http://www.paherp.org/forum/ PAHERP Forum » Forum: Herp Talk - Recent Posts en Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:47:53 +0000 http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/looking-for-a-home-for-my-rosy-boa#post-687 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 15:53:10 +0000 paherp 687@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Hope you can find a home for you Rosy. Also try <a href="http://forum.forgottenfriend.org/" rel="nofollow">http://forum.forgottenfriend.org/</a> </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/looking-for-a-home-for-my-rosy-boa#post-686 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 21:24:57 +0000 jmsst2 686@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Hello all.<br /> I am in desperate need of finding a home for my rosy boa (approx 40 inches long). I am relocating and am unable to take her with me. Comes with a 75 gal tank and stand. If interested, or know anyone that may be, please reply to this, or contact me at <a href="mailto:jmsst2@yahoo.com">jmsst2@yahoo.com</a>. Thanks! </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/what-snake-is-this#post-685 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:09:23 +0000 paherp 685@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>I found one a few years back. To bad it was already hit by a car. I tend to think someone just threw it out the car. It looked fine and not hit till I picked it up and blood started coming out of its moutn. </p> <p><img src="http://spllogics.com/herps/wp-content/gallery/lampropeltis/IMG_9635.JPG"></p> <p>Funny thought riding down the road and passing it then running every native species though my mind, then asking myself &quot;What the heck was that?!?&quot;</p> <p>Amazing how many pets and released pets show up. I get a few emails a year. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/what-snake-is-this#post-684 Sun, 31 Jul 2011 07:47:15 +0000 krloucks 684@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>You are correct... </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/ratsnakes#post-683 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:29:31 +0000 seto2112 683@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Okay if you do-I&#039;ll post the different ones I have photos of from PA-I&#039;ll keep that green/brown Eastern Ratsnake found just outside the Eastern range in my file until then. It&#039;s so hard to keep up with the changes over the last 2 years--scientific names and all. LOL! hmm maybe I should post it anyway... </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/what-snake-is-this#post-682 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:12:18 +0000 seto2112 682@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Found in Royersford, Montgomery County -approx 14 inches long<br /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/eyeinthesky/snake1.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/eyeinthesky/snake4.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/eyeinthesky/snake5.jpg"></p> <p>Photo was sent to me to ID-I&#039;m thinking someone&#039;s pet Cal King escaped. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/ratsnakes#post-681 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:41:55 +0000 krloucks 681@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>We&#039;ve have not separated the ratsnakes... I believe we are still following SSAR which lumps them all into <em>allegheniensis</em> for everything east of the mississippi. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/ratsnakes#post-680 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:12:57 +0000 seto2112 680@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Do you seperate the Eastern Ratsnake from the Midland Ratsnake here? Not sure how the CNAH came up with that and making the Yellow the same as the Eastern Ratsnake and all that stuff. DNA? Wow! The PAFBC made me get a permit to keep my CB OLD Yellow Ratsnake....and my Greenish ones....(yellow X black)</p> <p>Anyway-if you do then I have both photographed..by location. If not-no biggie-except to the PAFBC I guess...confused.... </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/yellow-belly-cooter#post-679 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:18:08 +0000 seto2112 679@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>okay :3 </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/yellow-belly-cooter#post-678 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:54:14 +0000 paherp 678@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Okay Okay lol you can now add Sliders in the database. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/yellow-belly-cooter#post-677 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:59:01 +0000 krloucks 677@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Yes, a yellow belly. Get this in the database! </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/yellow-belly-cooter#post-674 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:40:42 +0000 seto2112 674@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Photographed today at the Lehigh Canal in Carbon County</p> <p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/eyeinthesky/July262011a051.