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by jonathan
September 27th, 2017, 11:50 am
Forum: News
Topic: State pushes to tighten wild reptile collection rules-Nevada
Replies: 235
Views: 376331

Re: State pushes to tighten wild reptile collection rules-Ne

I think there is a genuine need for all animal people to come together and realize that some give and take could go a long way toward making sure the future is bright and that we crank out as many people who want to preserve reptiles and other animals for the future as possible exist. That's a nice...
by jonathan
September 24th, 2017, 9:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip
Replies: 12
Views: 10084

Re: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip

How much further North are you planning? The trip will basically be from Anza to Mojave (possibly with stops down to the Mexican and Arizona borders) then circling the Sierras from Kennedy Meadows to Yosemite and then down to Sequoia. I've hit the coast the last three times I was in America (even i...
by jonathan
September 22nd, 2017, 7:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip
Replies: 12
Views: 10084

Re: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip

SurfinHerp wrote:You gonna cruise down to SD County while you're in So. Cal.??

Jeff

I think our main targets are going to be further north, but we have to hit Anza-Borrego and surrounding environs well so I can show him that mecca for the first time.
by jonathan
September 18th, 2017, 2:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip
Replies: 12
Views: 10084

Re: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip

I think a Subaru wagon would also serve, but I dunno if the rental companies buy those. In the midst of all that grumbling, I think you hit a real winner here. https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5461/17612844969_722828e34d_z.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8894/17799502781_d79537d9d9_z.jpg https://c4....
by jonathan
September 17th, 2017, 2:21 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip
Replies: 12
Views: 10084

Re: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip

Those new little jeeps look pretty sweet. I'm not sure if they are available to rent yet. Kind of reminds me of the old samurai type vehicle. Small, fuel efficient but decent clearance and has 4 wheel drive. That sounds like the ideal vehicle, but I'm not even looking for ideal really. Simple "...
by jonathan
September 16th, 2017, 2:03 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip
Replies: 12
Views: 10084

Advice on an affordable rental for a herping trip

I'm possibly looking to rent a car for a herping trip. Not planning to be doing any off-roading or high-grade roads. 90% of the job will just be getting places on highways and road-cruising, and I'd like to do that as affordably (both rental-wise and fuel-wise) and environmentally-efficiently as pos...
by jonathan
July 23rd, 2017, 10:41 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Three new toad species in Nevada
Replies: 1
Views: 11371

Three new toad species in Nevada

Not quite a typical pure DNA splitting game, looks like each one is in a quite isolated habitat and morphologically distinct. They're Bufo boreas complex but only about two inches long “The Dixie Valley toad is a pretty toad, with flecks of gold on an olive background,” Tracy, a long-time professor ...
by jonathan
July 17th, 2017, 10:00 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Famed snake trackers from India latest weapon in Florida war
Replies: 12
Views: 20294

Re: Famed snake trackers from India latest weapon in Florida

Sorry to beat an old, dead horse, but if I were a FL taxpayer I would be outraged at paying for some foreign guys to essentially go on a vacation and walk around looking for snakes. Yes, I'm sure that the average Florida taxpayer's largest concern is the 0.002 dollars that they had to give towards ...
by jonathan
June 19th, 2017, 7:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: HerpMapper vs NAHERP vs iNaturalist
Replies: 21
Views: 14287

Re: HerpMapper vs NAHERP vs iNaturalist

I stopped submitting records. Use to use an eTrex Legend, via serial port. PC motherboard don't have serial ports anymore. There are adapters but getting them to work in Linux (my OS) hasn't always worked. Bought a USB Garmin. It worked until I lost the cable, and it seems Garmin requires a Garmin ...
by jonathan
June 15th, 2017, 11:12 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: New to Oregon
Replies: 5
Views: 3563

Re: New to Oregon

I don't live in Oregon anymore, but used to and know the little corner in the extreme Northwest (Columbia and Multnomah Counties, and to a much lesser degree Hood River, Washington, Linn, Clatsop, Tillamook, and Yamhill Counties) fairly well. I've also done a bit of herping in other counties south, ...
by jonathan
June 15th, 2017, 11:07 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: HerpMapper vs NAHERP vs iNaturalist
Replies: 21
Views: 14287

Re: HerpMapper vs NAHERP vs iNaturalist

I prefer NAHERP because I felt it was set up best to include the most collaborators and have the best community feel to the project. Some of that has been lost now, but I still see it as the best option of those available.
by jonathan
June 11th, 2017, 11:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Undercover DFG?
Replies: 6
Views: 5247

Re: Undercover DFG?

