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- August 9th, 2018, 4:44 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: change of forum format
- Replies: 39
- Views: 21492
Re: change of forum format
Glad to see them go. Those groups were too small. Too clique-ish and parochialist.
- February 28th, 2018, 10:07 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Speckled Racer VS US Border Protection
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21360
Re: Speckled Racer VS US Border Protection
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- February 28th, 2018, 10:07 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Speckled Racer VS US Border Protection
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21360
Re: Speckled Racer VS US Border Protection
don't drain the swamp, don't build a wall
- February 28th, 2018, 10:06 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Speckled Racer VS US Border Protection
- Replies: 40
- Views: 21360
Re: Speckled Racer VS US Border Protection
Santa Ana NWR is targeted for the border wall. Go see it while you still can.
- August 22nd, 2017, 3:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: help sought finding an old thread re unethical photogs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3043
Re: help sought finding an old thread re unethical photogs
friggin word filter
- August 22nd, 2017, 3:19 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: How I've come to disdain environmentalists
- Replies: 49
- Views: 21421
Re: How I've come to disdain environmentalists
this is how I've come to disdain herpers
- August 22nd, 2017, 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: help sought finding an old thread re unethical photogs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3043
Re: help sought finding an old thread re unethical photogs
shut the "insert profanity here" up about pythons already
- June 23rd, 2017, 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Documenting my Life List
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4521
Re: Documenting my Life List
Herpers don't talk about their life list? lol what. Every other word from some of these people is "lifer". Personally I write down all my nature observations in a notebook (as many as I can remember at least), that said I don't really bother with life lists per se.
- June 19th, 2017, 8:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Peterson FIeld Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians 2016
- Replies: 3
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Re: Peterson FIeld Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians 2016
The new range maps are interesting. That is the only feature I liked. I like how specific they are (although some of them seem slightly off for the Mobile Bay area-FL softshell and scarlet snake come to mind). The illustrations are like 25% smaller. That pissed me off. Earlier editions were more wel...
- June 5th, 2017, 8:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Reccomendations for pygmies
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3132
Re: Reccomendations for pygmies
One of those places has zillions of pygmy rattlers and the other has very few.
- March 9th, 2017, 6:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Clever Snake Mom?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7397
Re: Clever Snake Mom?
I have raised musk turtles from eggs before. Those are musk turtle eggs.
- February 16th, 2017, 5:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern Mississippi in late march early April
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1612
Re: Southern Mississippi in late march early April
Pascagoula river can flood heavily in the spring so keep that in mind. Saw some yellow-bellied water snakes (actually not a bad find for me) at that WMA years ago, that was about it for herps. I have always had terrible luck in Desoto National Forest. Habitat is pretty though. I have never had even ...
- January 31st, 2017, 1:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Louisianna and/or East Texas this weekend; last minute trip
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2503
Re: Louisianna and/or East Texas this weekend; last minute t
Cool post, but that's not the Atlantic Ocean.
- January 9th, 2017, 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Weird Frog
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1446
Re: Weird Frog
Most of these "what is this frog" posts are squirrel treefrogs and I am pretty sure this one is no exception.
- December 11th, 2016, 3:16 pm
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: How I've come to disdain environmentalists
- Replies: 49
- Views: 21421
Re: How I've come to disdain environmentalists
this thread gave me cancer.
- November 29th, 2016, 8:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Year in Review - Part One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2191
Re: Year in Review - Part One
i think the "gopher tortoise" burrow is more likely an armadillo burrow or similar.
- November 24th, 2016, 8:00 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Firefighter bitten by a decapitated rattlesnake's head
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5930
Re: Firefighter bitten by a decapitated rattlesnake's head
i don't understand why these macho, square-headed freaks do this. kill a snake because it is "dangerous," then proceed to play with the dangerous end of it and wonder why they got bit. how dumb you got to be, man?!?



- October 19th, 2016, 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: OPINIONS ON WEATHER CHANGES STARTING TODAY AND HERPING
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1453
Re: OPINIONS ON WEATHER CHANGES STARTING TODAY AND HERPING
Saturday might be better for flipping tin/boards. Days with highs in 70s (sunday and later) might be good to see snakes basking, crawling etc. Right before a storm (Thursday) can be interesting if you time it just right. Personally, i'd go later in the week. I've never herped in that area so I don't...
- September 29th, 2016, 7:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: North Carolina weekend
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1814
Re: North Carolina weekend
"painted turtle"=mud turtle hatchling?
water snake=N. fasciata
Love the red pygmies.
water snake=N. fasciata
Love the red pygmies.
- September 11th, 2016, 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Plestiodon laticeps/fasciatus ID help
- Replies: 2
- Views: 965
Re: Plestiodon laticeps/fasciatus ID help
These can be tough, but I think yours are all broadheads.
- August 26th, 2016, 7:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field herping in Central Florida
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2532
Re: Field herping in Central Florida
In my experience, state parks aren't so strict. Just don't collect anything or have any collecting gear on you and you should be fine. I generally stay on trails but if there is really good, accessible habitat off the trail a bit I might wander. "Edge" habitat of some kind is the best place to look....
