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Post by marie on Mar 31, 2017 19:01:02 GMT -8
Looking for some ID help, please. I know less than nothing about snakes. I'm in Arkansas and it actually had kind of a blue tint to it that the pics don't really show. Help? Thanks.   |
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Post by trinity on Apr 1, 2017 4:49:50 GMT -8
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Post by cweston on Apr 1, 2017 4:58:00 GMT -8
I'm sure it could be the same species you saw in Idaho. This was in north eastern Wa. High desert terrain. LOL. Only a "westsider" (as they are known east of the Cascades) would refer to Winthrop as "northeastern Washington." That was one of the many things I loved about the fall that I lived in Stehekin--I think most of the folks there had forgotten, or never known, that I was a former "westsider" (having lived for a decade in Seattle). I got to hear their candid thoughts about westsiders. (It' not *all* negative...) (Just having fun: Winthrop is geographically in the *western* half of Washington, although culturally it belongs to the eastern half.) |
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Post by marie on Apr 1, 2017 5:35:22 GMT -8
Thank you!!  |
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 3, 2017 13:33:45 GMT -8
Saw a lot of snakes on my bike ride yesterday. Sadly, almost all were dead on the road. It's the time of year when they really want a warm spot in the morning sun, and a road's dark pavement is an irresistible draw. I saw one live snake, on the shoulder, thinking about slithering into the lane. I told it not to, and it turned and went back into the weeds beside the road |
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Post by desert dweller on Apr 25, 2017 12:35:47 GMT -8
Horned Lizard from around 9000' in the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona  |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 15:54:16 GMT -8
Horned Lizard from around 9000' in the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona Cute Mountain Short-Horned Lizard. -Don- Cold Springs Valley, NV |
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Post by rebeccad on May 7, 2017 19:16:41 GMT -8
Horned Lizard from around 9000' in the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona Cute Mountain Short-Horned Lizard. What we called a Horny Toad when I was a kid in Springerville, AZ. Ah, the innocence of youth! |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 21:23:53 GMT -8
What we called a Horny Toad when I was a kid in Springerville, AZ. Ah, the innocence of youth! So did I and every one else I knew in the SF Bay Area call them "horny toads" (for the Coast Horned Lizard). But AFAIK, the term "horny toad" was in wide use wherever any of the horned lizards were found. BTW, we all knew they were really lizards. An even more misused common name for a reptile would be the Worm Lizard of Florida, which is neither a worm nor a lizard. -Don- Cold Springs Valley, NV |
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Post by foxalo on Jun 9, 2017 15:40:36 GMT -8
A five -lined skink. I like them when they're young with their bright blue tails.  |
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Post by HMPYG on Jun 13, 2017 10:57:23 GMT -8
Collared lizard ... Superstition Mtns, AZ
Big fellow ... about 14" long, but more than half of that was tail.
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Post by HMPYG on Jun 13, 2017 10:58:41 GMT -8
And here's a copper head (Slickrock Creek). Some idiots confuse the two and kill them all. Never kill a snake in the backcountry as it's bad karma and their relatives, fathers and sons will hunt you down at night and bite you as you sleep. Amen, pass the rice and beans. I know some idiots kill every snake they see. I am the opposite, several times I have seen live rattlesnakes on a road. I make sure they safely get off the road. I don't care if they are venomous or not when they are in their natural habitat, or close to such. BTW, the copperhead I can tell at a glance. I would never confuse it with any other snake. OTOH, there are some types of watersnakes that look much like a cottonmouth. But there are some snakes in the SE USA that I cannot recognize right away because I have never even been in that area. But even there, most I can tell at a glance, just not all. The banded water snake can match a few others. In the west, I can recognize any type of reptile at a glance, as well as most amphibians, but not all. I have less interest in amphibians than I do reptiles. So I know that snake in the pond is not from anywhere near here in CA. And I assume it is a Banded Water Snake, but I am not certain. -Don- SSF, CA I agree man. Instead of killing snakes, people should just focus on watching their step and leaving them alone! |
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Post by foxalo on Jun 15, 2017 10:26:26 GMT -8
I saw this little guy crawling around in our beds out back. He didn't want his picture taken, but I managed to get an okay shot. My son said he saw two bigger eastern fence lizards out front, so this leads me to believe we have a family around. They are very cool looking as adults, but I love the indigo underside on the juvenile.  |
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Post by amaruq on Jun 19, 2017 5:38:37 GMT -8
A couple shots from my quick backpacking trip this weekend. I counted seven of them digging up the road on my drive back from the trailhead in addition to a couple I had seen bubbling through the waterways the day before.  Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario |
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Post by Coolkat on Jun 19, 2017 6:02:37 GMT -8
Very nice photos. Unfortunately about the only time I see these magnificent creatures is dead by the road. I feel bad when I see this because it has taken a turtle a couple of decades to reach this size.
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Image Credit / Coolkat
