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Bringing this thread back because your work never, ever ceases to amaze me Chad! It's herp art, plain and simple.

So much depth, richness, respect, and lushness in your photographs.

zeevng

Vipera1234, If you're still in SoCal and still planning your roadtrip, feel free to shoot me a PM and I'll see if I can help with any pointers. August ended up being one of my best herping months of the year so far, for snakes, lizards, salamanders, and more. Herps are active year round in Californi...

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Earlier this year we spent a couple days out in the Eastern Mojave desert, mostly San Bernardino and Inyo counties, looking for desert lizards (and snakes of course!) and exploring some incredible desert. It's always an incredible joy to get out to what I consider to be my second home. Such a profou...

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Crazy find. People hunt for Z's their whole life to find one like that.
Might as well retire now.

Keep it up, man!
Happy Herping!

zeevng

What an epic post, Mark! Mr. Hoyer is a legend, and such a warm, generous person. I remember getting incredible advice from Richard a few years ago regarding hunting for boas in the eastern Sierra's! Thanks to his advice, we had a great herping trip, although no boas were to be found in mid-June in ...

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Nice test, Mark!

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Cool post! Miss these narration style posts. Nice looking Salamander, too!

zeevng

Looks like you had a great trip, especially for March!
You never know until you go, right?

That shot of the longnose on the crawl with the saguaro in the background is sweet.

Looking forward to seeing part 3!

Happy Herping!

zeevng

Welcome to the forum, mrfrasier! Super cool post, from an area I very much want to get up to when I can. Not to mention Phyrno's are always a sight for sore eyes, no matter the species. Next time you're down in SoCal, look me up (I think we're co-followers on IG already, z_e_herping), and we can hit...

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Posting some other shots that didn't make it into the post above for whatever reason here. Some desert roads, some habitat, some gratuitous herp shots, and some other stuff. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51751859464_129e3c6340_b.jpg Inyo co. by Zeev Nitzan Ginsburg , on Flickr Promising lookin...

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Hi all! Glad to see there's been some action on the forum recently, it always makes me sad to see it die down. Facebook is fun and all, but it just isn't the same as here. 2020 was a crazy year for all of us, of course, but it also allowed me to get back into herping in a way I haven't been able to ...

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Welcome to the forum! Always nice to see fellow LA County herpers on here. Nice finds, and some nice pictures to go along with it. Beautiful Pyro! While I can definitely relate with wanting to get better pictures of our finds, sometimes the quick, in-situ, shots are equally, if not more, exciting. O...

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Really interesting stuff, James!
I don't have much to add myself, but hopefully someone will chime in soon. I personally haven't heard of a fully biofluorescent rattlesnake before, but that isn't saying much.

Cool shots, and thanks for posting!

zeevng

Had to pinch myself seeing a new China post from you, Kevin! Been waiting on #60 a few years now. :lol: It definitely delivered, and then some! I'm sure we'd all love to see more China posts, as well as updates as to where/what you're up to these days! Thanks for the post, definitely brings me back ...

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Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and I will definitely be sending in a comment. Have you posted it to some of the herp FB pages, too? (California Field Herping, North American Field Herping Association, Wild Snakes: Education and Discussion, etc,) and many other great groups filled with...

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It looked something like this: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50889960847_7f335f349f_c.jpg Untitled by The Singing Frog , on Flickr ...Except they were much more wrinkly and prune/raisin looking. Porter, That's an incredible find! :D And your artwork is bringing it right back to, well, not lif...

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Hi all! Came across some weird behavior in Masticophis flagellum last spring, been meaning to see if anyone has seen something like this before. When I walked up on them, I thought they were both dead initially, but upon further inspection, they were both alive, though weak and dehydrated it seemed....

