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- February 26th, 2016, 6:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Reactionary regulations in Oregon
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4791
Re: Reactionary regulations in Oregon
.. sorry to hear this Richard, I know you understand, but our many "grasshoppers" will look for logic in all the wrong places (biology) ... and the answer is simply power & control ... homonid over homonid .. as ever it were ... & shameful as it is ... thnx goodness americans have ...
- February 26th, 2016, 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: just not sure
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4598
Re: just not sure
... awise man once't said ... in the kingdom of the blind ... the 1 eyed jack is king : }
... get better soon el rey !
... get better soon el rey !
- February 24th, 2016, 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sonoran or Joshua Tree
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5848
Re: Sonoran or Joshua Tree
Yo Kevin, heres what i'd advise ... 1) come to a new forum w/ some pix & info of what you've seen & done, rather than asking in your 1'st handfull of posts for advice ... & then like so many others ... never bothering to say thnx ... never mind posting any results ... each beggar thus re...
- February 24th, 2016, 3:38 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: outdoor enclosures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 36725
Re: outdoor enclosures
documenting winter basking w/ rockboas ...
- February 24th, 2016, 3:37 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: outdoor enclosures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 36725
Re: outdoor enclosures
... example of the kind of experiments i could arrange there ...
- February 24th, 2016, 3:35 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: outdoor enclosures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 36725
Re: outdoor enclosures
i think its pretty obvious, masonry base ( 8 x 8 x 16 block w/ 12" x 12" caps ... i used the property walls for 2 sides, welded 1/4" square stock for cat exclosure top : 1/4" galv hardware cloth, w/ truss strap material to secure it w/ 5/16" hex hed self tapping screws, fram...
- February 21st, 2016, 9:58 am
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: outdoor enclosures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 36725
Re: outdoor enclosures
... abit of an overkill, but it was 1 of the reasons i really h8t'd to sell that house ... i kept a community of rockdewellers in there; chucks / tortugas / rockboas/ pituophids / most of them bred & thrived ... a real labor of love, tho i wouldn't do it that way again, too much work :p http://g...
- February 19th, 2016, 7:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: These are becoming everyday
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2819
Re: caly-sea-snakes
jaja whats not to love about global warming eh ? I've pondered why Pelamis has'nt entered the gulf of california, its surely warm enough for them, then we zonies could have a 3'rd elapid w/in 50 miles of the border anyway ...
- February 18th, 2016, 6:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Obama To Sign Bill Today To Protect More Areas Of Mojave
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7225
Re: Obama To Sign Bill Today To Protect More Areas Of Mojav
Thnx Jimi & Bryan 4 your inputs, some of the acronyms otta be spelled out once .. but im guess'n great basin or grand escalante staircase ?? .. but you lads otta admit there is & has been a loss of wildlife waters, note our experience @ joshua tree, the e mojave, cabeza ... & elsewhere ....
- February 18th, 2016, 5:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Obama To Sign Bill Today To Protect More Areas Of Mojave
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7225
Re: Obama To Sign Bill Today To Protect More Areas Of Mojav
Changing the BLM"preserve" to NPS "monument" status will normally effect recreationists as much or more than commercial interests, not only will patrol intensity increase ( see http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6d698b0e2c304370a4f0c72fa8f9797f/report-assault-weapons-improperly-bough...
- February 17th, 2016, 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: different snake species basking together?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9955
Re: different snake species basking together?
while i havent observed this myself, it seems i've seen over the years, several photos at spring emergence at den sites, whipsnakes & gopher snakes basking w/ rattlesnakes. I suspect that has more to do w/ the emergence than utilizing the vipers for protection, but who knows? If you broaden your...
- February 14th, 2016, 6:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First snake of the year
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9209
Re: First snake of the year
... belly nyce, looks pure getulus, myne was a nytesnake yesterday ... : }
- February 11th, 2016, 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Xantusia vigilis vigilis
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9171
Re: Xantusia vigilis vigilis
for those interested in things xantuid, & especially if you want to keep them ... dont overlook the central american giants (pinky eaters i understand) ... & our az beazyii ... i know a mellowfellow who maintained beazii & vigilis in the same vivaria, had neonates produced , but no hybri...
