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- September 23rd, 2016, 5:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Visiting Taiwan in 2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1516
Re: Visiting Taiwan in 2016
Hi Peter, Taiwan is a great place to see some outstanding herps. A few years ago I read one of the posts on this site about herps and herping in Taiwan by Bill Murphy. I sent him a PM and asked if he would be willing to help guide me to some good places to search for various amphibians and reptiles....
- September 19th, 2016, 6:21 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica, summer 2016
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2696
Re: Costa Rica, summer 2016
Great photos, Robin! You saw some really nice herps during your visit to Costa Rica. I believe that your Imantodes cenchoa from La Selva is actually a Dipsas, and your Imantodes cenchoa from the Osa looks a bit like Imantodes gemmistratus (but I'll let some other experts chime in on that). Thanks fo...
- September 19th, 2016, 6:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Where to herp in India?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4685
Re: Where to herp in India?
I had a great herpetological experience herping in the Western Ghats of southwest India. It's especially a hotbed for amphibians, but the reptile diversity is also fantastic. It would help to have a guide while you're there to assist with navigating and language issues. It's also advisable to plan o...
- September 15th, 2016, 5:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ID Help for Costa Rica and Panama
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1200
Re: ID Help for Costa Rica and Panama
Numbers 1, 7, & 8 are all female Yellow-headed Geckos (Gonatodes albogularis). Anoles are always a bit difficult, and the toad looks like a young Incilius.
-Paul
-Paul
- July 25th, 2016, 7:50 am
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: Ethiopia
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15520
Re: Ethiopia
Spectacular post, Curtis! So many wonderful mammals (and that's coming from a herpetologist!), especially all those bats. My wife is a primatologist and has wanted to see Gelada Monkeys for many years. Your photos had her looking up flights to Ethiopia! By the way, was it easy and safe to get around...
- July 21st, 2016, 11:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: REDISCOVERED! The Spine-fingered Treefrog is ALIVE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2197
Re: REDISCOVERED! The Spine-fingered Treefrog is ALIVE
That is a fantastic find (and a great photo)! Have you been in touch with Robin Moore, the author of the book: "In Search of Lost Frogs", he would be very interested in knowing of your rediscovery.
-Paul
-Paul
- July 20th, 2016, 2:17 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The World's Smallest Crotalus
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3829
Re: The World's Smallest Crotalus
Back in 1997, at the Houston Zoo Herpetology Department, we had a long-term captive female Western Pygmy Rattlesnake ( Sistrurus miliarius streckeri ) give birth to six live and two stillborn neonates. The smallest live newborn was 78 mm (total length) and weighed 0.8 grams. It looked and behaved no...
- July 19th, 2016, 7:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Undescribed species
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3915
Re: Undescribed species
It looks just like the Bothriechis rowleyi that we maintained at the Houston Zoo for years, although that species is found further northwest into Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico.
-Paul
-Paul
- June 28th, 2016, 8:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NEW BOOK: Snakes of Mexico
- Replies: 90
- Views: 49592
Re: NEW BOOK: Snakes of Mexico
For those still interested in a copy of the Snakes of Mexico book, you can contact Bob & Sheri Ashley at ECO directly ([email protected].com) and order one. They just got in a new shipment of the books and they are going for $129 each (plus $3-4 shipping). They also just got in a few copies of the b...
- June 14th, 2016, 6:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bittersweet Babies
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2299
Re: Bittersweet Babies
WOW! Truly a legendary snake, congratulations on the breeding and good luck on the project!
-Paul
-Paul
- June 13th, 2016, 7:15 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: new European field guide
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16239
Re: new European field guide
Thanks for the notice, Jeroen, nothing wrong with a little self promotion. I just ordered a copy unfortunately, it won't be available/shipped until mid August. And a hearty congratulations, a new field guide from Europe has been long overdue!
-Paul
-Paul
- April 7th, 2016, 6:53 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Taiwan Lizard ID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1958
Re: Taiwan Lizard ID
Mike,
It looks like Japalura polygonata, can you tell me where in Taiwan it was photographed? It would help to better identify it.
-Paul
It looks like Japalura polygonata, can you tell me where in Taiwan it was photographed? It would help to better identify it.
-Paul
- February 27th, 2016, 7:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bali, Flores, Rinca, and Komodo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5636
Re: Bali, Flores, Rinca, and Komodo
A really nice tour of that region, well done! The Indian Scops Owl photo was fantastic! I think Jeroen is right, that Boiga is another dendrophila. Also, your photo of 'Mastigoproctus giganteus' is a Tailess Whip Scorpion (Amblypygi). Mastigoproctus giganteus is the Vinegaroon, or Giant Whip Scorpio...
