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by RCampbell
November 29th, 2024, 11:16 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Arizona, August 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 322

Re: Arizona, August 2024

Currently avoiding snow and real cold in FL, planning a run into Centruroides guanensis habitats to attempt new images of guanensis and do more habitat shots...plus look for multiple non native Anolis for images.
by RCampbell
November 28th, 2024, 7:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Arizona, August 2024
Replies: 3
Views: 322

Re: Arizona, August 2024

Makes me miss AZ even more than always!

Thanks for sharing!
by RCampbell
November 27th, 2024, 5:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: FL Everglades
Replies: 3
Views: 518

Re: FL Everglades

Gotta love seeing crocs... Thank you for sharing your trip and images...sadly pygmies seem to be less and less common. Central FL has areas where they were abundant, but most of those areas are housing tracts now and pygmies are far and very few between anymore. That said your pics of that one made ...
by RCampbell
November 22nd, 2024, 4:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Warm thoughts for friends out in colder places
Replies: 1
Views: 524

Warm thoughts for friends out in colder places

Lots of cold weather out there. For all of you needing warm thoughts...a Cuban Treefrog and Green Anole doing its best impersonation of a sagrei...
by RCampbell
November 21st, 2024, 10:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Please pray for the Rattlesnakes
Replies: 10
Views: 1638

Re: Please pray for the Rattlesnakes

I am intimately aware of population guesstimates in the area, and no doubt if this fire was happening during peak activity times rather than hibernation periods there might be serious casualties...

In the end I doubt seriously if there will be much loss at all for slumbering serpents.
by RCampbell
November 21st, 2024, 6:00 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Please pray for the Rattlesnakes
Replies: 10
Views: 1638

Re: Please pray for the Rattlesnakes

Fires have been happening since before humans meandered into horridus habitat...humans are a far greater threat to horridus survival than fire.
ST. Louis is right that hibernacula and den sites will benefit from some clearing, and forests as a whole bounce back fast.
by RCampbell
November 15th, 2024, 3:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: FL frog trap
Replies: 2
Views: 17002

Re: FL frog trap

sunset frog trap, from yesterday
by RCampbell
October 31st, 2024, 7:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Plains Toad
Replies: 2
Views: 5909

Re: Great Plains Toad

Appears to be a Woodhouse's
by RCampbell
April 11th, 2024, 10:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: FL frog trap
Replies: 2
Views: 17002

FL frog trap

While big adult male A. conanti are still one of the most impressive commonly seen FL serpents...the youngsters keep your jaw dropping...no matter how many you see.
by RCampbell
October 10th, 2023, 3:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Centruroides gracilis
Replies: 1
Views: 11062

Re: Centruroides gracilis

A young C. gracilis has her first litter.
by RCampbell
October 5th, 2023, 4:15 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Centruroides guanensis
Replies: 0
Views: 16171

Centruroides guanensis

A beautiful denizen of Pine rockland habitat. With or without young on their back!
by RCampbell
September 29th, 2023, 11:17 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Centruroides gracilis on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
Replies: 3
Views: 15399

Re: Centruroides gracilis on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas

Thanks for being one of the ghosts haunting the Forum! It is a bit empty, and I agree that sadly is the adjective. I love Polistes...amazing species with personality and definitely not the zealot aggressive defenders that Vespa species are! The C. gracilis are large and common, and a popular species...
by RCampbell
September 27th, 2023, 7:46 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cicada emerging
Replies: 1
Views: 3994

Re: Cicada emerging

Species identified.
by RCampbell
September 26th, 2023, 9:02 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cicada emerging
Replies: 1
Views: 3994

Cicada emerging

*Edited : Species identified.
by RCampbell
September 18th, 2023, 6:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Centruroides gracilis on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas
Replies: 3
Views: 15399

Centruroides gracilis on Garden Key, Dry Tortugas

Juan Ponce de León happened upon the end of the coconut archipelago and named them the Tortugas because of the amount of sea turtles. Being they had no fresh water, they were eventually renamed the Dry Tortugas. Since 1513 the Spanish had visited this grouping of small keys to hunt turtles, to aid i...
by RCampbell
July 29th, 2023, 4:44 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Polistes dorsalis
Replies: 0
Views: 16018

Polistes dorsalis

Polistes dorsalis founding queen with her first hatch on their nest on a Serenoa repens (Saw Palmetto) leaf.
by RCampbell
May 22nd, 2020, 10:22 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: End of Decade Post: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica
Replies: 10
Views: 8321

Re: End of Decade Post: USA, Mexico, Costa Rica

Thank you for taking the time to share your decade. Wonderful seeing familiar places, a familiar face (Dr. Cochran) and critters experienced by others with drive and passion! I especially loved the snot lizards, made me miss parts of TN and Humboldt County, CA! One could spend a lifetime just stoppi...
by RCampbell
May 17th, 2020, 6:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bolivia - Snake ID Help
Replies: 7
Views: 5243

Re: Bolivia - Snake ID Help

Hard to say, but could be possible...

