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by Paul White
June 12th, 2010, 9:50 am
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Animals in water?
Replies: 6
Views: 3666

Animals in water?

Does anyone have ideas for taking shots of animals that are submerged in water? There's a pond or two here with a great population of diving beetles and I can't get a shot worth a crap. They're always overexposed, or you can't see the animal through the water...how do you get those shots to turn out...
by Paul White
June 12th, 2010, 8:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My first kingsnake!
Replies: 10
Views: 4388

Re: My first kingsnake!

werler and dixon puts us as in an intergrade zone, so probably. I was too busy laughing my head off to think straight. I haven't been that excited since my first indigo :)
by Paul White
June 12th, 2010, 8:46 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: My first kingsnake!
Replies: 10
Views: 4388

My first kingsnake!

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm18/paulWTAMU/Field%20Finds/wildcatbluff001-1.jpg first glimpse Don't know what it's eating...any ID's? I'm in Amarillo TX http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm18/paulWTAMU/Field%20Finds/wildcatbluff003-1.jpg My first wild kingsnake :beer: :lol: :D And it was eat...
by Paul White
June 12th, 2010, 8:39 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Field herping in DREAMS?
Replies: 11
Views: 3682

Re: Field herping in DREAMS?

I've had herp related dreams yeah :lol: What sucks is I'm always finding stuff in my dreams I'd kill to find IRL. Like reticulated collared lizards, banded geckos, eastern indigos...*sigh* This week I had a dream that I found a nest of rattlesnakes (indeterminate species) under my couch. edit: Awww,...
by Paul White
June 11th, 2010, 9:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: San Diego County freaks - why I go out when nobody else does
Replies: 43
Views: 13735

Re: San Diego County freaks - why I go out when nobody else

Hows' the care on the shovel nosed? I've been trying to decide on some unusual small colubrids to work with, and I'm bouncing back and forth between lyre snakes, long-nose snakes, and shovel nosed or patch nosed. I have, and like, kings and house snakes and pythons but I want something a bit differe...
by Paul White
June 11th, 2010, 7:47 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Everyone post your milksnakes!
Replies: 89
Views: 21380

Re: Everyone post your milksnakes!

I think I hate you all. I've *never* found a Lampropeltis in the field.
by Paul White
June 11th, 2010, 10:28 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: As requested. Funky Masticophis lateralis lateralis
Replies: 10
Views: 3432

Re: As requested. Funky Masticophis lateralis lateralis

reminds me of bannana cream pie...

ok, it's lunch time. everything reminds me of food...but look at the dark black with the yellow band...pretty snake
by Paul White
June 11th, 2010, 10:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: San Diego County freaks - why I go out when nobody else does
Replies: 43
Views: 13735

Re: San Diego County freaks - why I go out when nobody else

I don't think I've *ever* herped a real abberant...one or two possible hybrids, one or two diamondbacks that had funky patterns (not too extreme)...that's been it.
by Paul White
June 10th, 2010, 2:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Snake Repellent Testing - Advice
Replies: 13
Views: 7083

Re: Snake Repellent Testing - Advice

if it works, I'll sprinkle most of the neighborhood with it, and leave my yard free of it :lol: Bring me your poor, squirming serpents, y earning to eat mice....
by Paul White
June 9th, 2010, 8:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: REPOST: Three-Ring King Rat Circus
Replies: 5
Views: 2307

Re: REPOST: Three-Ring King Rat Circus

I've seen some king rats that had vivid black and yellow coloration as adults, and pictures of others that look like those; more brownish...is it a locale thing, or is it just polymorphic?? I'd always assumed it was age related color change but those are still brown and are pretty big.
by Paul White
June 9th, 2010, 8:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Albuquerque area the past month or so...
Replies: 10
Views: 4057

Re: Albuquerque area the past month or so...