- January 19th, 2016, 8:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern African Field Guide Recommendations...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3866
Re: Southern African Field Guide Recommendations...
Andy, When you say: "This summer", do you mean our summer here in the U.S. or their summer in South Africa/Namibia? Since the seasons are reversed there our summer months are their winter months and having herped there in both seasons I can tell you that herping is much better during their summer mo...
- January 15th, 2016, 8:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mazama Newt (Taricha granulosa mazamae)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3178
Re: Mazama Newt (Taricha granulosa mazamae)
Hi Heather, I too had searched for them previously in the area but was unsuccessful. Years ago I had read an account in James Petranka's 1998 book: Salamanders of the United States and Canada that in early September two researchers observed an aggregate of 259 newts in the water and that they found ...
- November 12th, 2015, 4:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping on 30 Oct 2015, Taiwan.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4485
Re: Herping on 30 Oct 2015, Taiwan.
Steve, We found a Protobothrops mucrosquamatus just pulling into the parking lot of a city park in the town of Taoyuan, near Taipei. You should have no problem finding that species or T. stejnegeri. In fact, if you go to Baling T. stejnegeri are extremely abundant there, our herp team found 17 of th...
- November 12th, 2015, 8:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping on 30 Oct 2015, Taiwan.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4485
Re: Herping on 30 Oct 2015, Taiwan.
Steve, I was also very interested in looking for Hynobius salamanders and ended up searching for them en route to Baling. Since they are supposed to be found at elevations higher than 6000-7000 feet I began by looking in the area of Hehuanshan, Taiwan (9000 feet elevation). I was disappointed that I...
- October 15th, 2015, 7:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake Identity
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1979
Re: Snake Identity
There doesn't seem to be an image in your post, could you try posting it again?
-Paul
-Paul
- October 11th, 2015, 8:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: It must be true - I read it on the internet
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2814
Re: It must be true - I read it on the internet
You have great restraint, Bill! I, on the other hand, did say something.
-Paul
-Paul
- October 9th, 2015, 8:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake ID, please (Papua mountains)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2380
Re: Snake ID, please (Papua mountains)
I don't see any apical pits on the scales of the anterior region of the tail so I don't believe this is S. diehli. The photo does not show close-up detail of the body scales to determine if apical pits are present there. Perhaps if Mr. Lee has a clear photo of the dorsal scales it can be determined ...
- October 8th, 2015, 8:16 am
- Forum: N.A.F.H.A. - Announcements/Inquiries
- Topic: DOR ID Request
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10860
Re: DOR ID Request
Chris,
I believe you're correct in that this is a Nerodia rhombifer.
-Paul
I believe you're correct in that this is a Nerodia rhombifer.
-Paul
- October 8th, 2015, 8:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake ID, please (Papua mountains)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2380
Re: Snake ID, please (Papua mountains)
Hans,
Although it superficially looks like it, Lycodon does not occur in New Guinea. I believe that this is one of the 'Ground' Snakes in the genus Stegonotus, possibly S. guentheri or S. modestus.
-Paul
Although it superficially looks like it, Lycodon does not occur in New Guinea. I believe that this is one of the 'Ground' Snakes in the genus Stegonotus, possibly S. guentheri or S. modestus.
-Paul
- October 8th, 2015, 8:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ID help with 2 snakes: Borneo & Ecuador
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4309
Re: ID help with 2 snakes: Borneo & Ecuador
The first snake initially looks like one of the species of Rhabdophis, or it could be the more obscure Gongylosoma baliodeirus. The Ecuadorian snake is almost certainly one of the species of Atractus, but with 2 dozen species occurring in Ecuador I would be hard pressed to hazard a guess. Hopefully,...
- October 5th, 2015, 7:33 am
- Forum: Reading Room
- Topic: Free to a good home
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9322
Re: Free to a good home
That's very generous, Jeff. I wish I lived in or near Louisiana. This would be a great opportunity for a young or novice herp person to acquire a great library. Thanks for making this offer!
-Paul
-Paul
- September 26th, 2015, 6:09 am
- Forum: Board Line
- Topic: Herp image from Badlands movie?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 11784
Re: Herp image from Badlands movie?
Ken,
It's a blurry shot of an Iguana.
-Paul
It's a blurry shot of an Iguana.
-Paul
- August 26th, 2015, 8:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh Python Project July 2015
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7879
Re: Bangladesh Python Project July 2015
Never mind Jim, as soon as I posted my last comment all the photos came up. Great to see them!
-Paul
-Paul
- August 26th, 2015, 7:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bangladesh Python Project July 2015
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7879
Re: Bangladesh Python Project July 2015
Jim,
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Great photos and great post! However, only 2 images showed up for me. Guess I'm doing something wrong since you said the issue has been rectified. Thanks for sharing!
