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Posted 8/8/2008 11:32:57 PM


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July and early August have kept me busy tending to our '08 crop of baby snakes, but I've also found several occasions to slip away and get some fieldherping in.  I've made a link to my full account below, so have included only three pics here in this post as teasers about the three parts covered in the full account.

 

FULL ACCOUNT = http://www.bluechameleon.org/Travelogue%20-%20South%20Florida%20July%20-%20August%202008.htm

Part 1 - Herping in the Florida Everglades

Big game on the prowl after dark....

Part 2 - Southwest Florida

Is there really a herp in that picture below?

Part 3 - Sanibel Island, Florida

Primitive 'native' art hints at the local herp life....



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Posted 8/9/2008 6:05:49 AM


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Cool pictures.I saw the herp in the second picture and it is a Chamileon.(I don't know if I spelled it right)

 Anoles are like icecream.They can be sweet but,will give you brain freeze with all their strange behaviors.

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0.1 Dalmation/Beagle mix dog(Maggie)

0.1 Leopard Gecko(Freckles)

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Posted 8/9/2008 10:14:12 AM


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Yes, it's a chameleon, but what kind?  Did you click the link and see & read the full story?  It almost sounds like you missed the main, larger post at the link I included.  The 3 pics I posted above are just the tip of the iceberg to arouse your curiosity.

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Posted 8/9/2008 5:47:49 PM


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The Flap-necked Chameleon.

Current Collection
1.0 Rhacodactylus Ciliatus (Atua)
R.I.P.
Rhacodactylus Ciliatus (Bottecelli)
Aphonopelma eutylenum(Grape)

"Why, our descendants will ask, by needlessly extinguishing lives of other species, did we permanently impoverish our own?"
-E.O. Wilson
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Posted 8/9/2008 5:48:39 PM


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Maybe a Graceful Chameleon?

Current Collection
1.0 Rhacodactylus Ciliatus (Atua)
R.I.P.
Rhacodactylus Ciliatus (Bottecelli)
Aphonopelma eutylenum(Grape)

"Why, our descendants will ask, by needlessly extinguishing lives of other species, did we permanently impoverish our own?"
-E.O. Wilson
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Posted 8/9/2008 9:30:50 PM


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Bill said  "veiled".
Though Kathy has a sweet Panther as well.

     Rest in Peace Odin!!!  Your life may have not meant anything to those that abused you; but you meant everything to me.  You will be missed my little friend.


2.2  Savannah Monitors (Loki, Freya, Saga, Thor)
0.1  Albino California Kingsnake (Rin)
1.0  California Aberrant Kingsnake (Haku)

1.1  Three-toed Box Turtles (Bowser, Genba)
1.0  Red-Ear Slider (Iggy)
0.1  Snow Corn Snake (Sakura)
0.1  Sulcata Tortoise (Casca)

 

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Posted 8/13/2008 9:59:20 AM


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Bill I am curious to know what you do when you find Burms like that? Do you let them be? Do you try to salvage them as pets? Or do you humanely dispose of them?

When I lived in Miami I took a trip down to the Keys. I believe it was in Marathon or Key West I spoke to a gentlemen that would buy pairs of exotic lizards and release them because he wanted them to become established on "his island". He had just let go a pair of Giant Day Geckos before I started talking to him. Who knows if it worked but I was wondering what your stance on the matter is. I know you do not condone releasing anything into the wild but what is your stance on dealing with the one already there.

Thanks,

-Thomas 

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Posted 8/14/2008 9:00:17 PM


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All the pythons seen inside Everglades Nat'l Park cannot be touched.  The same rules apply to them as all wildlife there --- look but don't touch.  I take pictures and then just watch them crawl off into the bush.

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