Herp-a-day (pt II)

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Thanks! It's north of Point Conception. If I took the photo facing south rather than north, Point Conception and Jalama Beach would have been visible in the background. Access is restricted so the lizard is safe ;)
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Thanks for satisfying my curiousity. Shoulda known it was north of Jalama, those are definitely tracks, not highway, that and the lack of structures (as on the ranch) should have given it away. I really enjoy your photography.
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A jungle carpet python (Morelia spilota cheynei) found last week. I recently bought a wide angle lens and have been trying it out with different things.
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I am new to photography, but not to herping.
I recently found FHF, I'm loving it and learning a lot.
Hope to put it to practice soon with my new camera.

I do have a few photos of my odd trips as the rule
"photos or it didn't happen" always apply.

Here is probably my best shot taken on a 2.1mp Casio P&S in 2004

Giant Bromeliad Frog.

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California Toad (Bufo boreas halophilus)
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Morelet's Crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii)
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Plethodon ouachitae - Rich Mountain salamander from this morning.

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Black-bellied Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps nigriventris)
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Very artful! I wouldn't have "seen" this shot :thumb:
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Wow it's so hard to choose. I'll just pick a random shot from one of the thousands over this previous summer in Honduras.

Duellmanohyla soralia from Cusuco National Park
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what happened to this thread? was one of my favs! shucks
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Glad to see you're back. Well, let's get it going again. I'll start with this: Southern Pacific rattler I found early last Saturday morning on a hike. It was the only thing I found.

Crotalus oreganus helleri
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Very nice Kevin! Will download some pics tomorrow and post 1...
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I agree! This always has been a fun thread. Hopefully people will keep it up again!

I'll start with this little guy from my Arizona trip last month.

Neonate Crotalus scutulatus - Mohave rattlesnake
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Hey Mike,

I've got one of those too from the Antelope Valley back in May.

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Awesome, Rob.
The sheer variability within just about any given species is one of the reason I love crotes. I forgot I posted a different scute before, but the one I put up on Page 1 is an Antelope valley animal.
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Here's one from a couple hours ago.

Plethodon angusticlavius - Ozark zigzag salamander
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Here's some variability for C. o. oreganus; both from Santa Clara Co., CA

Santa Cruz Mtns:

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And last Friday in Diablo Mtns:

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Phrynosoma blainvillii - Blainville's Horned Lizard

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Another C. o. oreganus, this one from the Santa Cruz side of the Santa Cruz Mts:

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Olympus pen epl1, Zuiko 40-150mm, evening, no flash. Taken while holding off a moron's pug with my other hand. ("He justs wants to sniff the snake, man..." "It's a rattlesnake!")
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Crotalus viridis (Prairie rattlesnake) in situ, Logan County, Kansas.
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Glad to see this returned. Nothing exciting, but here's an unposted hatchling Glossy Snake Kevin and I found somewhere before the Police rolled us up for being hoodlums with our flashlights and cameras out. 2 sketchy nerds out in the desert doing nothing but trouble...
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Just found this great thread. All of the awesome photography is really inspiring.

Here's a shot by my 9-year old son Nicholas I really like:

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Red-Sided Garter Snake (thamnophis sirtalis infernalis), Marin County, CA

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So many great pics on this thread! Had to get in on the action. Not from today, but one of my favorite crote' encounters...

NP Rattlesnake, eastern WA.

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Here's one from the spring. I found these guys while walking a flooded area during a massive amphib chorus consisting of Dwarf American toads, Green frogs, American bullfrogs, Southern leopard frogs, Blanchard's cricket frogs, Green treefrogs, Cope's grey treefrogs, Eastern narrowmouthed toads, and Spring peepers in Scott County, Arkansas.

Neonate Agkistrodon piscivorus leucostoma - Western cottonmouths. You can still see the yellow tail tips that they will use for caudal luring.
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Those Cottonmouths are super cool!


Gambelia wislizenii - Long-nosed Leopard Lizard (East Palmdale, CA)
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Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus) from last month.

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love that pic Mike!
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Love that Leopard Lizard shot (and also your killer Horned Lizard shot :thumb: )

Here's a shot of another gravid female, this one from Joshua Tree NP:

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Again taken by Nicholas with a Nikon Coolpix P100.

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Another great shot by Nicholas!

Juvenile Coluber constrictor priapus - Southern black racer, flipped in between some shingles.
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Santa Cruz County, Arizona
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Thanks RobertH for the kind words!

Rescued this GS from work, and took it back to the wild!

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Another Antelope Valley Gambelia wislizenii - male this time.

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Either you had a large "tele'" or, you can whisper to Leopard Lizards. They never let me get closer than my 10 foot fly rod.


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<i>Gastrophryne carolinensis</i> - Eastern narrowmouthed toad.
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Either you had a large "tele'" or, you can whisper to Leopard Lizards. They never let me get closer than my 10 foot fly rod.
That's an interesting observation. Maybe we are just lucky, but "all" of the Leopard Lizards we have found and photographed (only about 6-7, actually) allowed us to approach within just a few feet. Nicholas took the above shot from less than 2 feet away.

Here's another one of the same lizard, also taken from about 2 feet, if that:

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And after taking pictures, Nicholas caught the lizard with his bare hands. She never really moved:

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Maybe, it's different for male Leopard Lizards, at least fully grown ones. All of the others we have found were juvies or subadults.

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Scaphiopus couchii - Couch's spadefoot
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Green Frog from Sevier County, TN
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Mexican Leaf Frog (Pachymedusa dacnicolor)

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Desert Iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis dorsalis)

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Taken from about 30 feet away with an incredibly bulky 8oomm lens that I had borrowed. I think minimum focus distance was about 21 feet with that thing.
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Love the bokeh on the Desert Iguana shot!

This shot was taken after my kids and I had a chance to hold her, and admire her beautiful colors.

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I like how the natural light is so even here and 'think it actually compliments the animal. I tried some with flash, even at -2 it washed it out.

Ringneck (Diadophis punctatus acricus)

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Nice Richard!

Here's one a county over.

Salvadora grahamiae grahamiae - Mountain patchnose
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Coast Pacth-nosed (Salvadora hexalepis virgultea) from LA County in August

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