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Great post, and welcome to the Forum! I think we'd all love to see life being breathed into the forum again, with posts like this.
Keep them coming, and happy herping!

zeevng

That's a great round up for such a slow year! I'm going to have to shake myself out of hibernation and post an EOY report now! :D Hoping to finally make it to Arizona this Spring, have a few weeks set aside for a honeymoon/herping roadtrip in May, this post is super encouraging. Super nice find on t...

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I don't have anything to add in the way of Toad advice, I just wanted to chime in and say I'm jealous and wish you incredible luck down there. A solo, unplugged herping trip through Arizona during the monsoons is pretty much #1 on my "Must do under any circumstances" list. Take a ton of pi...

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Hello all, You may or may not have seen my post of about a week and a half ago, talking about heading out to the South Eastern corner of the Sierra Nevadas, Kennedy Meadows, and other nearby areas for a bit of herping. I received incredible and generous advice from Richard Hoyer ( Thank you muchly f...

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Zeevng, As a matter of fact, I did seen Richard earlier this morning before he left to go herping. The one time I did get a brief glimpse of him was when he was shaving and I was able to see him in the mirror. He then just disappeared from view and I haven’t seen him since. As for the research on C...

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Hey All, It's been a long time since I've posted on the forum, although I've been hanging out here as much as I can. Work as a Chef (Greuling hours, working all nights, weekends, holidays, etc) has not been conducive to getting out in the field the last few years, nearly as much as I'd like. I love ...

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Seek out Rahul Alvares. He's one of India's leading naturalists, and also does tours and herp-centric trips in the western Ghats. He is based in Goa, and does many trips in the Ghats in that area, but also travels further, including to Wayanad. http://rahulalvares.com/bird-watching-wildlife-goa/ for...

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Thanks guys! I'm of course familiar with Uta's, just have never seen one in a rainbow tint!

What Nicholas says is interesting, it hadn't occurred to me that it might only be that way because of it's demise. Thanks much!

Happy Herping!

zeevng

Hi all, On Saturday, thanks to a rare day off, I got to go on quite an epic drive northwards and westwards. I herped as much as I could along the way, of course, but came up empty handed except for these two. I'll avoid any locality specifics, but it was north of the grapevine, off of a long, unbeli...

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Here are a few from across the three countries I've lived and herped in. India, Israel, and California: India First: Still my favorite snake to photograph, Common Vine Snake: https://c3.staticflickr.com/4/3801/8837781826_aaec508159_b.jpg Common vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) by eryx jhoni , on Flickr...

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Thanks so much everyone for the help, the private messages, and the advice. You guys outdid yourselves! :D It was a great trip, I forgot how much I love getting out of the LA area! Unfortunately, not much was seen as far as herps go, a couple lizards, including a very brave little guy in Giants Stad...

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Thanks, that's super helpful! :) :beer: Have any of you herped between Carmel- San Simeon? Most of my herping time is going to be spent in Big Sur +/- north or south. Coming from SoCal where pretty much all water sources have dried up already, this might be a stupid question, but are water sources a...

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Hey all! This weekend, my girlfriend and I are planning a four day road trip to the bay area and back. It's for her birthday, but since I'm the driver, she's promised me I get plenty of herping time! :thumb: The last time I was up north of SLO, I had a broken foot and couldn't do too much herping, a...

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My optimism notwithstanding, I got pretty well skunked! :lol: The landscapes were, of course, breathtaking, and the superbloom suitably impressive. A couple of lizards, including some too-fast-to-photograph Fringe toed lizards in the dunes, and plenty of signs of snakes, mostly tracks, some very fre...

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Thanks! That's the road I found my Sidewinders on last time!
Duly noted, I'll be touching nothing but my camera!

I'll report back here if I find anything interesting!

zeevng

BUMP for any last minute advice!

Heading out in a few hours, first herping trip of the year!

zeevng

Alright guys, It's time once again for my once a year appearance, asking for sage counsel and advice! :D 2016 is in it's third month, and I still haven't had a chance to herp! I've been working like crazy, as well as moving and a bunch of other stuff. I'm finally gonna be free this weekend, and my g...