Paul
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Great photos and great post! However, only 2 images showed up for me. Guess I'm doing something wrong since you said the issue has been rectified. Thanks for sharing!
Paul
- August 13th, 2015, 7:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Pictures from Central America (Mainly Costa Rica) 2014
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4389
Re: Pictures from Central America (Mainly Costa Rica) 2014
Great post and nice photos, Shani! [By the way, the turtle you called: "Mud turtle at one volcano summit (Ometepe)" is actually not a mud turtle but rather a Wood Turtle (Rhinoclemmys, likely R. annulata)]. That's a shame the guide wouldn't let you get closer to the Bothriechis lateralis, it's an im...
- July 30th, 2015, 10:47 am
- Forum: FHF Image Lab
- Topic: Is any one here selling stock photos?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6525
Re: Is any one here selling stock photos?
One more point, bgorum, I noticed that you said you would continue to submit images to Alamy; one of Animal Animal stipulations of being their client is that you have no other stock photo agency representing your work. However, just like the initial submission of 200 images has changed since I start...
- July 30th, 2015, 8:13 am
- Forum: FHF Image Lab
- Topic: Is any one here selling stock photos?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6525
Re: Is any one here selling stock photos?
Hi bgorum, Paul Freed here. I have been a client of Animals Animals since 1991 and although they are a fair company when it comes to selling images they are extremely strict and very picky when it comes to accepting images. For the initial submission they require 500 photos that are, as they put it,...
- June 23rd, 2015, 7:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Most Herps Found in a 24-hour Period?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6506
Re: Most Herps Found in a 24-hour Period?
Chris, My most successful 24 hour period took place in Paraguay, back in 1996, where during a night drive up the Pan American Highway I encountered 16 species of snakes (from four families: Colubridae, Elapidae, Viperidae, and Boidae) representing about 35 individual snakes, as well as several lizar...
- June 20th, 2015, 9:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 19 June 2015. Herping at Northern Taiwan.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1692
Re: 19 June 2015. Herping at Northern Taiwan.
Great stuff, Jerry! Brings back nice memories of herping in Baling. Really like the Elaphe carinata. Thanks for sharing.
-Paul
-Paul
- June 3rd, 2015, 7:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: unknown blind snake from Hong Kong Island
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4629
Re: unknown blind snake from Hong Kong Island
dicephalics is correct, this is a pre-shed braminus, I observed a blind snake in India just like this and thought I had found an undescribed species.
-Paul
-Paul
- May 21st, 2015, 7:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping, travel, and gear
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13598
Re: Herping, travel, and gear
hadar wrote Quote: Paul, I'm heading to Bend Friday. Never been out that way. Any suggestions? My dad is flying in from Illinois and we are checking out John Day Fossil Beds Saturday. That's funny, I'm heading to Bend a week from this Friday (not to herp, to help friends move). I will be visiting an...
- May 19th, 2015, 9:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping, travel, and gear
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13598
Re: Herping, travel, and gear
Great questions, Heather and a nice way to bring herpers and their passions to the forum. 1. Where do you herp? Do you herp solely in one area, do you herp a large region, nationally, internationally, etc? Is there a particular habitat you prefer or species? I am actually your neighbor (I live about...
- May 6th, 2015, 7:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Belize Herp ID's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3316
Re: Belize Herp ID's
Good catch, Justin! I had to go back to look at my slides from 1984 of my Belizian Stenorrhina to confirm that they were in fact Stenorrhina and they are. None of my specimens were as brightly colored as Gus' snake. Thanks.
-Paul
-Paul
- May 5th, 2015, 8:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Belize Herp ID's
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3316
Re: Belize Herp ID's
Hi Gus, Gene is right, it's not Coniophanes, it's Stenorrhina freminvillei sometimes called a Blood Snake, Slaty Grey Snake, or Scorpion-eating Snake. They are quite variable in color ranging from tan to brown or even reddish-orange. The Anole is a bit more difficult as the best way to identify them...
- May 5th, 2015, 7:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with garter snake ID, Marion County, Oregon?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3195
Re: Help with garter snake ID, Marion County, Oregon?
For the past ten years I have been conducting a daily herpetological survey on my road for a one mile stretch and of the three species of garter snakes (Red-spotted, Mountain, and Northwestern) found in this area (the western foothills of the Cascades in Clackamas County) the Northwestern is by far ...
- April 14th, 2015, 8:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #82: Exploring Planet Kinabalu
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11619
Re: Borneo Dispatches #82: Exploring Planet Kinabalu
I found a recently hit female in the ditch by the Kinabalu Park headquarters (back in 2004) which, at the time, was only the seventh known specimen observed. I'm guessing that more have been found since then.
