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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 17:33:26 GMT -5
well, Mel, Jean started it, but, it turns out Helen was inspirational. Jean gave me such a rich environment to play with, Madagascar, that I could NOT have asked for better. Well, Maybe Borneo. (Goniocephalus sp.)But back to masagascar Panther Chamaleon (Furcifer pardalis)[/i] times four! holey smokes!
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Post by Pat on Oct 2, 2013 17:53:42 GMT -5
Scott, those little guys are stunning. I wouldn't mind one crawling up my arm. Hmmm, assuming they wouldn't bite.
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Post by wireholic on Oct 2, 2013 18:29:42 GMT -5
I like that last one!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 18:35:03 GMT -5
Nobody is going to toss out the name of my viper? Jim
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Post by wireholic on Oct 2, 2013 18:38:33 GMT -5
You mean that bright green one on the cover of the snake book? I was waiting for you to tell us what it is
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2013 18:56:28 GMT -5
I have only caught 2 spotted turtles and that was in north Atlanta. I was a kid. I forgot about it. That would be a great turtle for me to dabble with. I guess illegal though. I love fooling with the turtles. I know so many points of entry to so many wetlands and have my swamp boat. I could set turtle baskets to get initial stock and remove and relocate existing stock. Tell me you did not eat those eggs -any of you I caught salamander/spring lizard today and let it get away. Never seen it before. Will post it if i can find google pic.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2013 18:58:11 GMT -5
I did not see those colorful lizards. Nevermind about my boring salamander. Those are really incredible. Well, i found it anyway. It was 30 feet above the creek up here on the flat area where i built my house. Here it is. Did not look it up cause Jean or Scott will say what it is lightning fast or faster. Oops. I had to edit. Looking thru the salamander images i see many that look like the one i found. I can not be sure this photo is the one. i am pretty sure that it is not. images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-168&va=georgia+salamanders
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Post by docone31 on Oct 2, 2013 19:08:08 GMT -5
Lute Fisk!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2013 20:39:39 GMT -5
There is a salamander that occurs in one or two small creeks close to my house that is close to extinct. Biologist have asked me if i have spotted them-no i hadn't. I knew we had a lot of salamanders but never knew it was the most in the world. They are in our mountains. There is a cave down in a funnel created by 3 mountains t(Johnson's Crook i think), so it is like a spiral staircase and so very moist. Water drips off every rock, ledge, plant. The salamander population and variety was insane. It is a forested funnel. One of the most breathtaking places i ever saw.
"Georgia is home to approximately eighty species of amphibians, including at least fifty different kinds of salamanders. On the Coastal Plain are the giant salamanders, sirens and amphiumas, which can reach lengths of more than three feet, and the equally massive hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), found in mountain trout streams. The numerous woodland salamanders of the southern Appalachian Mountains of Georgia and neighboring states give this region the highest salamander diversity in the world. The unusual Pigeon Mountain salamander (Plethodon petraeus) is found nowhere else except in an area of northern Georgia. The limestone and cave-rich portion of southwest Georgia is home to the bizarre albino and eyeless Georgia blind salamander (Haideotriton wallacei). Thirty native species of frogs (as well as the greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris), native to the Caribbean) are found in the state, including several species of tree frogs, chorus frogs, and toads. The bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), pig frog (Rana grylio), and seldom-seen river frog (Rana heckscheri) are the largest species. The little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis) of southern Georgia is the smallest frog species in the country and one of the smallest vertebrates in the world."
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Post by Pat on Oct 2, 2013 20:58:42 GMT -5
" jamesp. You didn't mention your bryozoans !!!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2013 21:02:31 GMT -5
I am sending you a 600 pound sewer monster Pat. It will arrive motor freight.
Remember that thing in the sewer? Grotesqueity maximus.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 21:07:08 GMT -5
Nobody is going to toss out the name of my viper? Jim Sorry, Jim, I didn't get your subtle nudge. Next time bricks work better! lol Your gorgeous green bush viper is a tropical west african species. Atheris chlorechis. Where did you photograph that specimen? Not very many in the USA of that special creature. Scott, those little guys are stunning. I wouldn't mind one crawling up my arm. Hmmm, assuming they wouldn't bite. If they are allowed to crawl, no biting. Try to restrain, say tro give injection, better be careful. The are over a foor long and the mouth bites hard! jamesp = no clue! Ya got me buddy! I'll have a look. Can you name the river of the rare species? [
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 2, 2013 21:08:42 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on Oct 2, 2013 21:09:35 GMT -5
jamesp. Could I ask for several smaller sewer monsters instead? Space is the issue They are pretty ....petrified Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 21:14:02 GMT -5
Got it stolen fromI think the chin barbel is diagnostic of reproductive males. The chin barbels may be used in courtship. Or something else, I ain't a dang tailed amphibian expert! lol
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 2, 2013 21:20:16 GMT -5
This thread worked out better than the snake and reptile one a while back! Great posts, Scott.
(Edit - Great posts, everyone! Such eye candy!) Like a trip around the world!
@wampidy, I actually have a copy of that book, didn't think it would have been fair for me to name it.
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Post by Pat on Oct 2, 2013 21:22:40 GMT -5
Scott, thanks for the photos and link.
The only salamanders we get are little 5" fellows --- purple, though some have a little white.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2013 21:25:03 GMT -5
I think it was the 2 lined. Because i marveled at it's long tail. It was in a dry area except lately it has been wet from washing rocks.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2013 21:30:02 GMT -5
Carlos and i offered to cook some up for ya Pat. I think the blender would make a great bryozoan shake.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2013 23:53:24 GMT -5
Scott, thanks for the photos and link. The only salamanders we get are little 5" fellows --- purple, though some have a little white. This one? Ensatina escholtzii
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