two of my cousin's are in Albq. Tried to go herping last year only to come down sick on the trip :evil:
Ever see any blacktails? Those are on my life list...I spend time in NM semi regulalry but it's always for some family emergency (funerals, sicknesses etc).
by Paul White
June 9th, 2010, 3:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: VA salamanders and some odds and ends
Replies: 5
Views: 2334

Re: VA salamanders and some odds and ends

all of ya'll with the major diversity of salamanders make me jealous. All we got around here are tigers and even those aren't terribly common (I've seen 2-3 since I moved here).
Some of those...wow. That first one looked like the night sky man. Just astonishing.
by Paul White
June 9th, 2010, 3:31 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: Recommended Reading
Replies: 21
Views: 9747

Re: Recommended Reading

Amphibians and Reptiles of New Mexico, by Degenhardt et al. Good information for most of NM's herps. Includes notes on natural history, range, etc. Texas Snakes, Werler and Dixon. Great amount of info on our serpents. I'll second "The Keeper and the Kept." My parents gave me that for Chris...
by Paul White
June 9th, 2010, 7:35 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Another GREAT week of northern Ohio herping!
Replies: 21
Views: 6149

Re: Another GREAT week of northern Ohio herping!

Sheesh. I need to visit the wife's family up there more often I guess.
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 8:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 5/31 Palo Duro Canyon
Replies: 5
Views: 2989

Re: 5/31 Palo Duro Canyon

Hey, PD is a great spot :) I've found a prairie or two there, but mostly atrox. The un-ID'd lizard is a checkered whiptail, very common on the lighthouse trail. I get down to PD several times per month when I can. Good to see other panhandlers here! Try the running trail for collared lizards there b...
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 3:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Thus far in CA
Replies: 5
Views: 3950

Re: Thus far in CA

try Nerodia...it's freaking horrible. I used to think Thamnophis was bad but during my first year in texas, I tried to catch a water snake...got pooped on, musked on, and bit. One hell of a reek. It worked too, I leave 'em alone now :lol: not worth trying to catch 'em when I can find 'em any day of ...
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 2:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Texas Panhandle, June 5-7
Replies: 7
Views: 4589

Re: Texas Panhandle, June 5-7

There's one that lives in/near my mom's compost heap. Seems to lay it's eggs and overwinter (during what Houstonians call a winter) in it. I peek in and say high about once a visit :lol: Gotta love it. She's a beauty.
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by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 1:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Texas Panhandle, June 5-7
Replies: 7
Views: 4589

Re: Texas Panhandle, June 5-7

There ain't a part of this state without amazing herpetofauna. I love it :mrgreen: My folks live in the suburbs of houston and I've seen buttermilk racers, nerodia, texas rats and thamnophis in their yard. They've got what sounds like a mud snake that frequents the neighborhood but I ain't seen it y...
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 11:58 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Let's get this show back on the road...
Replies: 27
Views: 8269

Re: Let's get this show back on the road...

teach me the ways of the photographer O revered one!

Neat shots :)
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 11:55 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Once, In a Former Life . . .
Replies: 40
Views: 12336

Re: Once, In a Former Life . . .

old: Varanid
new: Paul White
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 11:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Last couple weeks in New Mexico
Replies: 14
Views: 4797

Re: Last couple weeks in New Mexico

You just found 3 herps on my life list! Nice man. That's a heck of a neat trip :)
That blacktail, the gecko and the transpecos are the lifers I ain't found yet.
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 11:42 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Texas Panhandle, June 5-7
Replies: 7
Views: 4589

Texas Panhandle, June 5-7

I'm going out this evening too and may edit this post later...older photos first June 5th, morning This flew at me after this photo. I screamed and jumped. http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm18/paulWTAMU/Field%20Finds/wildcatbluff013.jpg 1st herp...bad start. Intresting to watch the ants work http...
by Paul White
June 8th, 2010, 6:46 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Krk, May 21-23, DUW
Replies: 11
Views: 7925

Re: Krk, May 21-23, DUW

I had no idea your part of Europe had that much lizard diversity. Those are some seriously neat animals man.

Also props on the tortoise! Killer find.