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Kfen

“The Great American Turtle Chase”, that is the name we finally decided on calling this crazy trip I took back at the beginning of April. It was my friend Anthony’s idea to drive across the country trying to find as many turtle species along the way. The rough idea was to generally follow the path of...

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Thanks for posting! I can't wait for part 2.

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Nice! The gecko is actually Lepidodactylus lugubris Thanks, I think you are right but are you positive? I was going back and forth between the two. The 2019 Leenders guide doesnt have them ranging anywhere near there which was one reason I skewed toward Thecadactylus. But I just checked Inat and th...

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In the middle of April I went on a short trip to Costa Rica with my family. We stayed in the La Fortuna area for 4 days. Here are some cell phone photos from the trip. One day was spent rafting down a slow river looking for wildlife. There were lots of green iguanas perched both high and low on bran...

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Yeah, I was curious if you knew if the ones you saw were doing something different the norm. As far as I knew, they all overwinter in permanent water and move to the vernals in the spring.

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Stlouisdude, cool finds! Are you saying the blandings overwinter in the vernal pools and move to permanent water in the early spring?

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Nice king! Did you flip it or find it out on the crawl?

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I would agree, it does appear to be an old melanistic slider.

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Your posts are really drumming up this forum's memories of its heyday. Hope others take notice and start to contribute more.

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Thanks so much for taking the time post this. It was very enjoyable read. The kind of info and story telling you can't get on FB.

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Thanks for taking the time to put this together. Lots of cool Sally's and cool pics.

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Welcome to the forum! Specific locations are rarely if ever given out, especially publicly, and especially to new members. If you had some general time of year type questions maybe someone will chime in. I have never been to CA so certainly can't help at all, but good luck and please post some pics....

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I visited SA once in 2010. You might be able to find my post here by searching, I dont remember if that was pre or post crash. I traveled more around the western cape and there were plenty of opportunites to herp on your own. Im not sure if it is the same in the east. In the eastern part, I only vis...

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I greatly appreciate the time you took to put this together. I too miss these big posts here. Excellent photos and finds. I had no idea there were chameleons in India!

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I was also in SE AZ during the same time. Nightime cruising was mostly unsuccessful, a couple atrox, one mojave, and one sidewinder in 4 nights. Daytime hiking at elevation yielded better results. I think the cool rain every afternoon that lingered for hours really shut down the nightime activity. G...

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The only way Ive been able to do night herping in CR is to either stay at a place with their own trails/property or literally pull off the side of the road in rural areas and walk into the woods. Doing the latter I never strayed too far from the car but it has been productive. Really a mix of road c...

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Since no one else responded, i am going to take a guess. First one I would guess is a juvenile Rhaebo haematiticus. Although i could be way off and its one of the many small brown Eleuthrodactylids. Second looks like a red eyed tree frog- Agalychnis callidryas Where are the photos of everything else...

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Thanks for posting. I always love seeing Australia posts. I am hoping to get there in the next couple of years.

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I will have some free time in the middle or end of March, and have always wanted to make a southern Appalachian salamander trip. Is late March a good time of year in Virginia/West Virginia/North Carolina for salamanders? Is it too early for them to be out walking around at night? Will I only be limi...

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Nothing from that other pic leads me away from Cyclemys, so Im sticking with it. There are several Cyclemys species that are VERY similar in appearance, and Im not totally up on their individual ranges, so I wont venture a guess as to which species it may be.

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Ill take a stab at the turtles. The first I feel pretty good about calling Cuora amboinensis. The second is a guess with Cyclemys sp. Any more pics of that one? Captive turtles can be difficult because they could be from anywhere in the world and often show abnormal growth.

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Like Chris said, set it up to take a photo every 30 seconds/minute/few minutes. I watched a time lapse video from a trail cam set up at a timber den and it was pretty neat with some interesting information gathered from it.

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Beautiful snake, and nice write up to go with it. I too have definitely learned to appreciate my time in the field even when not finding anything.

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That was insane!

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I don't plan on being in sidewinder range anytime soon, nor can I help with the original question, but wanted to say the above post was very interesting and informative. Thanks for taking the time to put that together.

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Thanks Craig. I appreciate the photos.

I just gave the talk so I do not need anymore if anyone else is reading.