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/eyeinthesky/July262011a054.jpg"><br /> <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v496/eyeinthesky/July262011a055.jpg"></p> <p>hope I did this right </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/red-eared-sliders#post-672 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:41:07 +0000 paherp 672@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>I have been meaning to put in RES and YBS for a while. Let me put it on my list of things to do. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/red-eared-sliders#post-667 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:44:13 +0000 seto2112 667@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Is there a place in the database for those-there is a breeding population in my area now....sigh...each year I see more and more of them-all ages...I have photos. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/eastern-painted-turtle#post-656 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:30:03 +0000 derjjm 656@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>I live in northwestern part of Northampton County. A old section. Sometimes I get into trouble here at home for bringing the local critters in the house for a couple of days. The turtle in a 3 gallon crock wasnt too bad for a couple of hours, but she doesnt like Snakes in the Aquarium or Catfish in the bathtub. I guess she doenst have the same &#039; wonder &#039; I do, or the sense of humor. </p> <p>Local history states that William Penn himself used to come to my little village. Ben Franklin also. It was the place to be I suppose. But time has passed this little burb by... but rumor has it that we may be getting a Traffic light down at the intersection in years to come. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/eastern-painted-turtle#post-655 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:06:55 +0000 krloucks 655@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Thanks J, In what county are you? </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/eastern-painted-turtle#post-654 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 22:16:22 +0000 derjjm 654@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>The turtle has been released.</p> <p>I live along the same highway that the turtle was crossing, not more than 1/3 mile. Had that turtle continued across the highway, it would have been getting farther away from water. There are no ponds or creeks on that side of the road that I know of... unless you want the turtle to walk miles. If it is about to lay eggs, the off spring would have had a tough time getting to water, having to cross the roadway again.</p> <p>Anyway, it was released along a stream. It dove right in, then swam downstream after about 10 minutes and settled in along the bank, along side a sandbar or gravel. </p> <p>I enjoyed the experience. The last time I had contact with a turtle in the neighborhood, it was a box turtle. I always wanted to see a Eastern Painted Turtle up close. Now I have. It was about 8 inches long and about 5 inches wide at the hind. There was no hinge on the yellow belly. A sorta pretty looking reptile. ( I didnt use proper terms because I dont have any of the Alphabet behind my name.)</p> <p>thanks,<br /> j </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/eastern-painted-turtle#post-653 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:46:45 +0000 krloucks 653@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Getting hit by a car is not &quot;Nature running it&#039;s course&quot;. Best thing for the turtle is to put it on the side to which it was crossing. May have been laying eggs or returning to it&#039;s pond. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/eastern-painted-turtle#post-652 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:47:29 +0000 derjjm 652@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>I was on a very busy highway this morning and I noticed a small blob near the fog line of my lane. As I got closer, I saw it was a turtle of some kind as I whizzed past.</p> <p>I went up the road about a tenth of a mile and turned around before too much traffic came along and sped back to the turtle. By then it was in the right tire track of the lane and traffic was coming.</p> <p>I turned onto the opposite shoulder and parked close to the white line and turned my flashers on.</p> <p>I got out of my pick-up and walked back to the turtle before traffic got too close and picked him up. </p> <p>After I got home I looked it up on your website, and I find it is a Eastern Painted.</p> <p>I plan to release it later this afternoon.</p> <p>Before I hear about letting nature take its course, and that I should have let the turtle chance the highway and possibly thin out the gene pool...</p> <p>I like turtles, it wasnt some speedy critter which could cross a busy highway in seconds. It was a turtle. And I did what I did. Live with it. He/She will.</p> <p>Period. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/seeing-spots#post-475 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:45:28 +0000 Rattler 475@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Just got back from a little cruising and a couple visits to the pools. Moved another 30 off the road, and seen few DOR. Seen more peepers. Went to visit the pools and the sallies were active. Video some and took pictures, was cool watching them come up for a gulp of air. They sure dont like the light, although when we put the red light on them they didnt seem to mind it as much. About 11:30 some peepers starting calling, the first ones we heard. Also had a visit from a state cop, thought we were aliens with the different color lights.LOL Told him what we were up to and he said he would keep an eye out for them. He thought it was cool. He was a nice guy. All in all was a great day, we found some new pools, saved some more sallies, got some wet and muddy clothes and now its bed time. I forgot its daylight saving time. