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- October 1st, 2019, 10:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping tips holiday Utah California in july
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21767
Re: Herping tips holiday Utah California in july
Thanks for the clarification Jimi. I didn't make clear that my remarks were for those units of the park system administered by NPS. My plan is to include discussions with BLM & forest Service law enforcement people to get their perspective as well. Jonathan, I imagine my views and yours likely c...
- September 27th, 2019, 1:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping tips holiday Utah California in july
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21767
Re: Herping tips holiday Utah California in july
In response to Jimi's request for some details regarding units of the National Park System (covers all parks, monuments, preserves, etc), I'll offer a bare bones reply. There are too many variables to give brief, definitive answers to all of the questions forum members may have. But, here goes. Firs...
- September 23rd, 2019, 11:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping tips holiday Utah California in july
- Replies: 23
- Views: 21767
Re: Herping tips holiday Utah California in july
No license required in Nevada for field herping. A few Mojave Desert species are protected & can't be handled: Gila Monster, Desert Tortoise & Rosy Boa.
- April 19th, 2019, 10:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Las Vegas area from June-December
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9311
Re: Herping Las Vegas area from June-December
Bryan & Jimi offer good thoughts. Might be able to fine-tune things a little based on current circumstances at the time of your visit. Contact me via PM at that time.
Bob
Bob
- March 18th, 2019, 12:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: What's happening in this photo?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 28800
Re: What's happening in this photo?
Seems to be a Ring-necked Snake preying on either a Ground Snake or Banded Sand Snake. More info would help, but with the characters to be seen in the photo, I come down on the side of Chilomeniscus with Sonora running a close second.
- January 24th, 2019, 3:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Mojave October 2019
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6274
Re: Herping Mojave October 2019
I have to do an add-on to my last message lest I steer you into trouble. When I considered the license question I thought only of my home state, Nevada. Arizona & California (& to a much lesser extent Utah) also include the Mojave Desert within their boundaries & each of these has licens...
- January 24th, 2019, 3:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Mojave October 2019
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6274
Re: Herping Mojave October 2019
The answer to your question regarding licenses needed: none needed. But I have to agree with other comments so far in terms of time of year for herping the Mojave (at least the eastern Mojave). October is near the bottom of the list of most desirable months in the herp active season here. Might be a...
- January 18th, 2019, 9:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: If There Isnt A Photo, It Didnt Happen
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20866
Re: If There Isnt A Photo, It Didnt Happen
Decades ago, my three grade-school age children & I were on our way into a New Mexico mountain range for a day hike to find whatever herps that might come our way, but especially hoping to find rattlesnakes. We were in a VW Beetle driving upslope on a gravel road, so we had the engine noise &...
- August 22nd, 2018, 5:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31651
Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Good follow-up entries by both Jimi & Fire Drake.
- August 22nd, 2018, 9:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Law Enforcement Showed Up
- Replies: 38
- Views: 31651
Re: Law Enforcement Showed Up
Really good advice from Jimi for all to consider.
- January 5th, 2018, 8:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7994
Re: Favorite Images of 2017
Would be difficult to exaggerate the impact of both the photographic/presentation skills on display and the field-effort required to make them happen. Thanks for sharing.
Bob
Bob
- September 17th, 2017, 11:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16718
Re: Herpetologists - you can help save Nevada's reptiles
I have no idea who or what the “Committee to Save Nevada’s Reptiles” is and I am not impressed by any argument suggesting that the species targeted in Nevada for commercial collection face an existential threat. All of the concerned species are well represented on extensive tracts of land either clo...
- October 1st, 2015, 10:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Road cruising on Indian reservations
- Replies: 61
- Views: 15211
Re: Road cruising on Indian reservations
Thought I'd offer up a few anecdotes to the discussion, although I wouldn't recommend using such anecdotes as a guide to herping practices, etc. They might, however, help to illustrate a reality in law enforcement contacts: That is, each officer is an individual & may approach agency (tribal) po...
- July 31st, 2015, 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping during a full moon
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6392
Re: Herping during a full moon
I'm aware of an atrox observed not far from the preserve recently. Photo if you have one could help make a pretty cool record for the preserve & the NW known range of that critter.
Bob
Bob
- July 30th, 2015, 1:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Night road-cruising in AZ
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5303
- July 29th, 2015, 12:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Night road-cruising in AZ
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5303
Night road-cruising in AZ
I visited the AZ Game & Fish website to refresh on regulations related to reptiles & wonder if any of you folks have info that could clarify one of them. Specifically R12-4-304 F. 3. (methods of take). "May use artificial light while taking reptiles provided the light is not attached to...
- June 19th, 2015, 2:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Newberry Mountains, NV
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6670
Re: Newberry Mountains, NV
Very nice Devin. Sorry I had to miss the trip.
Bob
Bob
- June 6th, 2015, 8:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I've seen it, you seen it ... we've all seen...
- Replies: 58
- Views: 30496
Re: I've seen it, you seen it ... we've all seen...
I think Kelly has hit the nail pretty squarely regarding this behavior.