I would think border patrol, even a bit further north than usual.
by jonathan
June 11th, 2017, 11:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: herping Eugene/Portland area late june
Replies: 2
Views: 2031

Re: herping Eugene/Portland area late june

Turtles and frogs and garter snakes in lakes and marshes. Garter snakes and alligator lizards and racers in meadows/clearings/clearcuts. Stream salamanders and frogs in forested streams in the hills. In Portland, Google Earth will quickly lead you towards places where you can find stuff if you look ...
by jonathan
June 11th, 2017, 10:40 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Community Snake Workshop in Manila
Replies: 2
Views: 2850

Re: Community Snake Workshop in Manila

Quite late, I got a really nice follow-up message about the workshop. Hey, very very much overdue is this little HUGE Thank you! for the workshop on snakes you did with our crew in February. You are in best (and most memorable!) memory to them. "Jon approaches the forest differently", they...
by jonathan
April 25th, 2017, 11:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Doi Suthep from top to bottom
Replies: 2
Views: 3854

Re: Doi Suthep from top to bottom

Fieldnotes wrote:Amazing post, especially how creatively it is displayed. :thumb:
Thank you!

I had almost forgotten about this post, until I found out that one of my DOR ID's was wrong and fixed it right now.
by jonathan
April 25th, 2017, 9:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A "my kid with a snake" shot that you haven't gotten
Replies: 3
Views: 3533

Re: A "my kid with a snake" shot that you haven't gotten

Woww. Its cool how clearly the snake is focused on going about its way and the photo has that same feel as the type you see with like, the ghosts of victorian twins superimposed in the background only its real, just a natural moment of an epic snake with human beings superimposed on its life and en...
by jonathan
April 24th, 2017, 9:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A "my kid with a snake" shot that you haven't gotten
Replies: 3
Views: 3533

A "my kid with a snake" shot that you haven't gotten

https://s.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/dd049f79e479bba15eba133a841f3b08/205114298/Screen+Shot+2017-03-31+at+10.37.50+AM.png When Bianca Dickinson's 2-year-old daughter was playing around in the driveway of their home on Monday, she thought she would snap a few cute photos of the child. Instead, she...
by jonathan
April 24th, 2017, 9:52 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Jumping for Joy: Rana draytonii/Red legged frog in L. A. Co,
Replies: 1
Views: 10481

Re: Jumping for Joy: Rana draytonii/Red legged frog in L. A.

That's awesome. I wonder if this is the population that many of us know of and have been to before, or if it's a different naturally established one, or a reintroduction locale. If it's the spot I've been to before, I would be pleasantly surprised because that locale looked very borderline for the c...
by jonathan
April 24th, 2017, 9:50 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Habit of wanting to own nature’s beauty needs to be broken
Replies: 1
Views: 10602

Re: Habit of wanting to own nature’s beauty needs to be brok

I thought this was going to be about private property and land ownership.

I get that the desire to own animals is often misplaced, but the desire to own land is much more problematic for their welfare.
by jonathan
April 24th, 2017, 9:46 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Famed snake trackers from India latest weapon in Florida war
Replies: 12
Views: 20294

Re: Famed snake trackers from India latest weapon in Florida

The pilot project, being funded by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is also relatively cheap: just $68,888 for two tribesmen and two translators for two months. Armed only with tire irons to punch through dense burma reed and sharp limestone rock and trailed by biologists, the...
by jonathan
April 24th, 2017, 9:37 pm
Forum: News
Topic: 30-some reptiles died in Zoo Knoxville
Replies: 2
Views: 11159

Re: 30-some reptiles died in Zoo Knoxville

Something similar, on a much smaller scale, happened in my own room once when I was a kid. I had recently hatched a clutch of six corn snakes. Four of the babies were doing quite well, one was deformed and was pretty unlikely to make it, one was runted and I doubted it would make it either. I also h...
by jonathan
April 3rd, 2017, 11:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Man Eaters
Replies: 91
Views: 37482

Re: Man Eaters

Hunter–gatherers and other primates as prey, predators, and competitors of snakes Thomas N. Headlanda,1 and Harry W. Greeneb,1 25% of Philippine Agta Negritos men had been attacked by pythons. Snake attacks were a part of life for those people. Perhaps our fear and fascination with giant man eating...
by jonathan
April 3rd, 2017, 1:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Man Eaters
Replies: 91
Views: 37482

Re: Man Eaters

I appreciate this discussion and the thorough documentation Jeremy provided. Summarizing the photos and accounts in one place is much appreciated. Ernie's predictable appearance and personal attacks on scientists aside, I thought we'd have more discussion of the Headland and Greene PNAS paper. 25% ...
by jonathan
March 21st, 2017, 9:45 pm
Forum: Fish Forum
Topic: Aquatic animal ID
Replies: 20
Views: 58819

Re: Aquatic animal ID

Jonathan, do you know how far out in the Bay they were, and where they canoed out from, ie Santa Cruz, Monterey, or Moss Landing? My guess is the fin is the foreflipper of a California Sea Lion, and the spots are bits of water. I think the seal lion is doing a corkscrew dive, checking out the canoe...
by jonathan
March 15th, 2017, 10:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Please contribute to the H.E.R.P. database!
Replies: 35
Views: 43320

Re: Please contribute to the H.E.R.P. database!