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/seeing-spots#post-474 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:49:07 +0000 Rattler 474@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Anyone else think spotted sallies look like Barney the dinosaur. Everytime i look at them, i think of him. Everytime my 2 yr old watches Barney i think of spotteds. She says the sallies are baby dinosaurs. Funny stuff! </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/seeing-spots#post-472 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:47:58 +0000 Rattler 472@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Checked the pools today and there are sperm deposites everwhere. Going out tonight to see if we can see the females pick up the sperm. We also went to another area and found more sperm deposits. Them look like they were there for a couple days or more. I'm told they may be from Jeffersons. Will be keeping an eye on all of this. This is cool stuff! </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/seeing-spots#post-471 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:51:35 +0000 paherp 471@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Killing me. :) Not able to get out tonight. Went out today with 1 dusky and 3 peepers calling mid-day. </p> <p>Tomorrow night I am excited. Will be taking a few people out to listen fro frogs and look for spotteds. </p> <p>Good work with taking your mother out. Glad she found it an interesting experience. </p> <p>Great stuff Kevin. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/seeing-spots#post-469 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:44:07 +0000 Rattler 469@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>What a night, and I dont think we even seen the half of it! We were road cruising and seen spotteds everwhere. The one place it reminded me of cattle crossing the road. This was our first time in the spring doing this. We took my mother with and she loved it. The first one we seen she want to get out and get it to help it across the road. I was amazed at how into it she was. We also found a new place where they cross the road. My oldest daughter and mother at one point were running up the road infront of the vehicle grabbing them and moving them across the road. Was so cool! Also seen a pile of peepers crossing, we helped them to. It was sad to see all the road kills though. The place that had the most, we got there a little to late and there were about 25 dead already. Hope everyone had a night like we did, we will be back at it tommorrow. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/plz-tell-me-your-winter-herping-finds#post-392 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:01:09 +0000 krloucks 392@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>A few winter herping photos.</p> <p><img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/krloucks/1%202009%20Herps/1-24%20Bucks%20Co/IMG_1611.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/krloucks/1%202009%20Herps/1-24%20Bucks%20Co/IMG_1606.jpg"></p> <p><img src="http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w175/krloucks/1%202009%20Herps/1-24%20Bucks%20Co/IMG_1613.jpg"> </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/plz-tell-me-your-winter-herping-finds#post-389 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:35:26 +0000 Daileye1 389@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Thanks guys. I was trying to get a grasp of what "actuals" have been spotted in winter. Its hard to describe common overwintering when the official references refer to individuals found in rare circumstances. Thanks again. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/plz-tell-me-your-winter-herping-finds#post-384 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:49 +0000 Rattler 384@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Been quite busy the last few weeks, so no herpin for me. I just got back from Lake erie steelhead fishing trip. Im hoping I can get out over thanksgiving vac. to look for some marlbed sally larve, never looked for them before so a friend of mine said we should go check out where i found the marlbeds earlier this fall. Will post pics when we find them. </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/plz-tell-me-your-winter-herping-finds#post-383 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:53:48 +0000 krloucks 383@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>I plan on checking more springhouses this winter! </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/plz-tell-me-your-winter-herping-finds#post-382 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:44:40 +0000 paherp 382@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>winter 08<br /> i have 2 green frogs, 1 american toad, 1 mtn dusky larvae, 1 two lined larvae, 1 northern dusky </p> http://www.paherp.org/forum/topic/plz-tell-me-your-winter-herping-finds#post-381 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:11:53 +0000 Daileye1 381@http://www.paherp.org/forum/ <p>Some of you have shared with me that you have found certain species such as garter snakes and painted turtles sunning themselves during the winter. What other experiances have people had with this sort of thing? </p>