A Yearlong Adventure for...THIS GUY.

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My employer is sending me on "an extended business trip" to a location "far, far away" for the next year...was very unexpected with a short suspense (have to be there in June) and now I'm scrambling to get all the loose ends tied up here on the home front.

I plan on packing my hooks, tongs, etc. and coordinating with like-minded folks at the destination so maybe I'll be able to post some exotic-locale pics (if nothing else, I hope to post pics from stateside herping that I haven't previously had the time to do).
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Good luck and Godspeed, Chris-keep your head down and your hook up over there. ;)
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The place I'm going, I've been before a couple of times, and I think I have some Cyrtopodion scabrum pics from there--which is the only herp I noticed at the time. Since I'll be there for longer, and I've heard some stories of other herps found there, I'm going to be more thorough this time.
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Where ya goin'? Wherever it is, good luck!
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Stay safe!
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If they shoot at you, just hold my book up in front of your face.
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BChambers wrote:Good luck and Godspeed, Chris-keep your head down and your hook up over there. ;)
I couldn't have said it better. Be safe!
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Meh, this is my fifth such excursion (but the longest), third to this particular locale, and it doesn't sound like I'll be going "downrange" much, if at all. There are worse places to be. But I can't let my guard down regardless.
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Stay safe.....
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mideast? stay safe!
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Cyrtopodion scabrum? Dude, you're going to Galveston? Be careful!
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Cyrtopodion scabrum
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Rough-tailed Gecko
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtopodion
Species: C. scabrum
Binomial name
Cyrtopodion scabrum
(Heyden, 1827)
Synonyms

Cyrtodactylus scaber
Gymnodactylus scaber
Stenodactylus scaber

Rough-tailed Gecko Cyrtopodion scabrum is a species of gecko.
[edit] Distribution

Turkey, Egypt [Siwa Oasis: HR 31: 254], Sinai/Tor, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, India, Pakistan, Jordan, Afghanistan,Israel, USA (introduced to Texas)
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scott s wrote:Cyrtopodion scabrum
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I've been to seven of the listed locations, and where I found them (and where I'm going) isn't listed. ;)
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