Actually after several tries, did manage to get the lat long in, but the last straw was of all things humidity. Tried all kinds of combos, finally just gave up, it was a long day of herping, and just lost patience The humidity field is completely optional, and in my mind unnecessary. You can just l...
by jonathan
March 15th, 2017, 12:15 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Please contribute to the H.E.R.P. database!
Replies: 35
Views: 43320

Re: Please contribute to the H.E.R.P. database!

Unfortunately i tried to enter data, and it kept telling me to enter it in certain formats, i tried and it kept rejecting it, saying it wasn't entered right, after several tries i gave up frustrated. If data needs to be formatted, the program on the site should convert it automatically, a shame tha...
by jonathan
March 7th, 2017, 11:55 am
Forum: Fish Forum
Topic: Aquatic animal ID
Replies: 20
Views: 58819

Re: Aquatic animal ID

Nice insights! Perhaps we finally have a good candidate?
by jonathan
February 12th, 2017, 11:38 pm
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: What was your last lifer?...
Replies: 381
Views: 998203

Re: What was your last lifer?...

Short trip to Manila produced Yellow-vented Bulbul, Spotted Wood Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, and a couple Red-crested Malkoha

Also saw a francolin/partridge of some sort and a nightjar of some sort that both would have been lifers if I’d been able to ID them.
by jonathan
February 12th, 2017, 11:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question about snakes and a snake workshop in Manila
Replies: 5
Views: 3422

Re: Question about snakes and a snake workshop in Manila

DanW wrote:You should contact Rafe Brown at KU, he has done extensive work in the Philippines. https://biodiversity.ku.edu/herpetology

Dan

Thanks a ton Dan. Rafe was in the field, but Luke Welton of KU provided the exact help that I needed.
by jonathan
February 12th, 2017, 11:28 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Community Snake Workshop in Manila
Replies: 2
Views: 2850

Community Snake Workshop in Manila

A few months ago someone got word that I'd be in Manila for a conference (my first time outside India in 1.5 years) and asked if I'd be willing to lead a community snake workshop in their area. The people extending the invitation were a small and quite young network of Christian organic farms and tr...
by jonathan
February 12th, 2017, 9:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Waiting for Herps - herping while staying still
Replies: 7
Views: 6454

Re: Waiting for Herps - herping while staying still

Another is a spot in west Texas where you can sit for hours in the car watching the interactions of Racerunners. This includes foraging, territorial spats, and mating (which is more like rape in their world.) That was a good mention. I remember a similar experience of watching Cozumel Whiptails on ...
by jonathan
February 11th, 2017, 12:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Waiting for Herps - herping while staying still
Replies: 7
Views: 6454

Waiting for Herps - herping while staying still

I've had a number of people, I think Flaxington and Trageser specifically, recommend the seldom-practiced technique of simply sitting still and seeing what herps (or other denizens of nature) show up. And I nearly never have the patience for it, nor am I certain that they do. But every once in a whi...
by jonathan
January 23rd, 2017, 7:20 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question about snakes and a snake workshop in Manila
Replies: 5
Views: 3422

Re: Question about snakes and a snake workshop in Manila

Thank you both!

I've emailed Rafe - hopefully he can get back to me quickly.
by jonathan
January 21st, 2017, 6:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question about snakes and a snake workshop in Manila
Replies: 5
Views: 3422

Question about snakes and a snake workshop in Manila

I happen to be passing through Manila briefly soon, and a friend has asked me if I could give a little workshop/presentation on snakes in a local community. Apparently, the community is made up of many people who were relocated to this forest/farming area from the city, and they’re not particularly ...
by jonathan
December 21st, 2016, 12:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Some washington county herps
Replies: 4
Views: 2847

Re: Some washington county herps

Nice post
by jonathan
December 20th, 2016, 11:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: ID this salamander larvae
Replies: 2
Views: 2365

ID this salamander larvae

Picture from my dad. I have my guess, but I want to get other opinions before I put it in the database.

