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    Hot Stove Herping 3: Thailand

    January 7, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Leaving Malaysia behind, Adam returned home to Hong Kong, while Dan, Kevin and I flew to Bangkok, where we met up with ten (ten!) of our herping friends. It took…

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  • Field Herping, Hot Stove Herping

    Hot Stove Herping 2: Malaysia

    January 7, 2020 / 4 Comments

    I retired from the University of Illinois on May 1st. On the 23rd I boarded a flight to Kuala Lumpur, kicking off a 31 day excursion to 5 countries in…

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  • Field Herping, Hot Stove Herping

    Hot Stove Herping 1: Peru & the U.S.

    January 7, 2020 / 3 Comments

    I’ve threatened for a while to kick off a Big Year in search of amphibians and reptiles, much like some birders do. 2019 wasn’t a Big Year on purpose, but…

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  • Field Herping

    Misty Mountain Herping

    November 25, 2019 / 4 Comments

    Taiwan is simply an awesome field herping destination. Despite having only four active days in Taiwan, the time I spent there was my favorite part of a 31 day herping…

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  • Creature Featurettes

    Night of the Bird Poop Frogs

    February 22, 2019 / 8 Comments

    Iquitos, a Peruvian river city accessible to the outside world only by water or air, has just one road leading out of town, a two-lane blacktop that runs for 60…

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  • Field Herping

    ThamnoPalooza

    August 18, 2018 / 12 Comments

    Occasionally I’m asked questions like “what is your favorite herp / herping place / herp adventure?”. Answers for the first two change constantly, but to date I have a pretty…

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  • Field Herping

    Wet Work in Appalachia

    November 8, 2017 / 3 Comments

    When October wanes and November approaches, I start to wonder about when my herping season will end.  What will be the last herp of the year? Can I see one…

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  • Creature Featurettes

    Blood, Corn, and Rattlesnakes

    April 6, 2017 / 3 Comments

    The neonate tzabcan had crawled out of a cornfield, and was making its way to dense forest on the other side of the road when it was smashed flat against…

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  • Field Herping

    Road-Cruising in Amazonia

    January 29, 2017 / 3 Comments

    One of the hallmark activities of field herping, driving on (preferably) lonely roads at night can be incredibly productive at times. In the United States there are some famous and…

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  • Field Herping

    Nostalgia for a Sunny Afternoon

    December 15, 2016 / No Comments

    The hard drive on my laptop bricked recently, and while going through the laborious process of restoring files from backup, I came across a folder labeled ‘10292006’ in my image…

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By Mike Pingleton

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