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I am going to be giving a presentation on North American box turtles in a couple weeks and am looking for a few more photos. I am specifically looking for ones showing the habitat in the background and showing box turtles only partially exposed, like in their forms. I do not need any more portrait o...

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Wow, it looks like you killed it! And your photos are real eye candy. I've been to CR a few times and still hoping to see a Pseustes, and some of the others you saw. Mind sharing some of the places you stayed at? It's always difficult to find places to herp at night.

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It may not have been the best view, but congratulations on such a cool find! Thanks for sharing

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Looks like a northern dusky. Desmognathus fuscus

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Nice trip report. Thanks for sharing. While you may not have seen the species you were after, at least the Everglades are pretty much guaranteed to find something. My first instinct is Island glass lizard as well, but it has been a long time since I thought about them whatsoever, so I could also be ...

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Your posts never disappoint. Thanks for sharing. Excellent report.

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Wow! Thanks for putting that post together for us. It was quite enjoyable. How long were you there for?

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I will actually be in Silver Springs FL from Feb 13-18. I will have from about 9-5 to do some herping on that Thurs, Fri, and Mon. I have already gotten a few tips (Thanks Bill!) but will welcome any more for that area or within a reasonable driving distance. I was also curious if anyone wanted to m...

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One day several years ago (like everyone else's story starts) I was hiking up a mountain side in northern NJ looking for prospective timber rattlesnake dens. I was in an area with some open canopy so there was a good amount of grasses growing on the forest floor. I caught some movement waving around...

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Really neat shots of the lizards and sidewinders partially buried in the sand. You must have some good eyes. How many of those did you find because of tracks or disturbance in the sand? Thanks for sharing

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Wow!! That is exciting stuff. Its too bad its December and I live in CT because all I want to do is go out in the field right now.

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My wife will be going to Ocala in February for work for a few days. I am trying to figure out if it is worth me going as well. Are there any herps to be found that time of year near there? If I go, I will have the days to myself so will need to occupy my time. I have been to south FL many times duri...

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Lots of great tips already mentioned. The only thing I have to add is all the national parks close EARLY. That means no night hiking there. So either plan on roadcruising or plan on staying at a lodge/hotel/camp with their own property. National Parks also don't like hooks.

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I have been way less active lately, but not because of other media, because of personal time. I just wanted to say I actually like the posts NOT from my area better. Living vicariously. Why would I look at pictures of herps that I can go and look at in real life? I prefer the pics of the ones that I...

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Narrowfellow, I did not read the paper, only the abstract you posted. Can you explain how you determined the strikes were " cases of “mistaken identity,” in which the python initiated a strike at a potential prey item but aborted its predatory behavior prior to constriction and ingestion",...

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Looks like a great trip with great finds. The write up on your website is extremely informative. I hope to visit that part of the world in the next couple of years so I will definitely revisit your info when the time comes. Thanks for sharing

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Those river otters must have been a real treat and it looks like you got some good views. The second butterfly is stunning.

I believe your treefrog is Trachycephalus typhonius (was venulosus) and your toad is a Cane toad Rhinella marinus

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Here is copulation out in the open as found with visible hemipenes as requested:

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WOW! Those are some beautiful snakes. I know very little about Mexican herpetofuana, and have never heard of either, so thanks for sharing!

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Thanks for taking us along on this trip! Your writing is very entertaining and of course the pictures are great. Its amazing that something like an Emerald tree boa was just found for the first time, and so close to camp. Do their eyes shine like the Amazon tree boas?

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Another great post from Peru! Thanks for sharing. I cant stop looking at that cribo, and I am also very jealous of your Cruziohyla. I wonder why the tried and true method of collecting moths here didn't work out for you there.

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I realize I am late to the party, but here are some blue spot eggs. Well, at least they are laid like blue spots, I cant say if there is any Jeff influence or not. http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/yousuckk77/IMG_0126_zpsilfekqhw.jpg you can see the top egg was infertile. http://i250.photobuc...

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I was going to say something similar to what Kelly said, but she said it way more eloquently than I ever could have so: ditto what Kelly said. To measure that marbled in retrospect, just hold your hand in the same position it was, and measure to the points on your hand it reached. For future referen...

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mtratcliffe wrote: Well, sounds like it was a good trip still! Where did you go kayaking?

A small park right in Hollywood called West Lake park. You can canoe through mangroves. I didn't see any herps while there, but I keep going back in hopes of spotting a salt marsh snake.

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