-Paul
-Paul
- April 4th, 2015, 8:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #82: Exploring Planet Kinabalu
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11619
Re: Borneo Dispatches #82: Exploring Planet Kinabalu
Simply an amazing post, Hans! Brings back great memories of Kinabalu. Those Nepenthes are just exquisite. That little frog you saw is most likely Philautus mjobergi, a common Rhacophorid frog from that area and you are correct in your identification of the Cinnamon Frog. The spectacular 'gliding' ge...
- March 2nd, 2015, 9:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Sea Snake ID, please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1826
Re: Borneo Sea Snake ID, please
Hans,
This looks like a Common Beaked Sea Snake (Hydrophis schistosus), it used to be known as Enhydrina schistosa but was changed in 2012 to its current scientific name. I observed this species in Sri Lanka and it looks identical to the ones I found. I hope this helps.
-Paul
This looks like a Common Beaked Sea Snake (Hydrophis schistosus), it used to be known as Enhydrina schistosa but was changed in 2012 to its current scientific name. I observed this species in Sri Lanka and it looks identical to the ones I found. I hope this helps.
-Paul
- February 19th, 2015, 9:25 am
- Forum: FHF Image Lab
- Topic: Canon SX50/SX60
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2976
Re: Canon SX50/SX60
Mike, my wife uses the SX30 and the SX50 and they are extremely good cameras for shooting subjects at long distances. I use a Canon 7D and whenever I need to photograph something at a distance I use one of her cameras to get the shot. Of course the lens on a SX30 or 50 are not the high caliber they ...
- February 19th, 2015, 9:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Very Tiny Colombian Lizard ID?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1152
Re: Very Tiny Colombian Lizard ID?
This is of course a gecko and it looks like a juvenile Lepidoblepharis xanthostigma, sometimes called an Orange-tailed Gecko or Litter Gecko but I'm not 100% sure. It is certainly one of the geckos in the genus Lepidoblepharis.
-Paul
-Paul
- February 4th, 2015, 8:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Living and working in Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6305
Re: Living and working in Northern KwaZulu Natal, South Afri
Fantastic photos, Nick! That Amblyodipsas polylepis is a dead ringer for an Atractaspis. The Zygaspis vandami is an amazing find, I'm extremely jealous, and the Breviceps is such a fun species (did you get to see any males riding on the females?). Even the non-herp animals you saw are spectacular, t...
- January 28th, 2015, 8:01 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Endangered Salamander: Tastes Like Bald Eagle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2524
Re: Endangered Salamander: Tastes Like Bald Eagle
It's an interesting article, Chris, but apparently not very accurate. I recently visited China and was taken to a man-made cave where more than 100,000 Chinese Giant Salamanders (called Wa Wa Yu by the local people) were being raised for food. This cave extended for more than a mile and contained ye...
- January 11th, 2015, 10:35 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Passing of Dr. James R. Dixon
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2777
Re: Passing of Dr. James R. Dixon
He was an amazing man, a true 'old school' herpetologist who taught so many of us about the world of amphibians and reptiles. His passing will leave an enormous void in those that knew him. He will be sorely missed. Condolences go out to his wife, Mary and his entire family.
-Paul
-Paul
- January 6th, 2015, 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern Africa (part 2 is up with some namibian niceness)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11980
Re: Southern Africa (part 2 is up with some namibian nicenes
Yes, I post here, but I'm too computer illiterate to post anything substantial other than a comment (that is, I can't add any photos and contribute one of my own travel adventures since I don't know how to do that. Someone explained that you have to have your photos on the web or the cloud or in the...
- December 26th, 2014, 4:06 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern Africa (part 2 is up with some namibian niceness)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11980
Re: Southern Africa (part 2 is up with some namibian nicenes
Paul Freed wrote: The Ptenopus were another outstanding find. All yours seem to be females, did you find any males?l People need to appreciate how cool finding Ptenopus are. Not an easy task. The ones in the photos were what we found. My first time there, so no idea of gender. You are absolutely cor...
- December 26th, 2014, 9:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Southern Africa (part 2 is up with some namibian niceness)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 11980
Re: Southern Africa (part 2 is up with some namibian nicenes
Fantastic post, Martti! So many outstanding herps. Your post brought back so many wonderful memories of herping in that region. I was quite impressed at the turnout at Gobabeb, especially given the remoteness of the place. Nice also to see a good representation of women at the conference. (By the wa...
- October 22nd, 2014, 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: International Herping
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3345
Re: International Herping
Welcome to the forum! You request is a bit more complicated than you might realize. There are so many factors in selecting a place to herp whether here or outside the U.S. For example, what are your specific goals, are you seeking a particular group of animals, how much time do you have, how much fu...