- August 25th, 2016, 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Unofficial Guide to Tadpoles and Morphs of the East
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5054
Re: Unofficial Guide to Tadpoles and Morphs of the East
seems late in the year for it to be a pseudacris sp?
- August 25th, 2016, 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping 8-14 through 8-18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2579
Re: Herping 8-14 through 8-18
This is great stuff, especially for August which is usually a slow time of year for me. Pygmy rattlers are about all I have seen recently that was worth mentioning. Not complaining about those though.
That little racer is pretty cool. I haven't seen a little one with a pattern in a long time.
That little racer is pretty cool. I haven't seen a little one with a pattern in a long time.
- August 25th, 2016, 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field herping in Central Florida
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2532
Re: Field herping in Central Florida
There are plenty of state forests and state parks in central FL. Definitely check those out. I don't know what the parks are like in that part of FL, but the ones in the panhandle and coastal AL where I live are great. I pretty much only herp at state parks and NWRs these days. In residential areas,...
- July 16th, 2016, 6:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happy World Snake Day!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1946
Re: Happy World Snake Day!!!
That redbelly is pretty. I haven't seen one of those in a few years if I remember correctly.
- July 12th, 2016, 4:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Conecuh NF
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1549
Re: Conecuh NF
Is that indigo snake reintroduction thing still going on there? I haven't been in a few years but I was under the impression that any unauthorized herping would be looked down on there.
- July 12th, 2016, 4:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Need a frog I.D.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2409
Re: Need a frog I.D.
I still say squirrel treefrog, which is what probably 75% of these "what is this frog" posts turn out to be.
- July 9th, 2016, 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Need a frog I.D.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2409
Re: Need a frog I.D.
probably a squirrel treefrog.
- June 14th, 2016, 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Prescribed Fire at Ashton Bio Preserve
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2163
Re: Prescribed Fire at Ashton Bio Preserve
Interesting post. I would like to get involved with this sort of thing some time. I did try to herp near a controlled burn once last year but I was several hundred yards away and not in the immediate line of fire. I did see one garter snake (not a bad find for here) but it appeared to be out basking...
- May 19th, 2016, 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Everglades/Keys Trip Report - Scroll Down for Snakes!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3766
Re: 2016 Everglades/Keys Trip Report - Scroll Down for Snake
The green anole looks like A. carolinensis to me.
- May 19th, 2016, 7:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2016 Everglades/Keys Trip Report - Scroll Down for Snakes!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3766
Re: 2016 Everglades/Keys Trip Report - Scroll Down for Snake
That corn snake is a beauty.
The sea life is pretty cool. I think your nudibranch is exactly that.
I love birds with pointy wings and the frigate and kite are two of my favorites. Cool post.
The sea life is pretty cool. I think your nudibranch is exactly that.
I love birds with pointy wings and the frigate and kite are two of my favorites. Cool post.
- May 19th, 2016, 2:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Blackwater River State Forest?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2087
Re: Blackwater River State Forest?
Copperheads actually are kind of a big deal to me, as we do not have them on the coast here in AL (as far as I know). They get into northern Mobile/Baldwin Co. a little bit. Anyway, turns out I probably won't be able to get out much for the rest of May, and I don't really do much herping in summer, ...
- May 15th, 2016, 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Blackwater River State Forest?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2087
Re: Blackwater River State Forest?
I'm more interested in hiking than cruising anyway.
I've decided I'm probably not going there anytime soon. Maybe in the fall. Is it any good there in October or so?
I've decided I'm probably not going there anytime soon. Maybe in the fall. Is it any good there in October or so?
- May 12th, 2016, 9:05 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Blackwater River State Forest?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2087
Blackwater River State Forest?
I might check that area out some time in the next couple of weeks, before the summer heat really kicks in. I remember someone on here saying it is really bad for snakes, but someone else seemed to think it was really great for them. I'd like to hear people's opinions on that.
- May 10th, 2016, 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gulf coast and Arkansas March 2016
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2962
Re: Gulf coast and Arkansas March 2016
The Tantilla is a Virginia striatula.
Those water bugs are neat. I used to play with those as a kid and haven't really noticed them in a long time.
The golden mouse nest is also a pretty cool observation.
Those water bugs are neat. I used to play with those as a kid and haven't really noticed them in a long time.
The golden mouse nest is also a pretty cool observation.
- May 10th, 2016, 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NAFHA Meeting, Mena, AR?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4455
Re: NAFHA Meeting, Mena, AR?
I was there. Saw 3 speckled kings, a copperhead, a smooth earth snake, ringnecks, a huge black rat snake on the Oklahoma side of Rich Mountain, and about a half dozen salamander species including Rich and Fourche Mtn. It is an interesting area. I was expecting it to be sort of a mini-Appalachia but ...