- February 11th, 2016, 5:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5853
Re: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
Bout time you returned, & good on you for reporting it,as i suspected their is an indigenous racer to the island(s) & so having Coluber there is not likely to be a good thing for them, but who knows, mebbe theres just the one. All should be aware of the effect brown tree snakes had on the pa...
- February 10th, 2016, 9:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Desert boots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4669
Re: Desert boots
.. then dont ..
- February 9th, 2016, 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Desert boots
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4669
Re: Desert boots
... good ole lat, stays on top of these things & turned me on to "Tactical Research" 1'st pair of boots since i was 30 ( 2 or 3 yrs ago) that felt good the day i put them on ... combat looking desert tan ; leather where they need to be, breathing synthetix elsewhere .... high tops like...
- February 9th, 2016, 11:26 am
- Forum: Mammal Forum
- Topic: ... of cloaks and jaguars ...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 11879
... of cloaks and jaguars ...
... those of us interested in the hairy side of life might take a gander at http://fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23028 & especially see the link lateralis provides therein (azcentral) for a very good bit of environmental journalism, although Tony Davis of the Tucson Daily Star...
- February 4th, 2016, 4:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5853
Re: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
... nice shot CH, that one on the chandelier is from between san-t & harlingen & is quite a nyce steely blue when freshly shed, but it also has a hint of gular amarillo ... yours looks like some of the cali & mormon racers ive seen, apparently theres some variability besides where they a...
- February 3rd, 2016, 11:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5853
Re: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
...anyone ( a' hhmm johnathan ... ) gotta sps list for the bahamas? & while its l8te, ... i'm trusting the OP will give us more details in the following daze ... theres nothing florida about this snake / everglades or wherever ... cept its ventral blanca ... edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
- February 3rd, 2016, 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5853
Re: Which Coluber subspecies is this?
wow thats very interesting, as the nearest mainland colubers to the bahamas are all los negroes (black) ... i'da said south central tx s / se of san-tone or possibly in the NE wherever foxii interfaces w/ the eastern blacks, because most azules (blues) i have had the pleasure to see have had ventral...
- February 1st, 2016, 9:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
slowworm do what ewe hafta do bro, thats how life rolls ... & u have me completely wrong, but thats ok i do not care ... & dont let the cyber door hit ewe in the donkey during bailout ... & fwiw (little) , i put some more comments up higher on the dispersal discussion ... rxr
- January 31st, 2016, 8:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
Johnathan you have already figured it out ... overwater dispersal is largely apparently random, as ive pointed out ... obviously highly unlikely ( 1/3/ per 10 000-14000 years ... which most of our readers & ill tempered txtr's & twit-rz cannot discern from impossible ( like zonies on mars or...
- January 31st, 2016, 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral Study
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6761
Re: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral St
That is not the gist of the conversation here. Unless you just wish to impress a young lady in her 20's...[/quote]
... dang KS, look @ her avatar ... ya cant blame a lad 4 trying ... :p
...edit x2 ; we males may grode oder ... but we never said we we're gonna grode up !
... dang KS, look @ her avatar ... ya cant blame a lad 4 trying ... :p
...edit x2 ; we males may grode oder ... but we never said we we're gonna grode up !
- January 31st, 2016, 5:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral Study
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6761
Re: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral St
... KS, thnx for the life coaching babe, but im good ( really good ) just the way i am & to the slowworm... (apologies to Anguis) pull ewer hed outta that bag of glue & get a clue ... nobuddy gives a damn bout ewe ... heehee ... oxo http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/Regalringneck/chuck1_...
- January 31st, 2016, 8:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral Study
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6761
Re: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral St
K&S, come on now, i sed i was a pre-geezer for iitois sake ... & am still well short of qualifying for SS, now just cuz im still buff, funny, n regularly mistaken in the gym for but a young forked horn buck ... you dont hafta blow my cover :p ... & i aint jonesin for a job, i just know t...