The image does not allow a decent view of the face, so for me looking at the head and eye...I see something with a blunt face and not
prominent enough eyes. That said...could be an angle issue.
by RCampbell
May 12th, 2020, 9:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Oregon (Jackson Co) - a few more
Replies: 3
Views: 3525

Re: Southern Oregon (Jackson Co) - a few more

Also...glad to see someone out there field herping. The npr shirt wins too!
by RCampbell
May 12th, 2020, 9:31 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Centruroides gracilis
Replies: 1
Views: 11062

Centruroides gracilis

Been working with these guys a bit...
Would love to see images of the species from any of our members in areas outside the continental US where they occur.
by RCampbell
May 12th, 2020, 7:31 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Oregon (Jackson Co) - a few more
Replies: 3
Views: 3525

Re: Southern Oregon (Jackson Co) - a few more

The Rattlesnake in that bucket is a Northern Pacific (Crotalus oreganus oreganus)
by RCampbell
May 10th, 2020, 8:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bolivia - Snake ID Help
Replies: 7
Views: 5243

Re: Bolivia - Snake ID Help

1 Lystrophis sp.
2 Phrynonax polylepis ?
3 Gomesophis sp.?
by RCampbell
August 19th, 2017, 6:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Lizard ID from Java
Replies: 10
Views: 7930

Re: Lizard ID from Java

Looks like Hemidactylus platyurus
by RCampbell
August 6th, 2017, 5:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nikon Coolpix P900 Thoughts?
Replies: 8
Views: 21006

Re: Nikon Coolpix P900 Thoughts?

Awesome! Can't wait to see lizard behaviours you uncover and write up!
by RCampbell
August 5th, 2017, 7:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nikon Coolpix P900 Thoughts?
Replies: 8
Views: 21006

Re: Nikon Coolpix P900 Thoughts?

Chris...
Got to play with one a friend bought...interesting camera and the zoom ability is truly beyond belief, however...without being mounted to a serious tripod most of that zoom capability is wasted.
by RCampbell
August 5th, 2017, 7:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Need help with a snake ID please...
Replies: 2
Views: 2773

Re: Need help with a snake ID please...

Looks like a young Banded Watersnake (Nerodia fasciata)
by RCampbell
July 13th, 2017, 6:16 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Costa Rica early 2010 (mostly birds)
Replies: 5
Views: 4457

Re: Costa Rica early 2010 (mostly birds)

Your unknown insect is an Acharia sp. Caterpillar (possibly nesea). Accidentally leaning your forearm against one to photograph other things is highly unpleasant!
by RCampbell
August 30th, 2016, 5:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Lenses for Herping Australia
Replies: 19
Views: 28664

Re: Lenses for Herping Australia

Sounds like you have some good options going through your mind already. The 70-200 will definitely give you more options. Too bad you are a Canon guy (said with love and a smile) I am a Nikon guy...the only reason I say too bad is I have a Nikon mount Tokina 100mm macro I would part with lol! Macro ...
by RCampbell
August 29th, 2016, 5:45 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Lenses for Herping Australia
Replies: 19
Views: 28664

Re: Lenses for Herping Australia

For a trip such as this I would look into renting a lens...since you have canon...the 300f4l might be something to look into for rental of the trip. It is a fast lens that would allow you to reach out and capture images from a distance!
by RCampbell
August 26th, 2014, 3:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Predation captured
Replies: 6
Views: 3971

Re: Predation captured

Justinm...Absolutely....still stoked and unbelievably jazzed.. NACairns....absolutely, field time is all about this kind of opportunities if we are willing to take our time to see what is there... RichinReptiles...TN is amazing when it comes to salamanders...especially here in the extreme east! Kell...
by RCampbell
August 25th, 2014, 3:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Predation captured
Replies: 6
Views: 3971

Predation captured

Been a while since I have contributed here... This recent predation event I was fortunate enough to not only witness but photograph was too much not to share! spring mander consuming a mountain dusky...then a jordani image or two for good mander measure... Enjoy! http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/l...
by RCampbell
June 1st, 2014, 8:13 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Help with three separate IDs for the data base.
Replies: 19
Views: 5811

Re: Help with three separate IDs for the data base.

Is the "snake climbing a tree" a snake at all??
To be honest I think it is a vine...look at the top of the picture...
by RCampbell
May 14th, 2014, 10:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: It's been too long since we've had an in situ theme thread..
Replies: 206
Views: 920336

Re: It's been too long since we've had an in situ theme thre

two recent insitu shots from the TN... Didn't know Corn snakes would transverse the mountain streams under the water....this one popped up while I was walking up stream looking for snot lizards.... http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/R_Campbell/mander1qaa_zps44f99c82.jpg http://i287.photobucket...
by RCampbell
December 14th, 2013, 2:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Handful of random pics. CA,AZ, and NV.
Replies: 8
Views: 4669

Re: Handful of random pics. CA,AZ, and NV.

Dude...Nothing like seeing home..lutosus and "mints"...

I think you got it wrong though...little man was the one with all the answers to my questions! That is one outstanding young man!

