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    Joining the Cobra Club

    June 23, 2016 / No Comments

    ‘I am Nag,’ said the cobra; ‘look, and be afraid!’….But at the bottom of his cold heart, he was afraid. -Kipling It was our last full herping day in Thailand,…

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  • Field Herping

    Badlands, Bison and Bullsnakes

    June 5, 2016 / 10 Comments

    “There ain’t much between the Pole and South Dakota, and barb wire won’t stop the wind…” So goes a pretty good song by James McMurtry, but I beg to differ…

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  • Field Herping

    Snoring Thunder 2016

    April 3, 2016 / 2 Comments

    The new herping season unfolds and whatever may happen, I know that at some point I will be standing in chilly water, listening to the peeps, whistles, trills, clicks, clacks,…

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  • Creature Featurettes, Field Herping

    The Water Monitors of Bangkok

    March 9, 2016 / 3 Comments

    “When you go, check out the city parks – those are the best places to see water monitors.” I’ve heard this advice from several sources, and since we had a…

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  • Creature Featurettes, Field Herping

    A New Old Tortoise

    February 11, 2016 / 3 Comments

    My buddy Justin posted a link to a paper on Facebook yesterday:  “The desert tortoise trichotomy: Mexico hosts a third, new sister-species of tortoise in the Gopherus morafkai – G.…

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  • OPBs

    These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

    January 26, 2016 / No Comments

    Andrew Durso’s Life Is Short, But Snakes Are Long is one of my favorite herp blogs.  In his latest installment, Andrew talks about books, bushmasters, and Ditmars – a few…

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  • Creature Featurettes

    Who Made The Queen Snake Queen?

    January 18, 2016 / 17 Comments

    I ask that question from time to time. “Uh, because it’s Regina?” I never liked that answer.  If ‘Queen Snake’ springs from Regina, the name of its genus,  then where does Regina…

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  • Field Herping

    EOY Highlight Reels

    December 31, 2015 / 4 Comments

    The end of the year traditionally requires an accounting of said year – and a very good year it was!  I added 41 notches to my life list, got out…

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  • OPBs

    Nature Stick and the Great Sea Turtle Rescue

    December 22, 2015 / 2 Comments

    Hit Me With Your Nature Stick is one of my favorite field herping blogs.  Mike and Andrea Howlett chronicle their herping adventures with a passion and excitement that make me…

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  • Creature Featurettes

    San Francisco Garter Snake

    November 27, 2015 / 6 Comments

    “It’s the stuff dreams are made of” -Sam Spade My first awareness of the San Francisco Garter Snake came in the early seventies, when I came across a first edition…

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