- January 30th, 2016, 9:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral Study
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6761
Re: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral St
.. ok due to your prompt i will, as prolly the biggest single mistake most graduate students make is not soliciting a variety of input prior to selecting their specific topic of inquiry, & relying soley on immediate peers & committee members ... & i did that too ... :p Chucks in the wild...
- January 30th, 2016, 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral Study
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6761
Re: Field Technicians for CA Common Chuckwalla Behavioral St
Hello Hadar & what a nice gesture to post this opportunity, hopefully the gal will get lots of applications, These are great resume builders for tomorrows wildlife managers, heck as a pre-geezer it sounds interesting, cept i'd b too close to my bro lateralis ... hoo is fast approaching same stat...
- January 30th, 2016, 12:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
dudes, several of you seem to have a serious reading comprehension issue & i'm sorry about that, we all have our own challenges dont we? The real topic is not weather or not there are zonata on the Island .. how many times does it need to be said THERE ARE ZONATA on CATALINA[/color ] I probably ...
- January 29th, 2016, 12:11 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
Fundad, the best reason to doubt their existence i posted on the 1st page & will append it here again for your conveinience ( after all you do alotta hard work organizing & herd'n your group ) ... the best reason to doubt their presence would be that only 1 in ~ 3 of the herpetofauna of LA C...
- January 29th, 2016, 6:55 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: ... like the ole hells angel said : cant get along ...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2485
... like the ole hells angel said : cant get along ...
... lets git it on ... kinda reminds me of herping wit lateralis .... no wonder we never find nuttn :p
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/liz ... d4fe8da14d
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/liz ... d4fe8da14d
- January 29th, 2016, 12:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
If I didn't have to upload to photobucket first (which seems down for maintenance), I'd post it. Why can't this forum allow us to upload straight from our devices like every other website? Uploading to another site and then having to copy the image code seems archaic. togg'n about archaic ... googl...
- January 28th, 2016, 11:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
oh well since noe1 else will do it ... heres a screenshot of 1 of the more recently photo'd isla zonies ... has anyone got a link to the recent herp review article or even the abstract ? I canna believe i still havent subscribed to that pub ... yet ... what a bum ! http://gallery."not allowed&q...
- January 26th, 2016, 11:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
heres the 2'nd case that we really need to solve, our CiC wants this one to be the priority http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/Regalringneck/peckerhed_zpsxz87y72m.png ...and so whilst the wobbly crows continue to attempt to frame this as some kind of personal attack, my focus & concern remain...
- January 26th, 2016, 11:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
helihogs goin rogue ..... Catalina Island Zonata
dude, ewe hafta b one of the shinyest/sharpest tools in the trailer ...ahh how does it go, what is again; a tyny nut in a rut ? heehee ... But hey prof., if you can breakaway from your busy teaching schedule, i can use your skills on a coupla hoax cases im workin http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y17...
- January 24th, 2016, 8:08 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
heard from a distant canyon wall ... hoo hoo hoo
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23028
and ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYVlvyhA3UA
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=23028
and ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYVlvyhA3UA
- January 23rd, 2016, 5:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
... what dyd ahnolde say ? hasta la vista bebe ... or to paraphrase; if you cant take the heat ... stay outta OUR kitchen (science) ... and grasshoppers (& conmen) ... OUR kitchen is nature & shes far more important than you ( & i ) & your ( & mine) effing egos ... im still joust...
- January 22nd, 2016, 1:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
i get a kick outta so many here ... so lets just think for a change, instead of feel, just for a minute -kay ? Try to follow this & then understand why I am the hoax-detective ... & knotewe : } Event 1; We have an individual who admits looking for (of all the possible california biota) ; zon...
- January 21st, 2016, 9:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
heheheh confidential 2mattg ... sheeples like ewersef are y we smart moefoes dont post here much anymore .... you're not even informed enuff to know when 2 realize just STFU .... & listen ... then try2think ... maybe even go 2 a university library ... and then to perhaps get a glimpse into what ...