Hopefully we can get out more than once this coming year hermano....
by RCampbell
October 16th, 2013, 11:16 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A few from AZ
Replies: 5
Views: 2982

A few from AZ

Have had a pretty interesting year...and have spent time in the field with the best people. Monty, Diego, Brendan, Doug, Dan, John, Michael, Nate, Nick, Terry, Jason, Graham, Micheal and Micheal.... Teaser for the EOY post coming (still some field time to get in yet!).... These things can be found i...
by RCampbell
September 30th, 2013, 9:15 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Range extension Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
Replies: 9
Views: 4276

Re: Range extension Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)

There has been a large breeding population in Cades Cove TN for at least 8 years that I know of.... I assume introduced as the bubble that exists devoid of them (so far) all the way around.
by RCampbell
September 29th, 2013, 8:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Some action is castlewood canyon, CO
Replies: 10
Views: 4610

Re: Some action is castlewood canyon, CO

Snake Dude, A very mature response, thank you for acknowledging the issues we were trying to point out, but more importantly for listening* (odd choice of word for a post you read...). Don't lose the enthusiasm, in fact grow it. Continue to learn and have a blast, while helping further knowledge and...
by RCampbell
September 29th, 2013, 7:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Some action is castlewood canyon, CO
Replies: 10
Views: 4610

Re: Some action is castlewood canyon, CO

:( While I see you are enthusiastic about herping..and from the post...you are new. Please understand that den sites are sensitive areas, and they should be viewed from a distance so as not to disturb the snakes. You did harm by digging snakes out of den areas and disturbing them...I will assume uni...
by RCampbell
September 2nd, 2013, 12:45 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Skull ID....
Replies: 16
Views: 6953

Re: Skull ID....

Heron or other wading bird pelvis I would guess.
by RCampbell
July 28th, 2013, 7:43 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: AZ..... simply beautiful
Replies: 7
Views: 3419

AZ..... simply beautiful

No matter where you go....it is always spectacular! http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/R_Campbell/mrs_zpsf689883d.jpg http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/R_Campbell/nmt_zps520da250.jpg http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/R_Campbell/rs1_zpsc1a3e5c4.jpg http://i287.photobucket.com/albu...
by RCampbell
July 17th, 2013, 3:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rains begin
Replies: 12
Views: 5384

Re: Rains begin

simpleyork... agreed, it was spectacular...best looking male I have personally ever seen. Looking forward to being able to photograph many more! regalringneck, thank you for the kind words. They are appreciated! MarcLinsalata, thank you for the kind words... Arizona is a magical place, no matter whe...
by RCampbell
July 16th, 2013, 4:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Rains begin
Replies: 12
Views: 5384

Rains begin

Arizona is an incredible state. The annual rainfall we all hold our breathe for is just starting up. and with that rain will follow the people who chase our cold blooded passions. Remember while out there to be safe, be civil, and follow the laws of the state of Arizona. Herpers are not bad guys, so...
by RCampbell
June 21st, 2013, 6:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Elf Owl
Replies: 3
Views: 3728

Re: Elf Owl

Andy,
Hopefully you can, I do not know when they migrate south out of Colorado. I love these little guys and although I come across them often, this was the first time I was able to get a photograph!

-Riley
by RCampbell
June 18th, 2013, 4:24 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Elf Owl
Replies: 3
Views: 3728

Elf Owl

Whitney's Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyi whitneyi
Pima County, AZ
Image
by RCampbell
June 11th, 2013, 8:24 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent Pima County activity
Replies: 5
Views: 2786

Re: Recent Pima County activity

Yes Tonia, it was clipped in the head by a car. Although enucleated, I do believe it survived the incident, as it was fiesty and walking well as it left the road way while I was photographing it... It was the worst part of the evening.
by RCampbell
June 10th, 2013, 8:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent Pima County activity
Replies: 5
Views: 2786

Recent Pima County activity

A few recent finds in Pima County. Terry at some point I plan on hooking up with you since I am here and you are not too terribly far away! (Besides I have bamboo for you)... http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/R_Campbell/gopher_zps4b903224.jpg http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll133/R_Campbel...
by RCampbell
May 29th, 2013, 9:34 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Opinions wanted
Replies: 3
Views: 3365

Opinions wanted

So this month has allowed me some really neat opportunities while walking washes. Nailing lighting in the dark is always a challenge and I have striven to achieve even lighting and decent exposure. Question, does the first image look overexposed? I ask as it was one of the last images I tool of this...
by RCampbell
May 27th, 2013, 6:31 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cacama valvata, Cactus dodger
Replies: 0
Views: 1802

Cacama valvata, Cactus dodger

Image
by RCampbell
May 26th, 2013, 10:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 2 Chinese snake IDs
Replies: 16
Views: 7003

Re: 2 Chinese snake IDs

The stripes on the posterior bug me, but my gut reaction to pic one is Rhabdophis....
by RCampbell
May 24th, 2013, 2:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Must Read - Liability Waivers
Replies: 18
Views: 5643

Re: Must Read - Liability Waivers

Hold harmless, indemnification agreements, and release of liability are just one part of a legal picture. If field events occur on private property I could see property owners requiring hold harmless and indemnification agreements signed before allowing an organization to utilize their property. Min...