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by jonathan
October 7th, 2016, 8:43 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: An interesting article on the place of science in society
Replies: 68
Views: 42140

Re: An interesting article on the place of science in societ

I had a lot of professors who would have probably joined a suicide cult if Feynman led it. He was legendary in physics circles, and for good reason. A major issue I had with him, though, is that he frequently degraded the "philosophy of science", even though he (unintentionally?) spoke out...
by jonathan
October 6th, 2016, 11:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Short southern Rajasthan trip: mammals>herps, stories>pics
Replies: 0
Views: 5305

Short southern Rajasthan trip: mammals>herps, stories>pics

My first stop was Jaipur where my wife had a workshop to attend. Though I didn't get the chance to herp, even our short excursion to the city lake resulted in a chance encounter with this fantastic softshell turtle: http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff45/Jonathan_Daehnke/India/P1010436_zpsjrzonw6k....
by jonathan
October 6th, 2016, 10:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
Replies: 22
Views: 12872

Re: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets

I've had a few good ones and heard quite a few better. You definitely win. Glad you came out of it with just the story and no injury. Haha - thanks. That being said, my dad (who spent 30 years working in zoos) had this interesting note: "I'd worry more about the bears than the leopard. Althoug...
by jonathan
October 4th, 2016, 9:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
Replies: 22
Views: 12872

Re: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets

Thanks, all of you have been really helpful!
by jonathan
October 4th, 2016, 7:05 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
Replies: 22
Views: 12872

Re: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets

Long talks with Yellowstone back country guides and rangers made me a believer of its effectiveness. http://www.backcountry.com/counter-assault-bear-deterrent-with-belt-holster-10.2oz?rr=t https://www.amazon.com/Udap-12HP-UDAP-Bear-Spray/dp/B001QGYH7Y http://www.bearspray.com/specification-chart/ b...
by jonathan
October 4th, 2016, 6:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
Replies: 22
Views: 12872

Re: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets

Great story, jonathan. One you can hold for years and years. I do wonder if you met Shere Khan instead, if it would have turned out differently? No tigers in this area. In the one place I've dealt with that's tiger-heavy, which happens to contain probably the most consistently man-eating tigers on ...
by jonathan
October 3rd, 2016, 9:33 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: North American big cats
Replies: 34
Views: 80413

Re: North American big cats

Not a great shot? That's a fantastic cougar shot.
by jonathan
October 3rd, 2016, 9:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets
Replies: 22
Views: 12872

Re: About as exhilarating/terrifying as a herping story gets

Chaitanya wrote:Personally for me place where I herp on outskirts of my city, striped hyenas and leopards are threat and I have to watch out for those two animals constantly.

Do you herp alone at night in any bear/leopard territory? If not, what do you consider a minimum? What precautions do you take?
by jonathan
September 30th, 2016, 4:26 am
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: A great Herpetoculture resource from a noted Dutchman
Replies: 8
Views: 16394

Re: A great Herpetoculture resource from a noted Dutchman

The technical "keeper" info is also pretty exceptional. It's pure Euro-style (big cages, naturalistic set-ups, natural feeding, close approximation of home-area temp & moisture cycles etc etc), not every American's cup of tea and certainly not the only way to succeed, but it accords c...
by jonathan
September 30th, 2016, 4:18 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Amazing Predation by a Leopard Lizard
Replies: 6
Views: 5042

Re: Amazing Predation by a Leopard Lizard

I used to keep a good-sized adult leopard lizard and a good-sized adult desert iguana together in a large enclosure...I'm glad they never had these kind of issues with each other! Although when I tried to add my mojave fringe-toed lizard to the mix, the leopard lizard ran around with it like a dog w...
by jonathan
September 29th, 2016, 6:13 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: North American big cats
Replies: 34
Views: 80413

Re: North American big cats

Cat sightings are few and far between for most people, I think. Mine are: Yeah, I can't imagine the luck of anyone who sees cats "a lot". (Though full-time field researchers doing their work at night probably get more chances than anyone.) Mine are: 4 bobcats. First was crossing a logging...
by jonathan
September 29th, 2016, 5:55 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What do you think made this wound? (Latest Updates).
Replies: 30
Views: 45447

Re: What do you think made this wound?

Pigs can be pretty nasty to each other, all right. That's a weird looking wound, though. If it were done by another animal I'd expect it to be some kind of slash, but that just looks like a big, open and spreading sore. Maybe it started as a much smaller wound from daily life but then got infected?...
by jonathan
September 29th, 2016, 5:46 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: The 10 pictures you most regret not getting
Replies: 2
Views: 12207

Re: The 10 pictures you most regret not getting

Your leopard cat with kittens story is awesome. The saddle-backed tamarin is great too. I like how we had so many overlaps. Bobcat, small-clawed otter, stink badger, and multiple tropical porcupine species on both of our lists. Quite coincidentally, within 2 weeks of posting this list I have to comp...
by jonathan
September 28th, 2016, 8:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: An interesting article on the place of science in society
Replies: 68
Views: 42140

Re: An interesting article on the place of science in societ

I just got far enough in the article to get to this quote: Consider the question “Are genetically modified crops more productive than conventional crops?” Some researchers prefer to answer this question by looking at field trials that allow variables like weather and soil type to be carefully contro...