- May 6th, 2016, 4:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Frog-pole ID and some fish
- Replies: 1
- Views: 842
Re: Frog-pole ID and some fish
The mystery fish are a golden topminnow, a juvenile largemouth bass, and some kind of cichlid (no idea what species). The small catfish is indeed just that. Probably a bullhead. Not really sure about the tadpoles but I think you are right on the Hyla ID.
- May 6th, 2016, 5:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: GA,NC, TN Salamander Suggestions?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1564
Re: GA,NC, TN Salamander Suggestions?
Oh, and you can road cruise there, before/during/after rain, but personally I hate road cruising on those windy little mountain roads. I remember driving to the state park and hoping to NOT see anything on the road because there was nowhere to pull over. Some of the roads out in the countryside outs...
- May 6th, 2016, 5:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: GA,NC, TN Salamander Suggestions?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1564
Re: GA,NC, TN Salamander Suggestions?
South Mountain NC might be worth checking out. I don't know how it is in August, but I was there in September and it was pretty decent. Saw a lot of little dusky salamanders just out basking on rocks in the streams. There are plenty of snakes there too. It is kind of out in the middle of nowhere, an...
- April 18th, 2016, 7:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Alabama Herping Weekend and Lampropeltis Hat Trick
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3032
Re: Alabama Herping Weekend and Lampropeltis Hat Trick
Looks like a fun outing. Things are heating up down here on the gulf coast as well. Saw an EDB yesterday.
That rat snake is interesting looking.
The milk snakes would have thrilled me to no end. Hoping to see those in the Ouachita mountains next week.
That rat snake is interesting looking.
The milk snakes would have thrilled me to no end. Hoping to see those in the Ouachita mountains next week.
- April 14th, 2016, 7:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Florida herp field guide
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1246
Re: Florida herp field guide
The Eastern/Central Peterson's guide (Conant/Collins) is still the standard. The 2016 edition just came out and it has updated range maps and many new exotic species.
Dick Bartlett's books are pretty great too-"Florida's Snakes" and there is another one for all the other herp species in FL.
Dick Bartlett's books are pretty great too-"Florida's Snakes" and there is another one for all the other herp species in FL.
- April 10th, 2016, 6:49 pm
- Forum: N.A.F.H.A. - Announcements/Inquiries
- Topic: New Data Request - Jan 26, 2016
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3886
Re: New Data Request - Jan 26, 2016
This is James Jeffery btw
- April 10th, 2016, 6:41 pm
- Forum: N.A.F.H.A. - Announcements/Inquiries
- Topic: New Data Request - Jan 26, 2016
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3886
Re: New Data Request - Jan 26, 2016
Is it possible to have my records removed from Herpmapper? If not, how can I access my account on there?
- April 9th, 2016, 6:22 am
- Forum: N.A.F.H.A. - Announcements/Inquiries
- Topic: New Data Request - Jan 26, 2016
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3886
Re: New Data Request - Jan 26, 2016
I said no to this, and my NAHERP records apparently have been transferred to Herpmapper anyway.
- April 9th, 2016, 5:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: my NAHERP records are on herpmapper
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6101
Re: my NAHERP records are on herpmapper
Apparently I forgot to actually vote, but I did specifically state in the comments that I did not want my NAHERP records to be transferred to Herpmapper, and they were anyway.
- April 8th, 2016, 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: my NAHERP records are on herpmapper
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6101
Re: my NAHERP records are on herpmapper
The problem is, I can't find whatever poll it was. But I definitely voted no. I would prefer to use NAHERP only. This was several months ago if I remember correctly.
- April 8th, 2016, 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: my NAHERP records are on herpmapper
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6101
my NAHERP records are on herpmapper
there was a poll a while back (I can't find it on here) and I declined to give permission for my NAHERP records to be imported to Herpmapper. But they are on there. Are all NAHERP records automatically imported to herpmapper now?
- April 7th, 2016, 4:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 1st quarter 2016
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2613
Re: 1st quarter 2016
That second garter is nice. A real textbook example for our area.
3 corn snakes in a day would excite me greatly since I rarely see them. I did almost trip over a big one the other day however. This spring is shaping up to be interesting, and we're not even at the peak yet...
3 corn snakes in a day would excite me greatly since I rarely see them. I did almost trip over a big one the other day however. This spring is shaping up to be interesting, and we're not even at the peak yet...
- April 7th, 2016, 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping sunday. pics added
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2885
Re: Herping sunday. pics added
The skink looks like a female broadhead.
I have not seen a saltmarsh snake in a while. That's a pretty one.
I get out to St Marks every year or so but it's always in late fall or winter so I have only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to herps there.
I have not seen a saltmarsh snake in a while. That's a pretty one.
I get out to St Marks every year or so but it's always in late fall or winter so I have only seen the tip of the iceberg when it comes to herps there.
- March 28th, 2016, 3:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping sunday. pics added
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2885
Re: Herping sunday.
I would if I could, but that is a bit of a drive for me just for a day trip. I need to get back there some time this year. it is a great area. Let us know what you find.