- June 4th, 2015, 9:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Pure Panamint rattlesnakes? Or intergrade with C.Pyrrhus?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4940
Re: Pure Panamint rattlesnakes? Or intergrade with C.Pyrrhus
Howdy,
Even without examining closeups of supraoculars & rostral etc, everything I can see says Panamint. Tail, pattern etc.
Bob
Even without examining closeups of supraoculars & rostral etc, everything I can see says Panamint. Tail, pattern etc.
Bob
- May 24th, 2015, 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with Nightsnake ID
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4642
Re: Help with Nightsnake ID
Hi Lawrence, You've asked a tough question but I'll give it a try. First, the names in Bartlett & Bartlett match with the names currently listed by SSAR & CNAH so I'd go with them over the other (slightly older) guides you noted. Your Night Snake #1 from Graham County is H. c. chlorophaea to...
- May 18th, 2015, 1:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rattlesnake ID request
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2550
Re: Rattlesnake ID request
Look to be Prairie Rattlesnakes (C. viridis) to me.
Bob
Bob
- May 7th, 2015, 6:02 pm
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 17608
Re: Venomous Reptiles and Their Toxins
Since the question about target audience was asked, I thought I'd pass along my thoughts on this book which I've been wading through for a few weeks. By no means consider this a formal or critical review. There are several chapters that a good many on this forum (based on their posts) will find wort...
- May 7th, 2015, 4:47 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Speckled rattlesnake range?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5458
Re: Speckled rattlesnake range?
I have a couple of records within 8-10 crow-flying miles of Bagdad.
Bob
Bob
- March 11th, 2015, 10:30 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Invitation to join us in southern Nevada in April
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3812
Invitation to join us in southern Nevada in April
It’s likely that some of you have already seen Bryan Hamilton’s posts in the N.A.F.H.A Rocky Mountain, Arizona, & California Chapters about our April herp survey in southern Nevada’s Newberry Mountains. This post is to provide a little more info & to alert folks outside the three local regio...
- November 18th, 2014, 9:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: InSitu Rattlesnakes
- Replies: 48
- Views: 29054
Re: InSitu Rattlesnakes
Awesome is inadequate. Field effort & results that won't likely be matched anytime soon. Thanks much for sharing.
Bob
Bob
- September 6th, 2014, 8:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: hybrid speck×red !?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 24380
Re: hybrid speck×red !?
A little late to the party & I must have missed something. Where was this snake found & photographed?
- August 21st, 2014, 6:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Center for North American Herpetology
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3425
Re: Center for North American Herpetology
Apparently not many others with this problem but mine is solved with a switch from Internet Explorer to Safari.
- August 14th, 2014, 10:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Center for North American Herpetology
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3425
Center for North American Herpetology
Anyone else having trouble opening topics/subtopics on the site's home page?
- August 7th, 2014, 10:30 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Crotalus den *EDITED*
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2188
Re: Crotalus den *EDITED*
Thanks for posting this &, especially, for the Montana link. I imagine we'll be seeing these photos for a long time to come in relation to who knows how many localities. I've, so far, seen them attributed to four different states (& two different localities in one of those states): Arizona, ...
- July 29th, 2014, 4:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Game Warden Feedback (TX Specifically)
- Replies: 130
- Views: 512480
Re: Game Warden Feedback (TX Specifically)
Holy smokes! This subject hits close to home and I’d like to comment on about every point that’s been made or on every question that’s been raised, but that would involve an extremely long post. Warning: This one is going to be too long as it is. Several individual threads could profitably be starte...
- July 26th, 2014, 11:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Nomination for new AZ chapter president-Terry Cox
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3938
Re: Nomination for new AZ chapter president-Terry Cox
2nd, second if needed & vote for if accepted.
- June 29th, 2014, 10:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first Western Groundsnake
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2555
Re: My first Western Groundsnake
Glad you didn't move the vegetation. I think the first shot is special, in part, because of it.
Bob
Bob
- June 15th, 2014, 12:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Softshell Turtles in Las Vegas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3236
Re: Softshell Turtles in Las Vegas
Hey guys, Interesting post that stirred the old memory banks & prodded me to do a little checking. Turns out that the Softshell was found in "surprising numbers" as Lake Mead filled up behind the newly constructed Hoover Dam in the late 1930's/early 1940's according to Russ Grater, a n...
- June 13th, 2014, 8:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Softshell Turtles in Las Vegas
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2364
Re: Softshell Turtles in Las Vegas
Nice post Zach, looks like you've got your new lens well in hand. The "pig nose" & "beautiful eyes" shots are top-shelf.
Bob
Bob
- June 2nd, 2014, 11:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick Trip To Vegas Made Great
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2195
Re: Quick Trip To Vegas Made Great
It appears that the force is with you. I'm at 35 Nevada years & counting without one of those guys. Super.
- January 29th, 2014, 10:41 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sonora/Tantilla in March?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3047
Re: Sonora/Tantilla in March?