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Hey all! So, first off, thank you to everyone who gave me all the great advice I needed to make this trip into a huge success. Apart from Rosy's, I hit every single one of my goal species! Jim, wish I could have taken you up on the offer, and definitely planned to, but budgetary constraints, as well...

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Thank you all for your kind words and helpful advice! Having started with almost no idea of what I'll do, I now have received so many suggestions I'll have to plan a second trip! :D I can always count on the forum! :) Jim, thank you for your kind offer; I'm not entirely sure where you are located bu...

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Hi all! Some of you may remember the Anza Borrego trip I posted about last June; ( http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16668 Although I wish I could have been out herping much more often than I have been since, I have been swamped with school and work. But, I have finally tak...

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Honestly, I'd be thrilled with pretty much anything. What with full time college and full time work, I haven't been able to herp in a few months. Ideally, of course, checking a few lifers off would be great. Rosy boas, long nosed snakes, and I habe a great weakness for kingsnakes. Also, any of the l...

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Hi all! :D So, as of today, I am finished with this semester of college, and I am already ITCHING to go herping. I'd made peace with the fact that the only likely herping to be done was maybe some flipping in the Santa Monica mountains, until this semi-warm spell hit. I looked at the forecast for th...

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So, I just came across something that both intrigued and slightly repulsed me. A Facebook friend of mine posted a video to a species of snake, discovered in 2006, in western Iraq. This snake, the Pseudocerastes urarachnoides, is a viper found exclusively in western Iraq. Pseudocerastes is a genus I ...

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PM me your number, and I'll hit you up. Im in the San fernando valley, but don't mind driving too much.
I'm free, and itching to herp!

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I'm planning to go roadcruising tomorrow night.
Are you still looking for specimens? I'd be happy to collect them, and bring them to the museum itself!

I love the museum, and was planning to bring my little brother next week anyway. So here's a great opportunity!

Cheers,
Zeev

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Hello to all. :) So, this took me quite some time, but in my defense, my computer broke, and I just got it running again! As some may know from my previous posts, I had a friend from India come to visit. He is an award winning naturalist in Southern Asia, and an avid herper and photographer. The fir...

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Bump!
No takers?

I know all about new-comer reluctance, believe me!

But I assure you good people that I'm not just some guy trying to get spots off of you. I'd just like to share the experience of field herping; an activity always enjoyed best with others!

So come one, come all!
Let's herp!

zeevng

Wow! That Coluber Gracilis!

Speaking as someone who has herped the Western Ghats extensively, that is a nice collection there! I'd give a limb to find a Gracilis though!
Great stuff!
Zeev

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Hi! I am super interested! I've lived in India for years, and in Israel too, and have a large collection of herp pictures from those regions. I'd offer my SoCal ones, but there are far more and better photographers in the area. A small sample of just some pictures I had on my hardrive without lookin...

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Hello all! As some of you have been told already, I have a herper friend coming from India on the 4th. He's an award-winning naturalist and wildlife photographer in Asia, and I've promised him some great desert herping. Which leads me to the body of this post; On the evening of the 6th, we will be a...

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Here is a photo of a stripe-less morph Aulicus

Common wolf snake (Lycodon Aulicus) by eryx jhoni, on Flickr

That's a common morph. That, the ones you saw, and a dark chocolate brown morph with white stripes.

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Here are a few more I found. :) Enjoy! http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7346/8837150629_750ee09e55_c.jpg Hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) by eryx jhoni , on Flickr http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8407/8837150371_a327559bd2_c.jpg Hump-nosed pit viper (Hypnale hypnale) by eryx jhoni , on Flickr http:...

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Just posted a few! Most of my pictures are from the south-western coastal state of Goa, though a few are from other parts of India. No, the age wouldn't change the head shape. L. Aulicus has a LOT of variability in coloration, but that third picture isn't one of them. Also, I apologize, I misspoke w...

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