buying near Glennallen, AK to take some measurements of an old shack we're fixing up. Still plenty of snow on the ground but its melting fast and the ATV trails were basically ice-choked creeks. Swimming around in one of them was the earliest wood frog I've...
- April 10th, 2014, 12:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Noob questions re: technique, safety, etc
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11184
Re: Noob questions re: technique, safety, etc
It seems hubristic to me for anyone to think they can spot every venomous snake before they find themselves within striking distance. Kricket and Kent hit the nail on the head. If you are herping in thick brush with a high population of venomous snakes, it's not a matter of if but when you're going ...
- April 6th, 2014, 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Noob questions re: technique, safety, etc
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11184
Re: Noob questions re: technique, safety, etc
I was stationed in Everett for a few years and went east to herp (and escape the rain) regularly. I was something of a noob at the time as well, having not had a chance to herp since I was a kid as a result of growing up in Alaska. I learned a few lessons during that time about the exact things you'...
- March 2nd, 2014, 1:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Token Racer and Australian Herp ID's
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3587
Re: Token Racer and Australian Herp ID's
Thanks for the assist. I think the skink was a snake-eyed skink, it had snake-like pupils and it's snout seemed a bit pointy for a King's. Also, I saw a lot of them but no large King's Skinks outside of my visit to the zoo.
- February 28th, 2014, 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Token Racer and Australian Herp ID's
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3587
Token Racer and Australian Herp ID's
Howdy FHF, it's been awhile since I've posted anything. Not much going on Herp-wise in Alaska, especially in February, so I'm just tending to my captives and trying to stay caught up on school work while I wait for fishing season and a trip Outside to go herping. I made a short trip to Florida in la...
- February 27th, 2014, 9:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The worst thing thats happend to you while herping
- Replies: 215
- Views: 39977
Re: The worst thing thats happend to you while herping
Someone mentioned equipment failure while working host reminded me of one. Was showing a newer herper the field when we came across an aggressive C. scutulatus. Nice big snake that was stretched out on road when we drove up and assumed the classic strike poise before we even got the doors open. Fig...
- December 15th, 2013, 12:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Surf and Herp Summer Vacation 2013 - shark discussion too
- Replies: 30
- Views: 9351
Re: Surf and Herp Summer Vacation 2013
Great memories and amazing finds! I'm jealous of your tailed frogs and giant sallies, I was stationed up there for 3 years and never saw either. Of course I had no idea where to look at the time. Looking forward to herping with you again some day and forever grateful for your shark fishing advice. I...
- November 22nd, 2013, 6:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Who's excited about the rain we've gotten this week in CA!?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 11897
Re: Who's excited about the rain we've gotten this week in C
Nice work Jeff! Were those from the area we talked about or somewhere else?
- November 14th, 2013, 11:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: November Field Outings Thus Far, sirtalis season,crotes,ect
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1722
Re: November Field Outings Thus Far, sirtalis season,crotes,
I got skunked too... This post makes me sad and happy. Beautiful snakes.
- November 7th, 2013, 11:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Entering massive quantities of data
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2628
Re: Entering massive quantities of data
I've had herp mobile on my phone but don't like wasting precious field time making entries. Also I rarely have enough 3G/4G/LTE reception to use it, especially now that I'm on wood frog patrol in the frozen north. I find it easier to process everything when I get back. But to each their own, I'm cer...
- November 6th, 2013, 9:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Entering massive quantities of data
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2628
Re: Entering massive quantities of data
I like to use my iphone for vouchers. If you have the location services turned on, every photo you take will have gps coordinates stamped in the metadata. This can be viewed with photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop/Bridge or with various free apps that are available. It's pretty accurate if ...
- November 6th, 2013, 8:48 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Denali Alaska Herp Murder Mystery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2710
Re: Denali Alaska Herp Murder Mystery
I was curious about the legal aspect as well. It's perfectly legal to buy a rat from Petco and feed it to your snake. Perhaps there's someone out there who has bought a baby ball python or cornsnake from there to feed to a cobra or some other picky snake-eater- obviously not a cheap way to get your ...
- October 30th, 2013, 9:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2037
Re: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
Thanks, for some reason I never noticed the very obvious lack of lateral stripes in any of the field guides. Now it's all I see. Guess I'm going back looking for those too...
- October 29th, 2013, 8:34 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Denali Alaska Herp Murder Mystery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2710
- October 29th, 2013, 8:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2037
Re: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
Wow, I'm usually pretty good with snake ID's but the garter complex up that way is confusing. Interesting. It was found in the Western half of Benton County Oregon, so...Valley Garter? Not as sexy but I'll take it.
- October 27th, 2013, 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2230
Re: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon
Keeper- I use Nikon gear and most of my herp shots are done with either a 17-35mm f2.8 or a 105mm macro. The flash is a SB-900 speed light with a portable soft box, mounted on a tripod or gorilla pod above and to one side, usually about to topple off a precipice or into a creek.
- October 27th, 2013, 10:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2037
Re: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
Thanks for the laugh Jim! Hope I make it back down there one of these days, I'd love to take you up on your Mojave offer. Wish I could have herped with you Zach. My original plan for the trip was to spend three days or so searching for the blues, in which case I'm sure we could have met up. But life...
- October 27th, 2013, 10:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2230
Re: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon
Thanks all. Frog legs were indeed delicious. Like fishy chicken if you're into that sort of yumminess. All my mammal photos are crappy iPhone shots because the navy took back the 600mm lenses I had grown so used to using :lol: Hey ClosetHerper, whereabouts in the last frontier are you? I just moved ...
- October 25th, 2013, 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2230
Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon
Made it to Alaska! Had to expedite my trip a bit due to a family situation and didn't spend nearly as much time herping and fly fishing as I wanted to along the way. Nonetheless, I managed to pick up a few lifers in NorCal and Oregon that I thought I'd share before settling in for a long winter. Mad...
- October 25th, 2013, 10:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2037
Northbound - Frawg Legs, Norcal, Oregon.
Made it to Alaska! Had to expedite my trip a bit due to a family situation and didn't spend nearly as much time herping and fly fishing as I wanted to along the way. Nonetheless, I managed to pick up a few lifers in NorCal and Oregon that I thought I'd share before settling in for a long winter. Mad...
- October 25th, 2013, 11:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best Cali Herp Book?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 824
Re: Best Cali Herp Book?
Jeff Lemm's guide to the reptiles and amphibians of San Diego County was my bible in that area. For the rest of SoCal, if it wasn't covered in there I found Todd Battey's SoCal Herps app very helpful- though I wish it had detailed range maps. It has lots of photos showing variability within species.
- September 21st, 2013, 1:10 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifelisting San Diego County – late Spring 2013
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4667
Re: Lifelisting San Diego County – late Spring 2013
Great hunting with you Jeff! Enjoyed seeing pics of some of the stuff you mentioned. The Baja Coach and pasty spec I am particularly envious of.
- September 13th, 2013, 8:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Fake herp photography
- Replies: 85
- Views: 21961
Re: Fake herp photography
Let us not forget that it takes a bunch of folks who like to go out and look for reptiles and amphibians, perhaps detaining or even collecting a few along the way, to mount a good defense on their behalf against the 99% of the population that is more or less ignorant of their existence. We can debat...