I don't do much flipping but I've run into a few Sonora active on the surface in March (in southern Nevada, not too far away from your target area). Locations were of two types: washes & canyon bottoms (neither with permanent water anywhere nearby) & irrigated lawns near natural desert margi...
- January 21st, 2014, 3:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Texas regulations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1451
Re: Texas regulations
Another question regarding Texas regulations: Is road-cruising still prohibited? If so, any movement on the part of TPW toward allowing it?
- January 18th, 2014, 7:25 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Brazilian herp books
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3792
Re: Brazilian herp books
Thanks! This is a great resource, just added them to my favorites.
Bob
Bob
- January 9th, 2014, 2:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: SSAR Standardized Names
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6890
Re: SSAR Standardized Names
I open with an apology for the tedium and length to follow and with thanks for the humor so far evident in this thread. I didn’t intend to contribute at first but the continued references to Mohave vs Mojave have struck a nerve and driven me to near madness (of a couple of varieties). For the Native...
- December 17th, 2013, 11:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: New Mexico Question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4869
Re: New Mexico Question
My experience parallels Jimi's. I first learned of the need for a Non-game hunting license by calling NMG&F several years ago. Since then, each year on my first trip to NM (whether I plan to collect or not) I bring my previous year's license with me to show the clerk, usually at the Deming Wal-M...
- December 8th, 2013, 4:45 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Tell me I'm not the only one
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13686
Re: Tell me I'm not the only one
I've had my share of minor incidents with drops, bumps, water, & gear left behind at a photo site, but nothing like some of those posted here. My most expensive and bone-headed mistake came as a result of leaving my Nikon D2X (with flash on the hot-shoe) lying on the front seat of the car while ...
- November 21st, 2013, 9:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NAFHA National Meeting 2014
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4030
Re: NAFHA National Meeting 2014
I'm planning on attending also. Leaving from southern Nevada with room for a few riders if any are interested. I have a couple of spots I hit en route pretty regularly but am open to others needs.
Bob
Bob
- November 17th, 2013, 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Apologies: scam e-mail
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1382
Apologies: scam e-mail
Apologies to any who might have received a scam e-mail from me. The address book that was hacked is no more. If anyone wants to be reinstated on a new address book of mine send me a PM Bob It's been pointed out to me that I made it sound like the scam actually came from me. Of course, it did not. Ca...
- November 13th, 2013, 8:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ornate Tree Lizards around Las Vegas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3366
Re: Ornate Tree Lizards around Las Vegas
Good call Zach,
All my references ID that dorsal scale arrangement as belonging to the Tree Lizard as well. A glance at a photo can't match looking at a key or guide book. Now I'll have to get back to looking at lizards in Boulder City again.
Bob
All my references ID that dorsal scale arrangement as belonging to the Tree Lizard as well. A glance at a photo can't match looking at a key or guide book. Now I'll have to get back to looking at lizards in Boulder City again.
Bob
- November 13th, 2013, 10:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ornate Tree Lizards around Las Vegas
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3366
Re: Ornate Tree Lizards around Las Vegas
Hi Zach, I'm not far away from you (Boulder City). From the dorsal pattern of your lizard & what I can see of tail length, I'd say Long-tailed Brush Lizard. I've only been able to find the Tree Lizard with regularity in the canyon & side-canyons of the Colorado River (including an occasional...
- October 3rd, 2013, 8:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick ID - Speck or Panamint? And sheds also - Nevada
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9539
Re: Quick ID - Speck or Panamint? And sheds also - Nevada
Jimi, Bryan & others interested,
It all looks good to me. I've got the tentative dates blocked for this.
Bob
It all looks good to me. I've got the tentative dates blocked for this.
Bob
- September 27th, 2013, 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Quick ID - Speck or Panamint? And sheds also - Nevada
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9539
Re: Quick ID - Speck or Panamint? And sheds also - Nevada
Howdy folks, Coming a little late to the party here but wanted to let you know about a project related to this topic. I've been looking at the rattlesnakes of the area in question for some years & agree with Bryan's notes on the subjects addressed here. Everything I've seen points to mitchellii ...
- September 24th, 2013, 3:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: AZ Republic Story about Herping and Herpers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3642
Re: AZ Republic Story about Herping and Herpers
Good stuff Dave, good stuff.
Bob
Bob
- August 11th, 2013, 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lizard ID Help
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1917
Re: Lizard ID Help
Hey Dave, I'm with Jeff. Everything about that critter says Lesser Earless Lizard. Body shape, head profile, tail length, pattern, and more. You can see just a hint of one of the dark ventro-lateral spots at the edge of a skin-fold just posterior to the right foreleg also. In this case, the Speckled...
- June 23rd, 2013, 12:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Is There Anybody Out There!?!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3380
Re: Is There Anybody Out There!?!
Hi Dave, Since my trip to AZ for the expo & then a Coyotes hockey game the following week I've been so busy with a house remodel that I haven't had a chance to get out much. A few herping sessions here in southern Nevada with nothing special to say anything about, but no trips into AZ. Hoping to...