- January 21st, 2016, 7:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
Hi Lou, Im game 2 go ... long as you lemme fly once we get outta the TAC, & buzz the ferrys ... but you hafta land it ... cat is a scary approach ... btw the zonies arent @ the aeropuertoe ... but not that far away ... & we need to bring scuba gear ... thats the best reason to go there :p b-...
- January 21st, 2016, 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
... and now that i have seen the video ... i am very dubious, Paul & i would have had the zonie riding a woodpecker & the fox taking them both out of the aire ... the thin aire ... : }
- January 21st, 2016, 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Isla Catalina herps ...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1120
Isla Catalina herps ...
for anyone interested ... see posting.php?mode=reply&f=6&t=22905
- January 21st, 2016, 5:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Catalina Island Zonata
- Replies: 148
- Views: 8508
Re: Catalina Island Zonata
... amazing … a thread interesting enough for me to comment on, instead of the usual dataless endless orgy of color ... which is fine, but of nearly zero scientific interest ... assuming RH above is the editor of HR., : Robert you folks have to get more circumspect prior to publishing notes as the A...
- December 5th, 2015, 1:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: "Pick one thing"
- Replies: 115
- Views: 51033
Re: "Pick one thing"
... dunnoe bout just 1 thang ... nor the original premise; green herping (unless theyre anoles) meateaters or otherwise ... but what i think you were sayen ... I mustve dreamed a thousand dreams Been haunted by a million screams But I can hear the marching feet They're moving into the street. Now di...
- July 30th, 2015, 3:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Night road-cruising in AZ
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5311
Re: Night road-cruising in AZ
... briefly; an excellent example of why az's herp take laws are good but not great either, the short answer is yes ; their are (unless the rule has been chngd), plenty of az game wardens that will write you a citation for shining your fenix @ a herp out the window of your rental car w/ your 120.- l...
- July 1st, 2015, 3:42 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: European herper looking for FL help
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3380
Re: European herper looking for FL help
... i for one appreciate a call for help, from one who has given so freely & so often / thankyou / : ] ... so id look @ parking that rv @ a state park ; crystal springs ? n. of orlando & seeing if you cant get a rental car to drop off to you (uber driver ?) & cruise the main roads of the...
- June 10th, 2015, 1:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: I've seen it, you seen it ... we've all seen...
- Replies: 58
- Views: 30992
Re: gopher snake defensive display ...
... seems like we've got (or had) a gr8t thread on this pit-crote mimickry ... which to me the florida hognoses have down even better than the snattlerakes : ] Heres the problem tho : these elaborate defenses do not appear to work! Typical snake killers such as roadrunners, hawks & mongoose-badg...
- May 5th, 2015, 8:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Recent trip to Southwest Arizona
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4778
Re: Recent trip to Southwest Arizona
... wow what a post, for me the rockboas are the gold, while several spec & boa afficionados have reported rosys in these mtns over the years & UoA has 1 specimen from the Gila mtns., from back in 1958, yours is the 1st recent bonafide find that i am aware of, of L. t. gracia south of the gi...
- May 5th, 2015, 8:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Before I Found this Forum
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2497
Re: Before I Found this Forum
... hmmm ... i normally never look at "lynx" placed in posts (cuz i think its rude to this sites owner to divert folks away from it ), but in this case ... am i glad i did. What an incredible series of photos w/ the rubber boa ... 1st time i've ever seen pix posted of one preying on such m...
- March 29th, 2015, 5:37 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: CB rosy bites vs WC rosy
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16281
Re: CB rosy bites vs WC rosy
... yes its a phenomena many of us have experienced the hard way ( & yes adult rosys effing hurt!) but the same feeding bite from a burmese or retic .. i hear .. makes ya wanna die! In rosys ; it seems to be specific to pops; mexican & baja s. no, everywhere else; yes. Yet these same biters ...
- March 21st, 2015, 1:33 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top Down Effects of Snakes
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6578
Re: Top Down Effects of Snakes
Thnx for responding NF, sounds like you are there amongst the pythons, & research, so i ask you; What you've experienced on the Flamingo Rd & for how long? I agree w/ most of your comments, other than we differ on the value of the DoR pythons, as one can safely predict when a predator depres...