Pythons all up in the US

TheJackal · Pythons all up in the US

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nati...rmese-pythons_N.htm?se=yahoorefer

I thought this was intresting, and no its not one of the crazy things I posted earlier...::lol::

cacoseraph

TheJackal

::lol:: I'd be all over that thing

Celeste

Heeerrre snakey-snake -- I have a nice fuzzy bunny for you! ;->

I've told the guards where I work if they every find any rattlesnakes to call me and I'll relocate them. But they never have.

Or I could send my trusty "assistant":

Or we could both go to Florida and help them out with their little python problem...

;-) ;-)

-- Celeste

cacoseraph

my brother and some friends where in the hills by my dad's house and saw a 5' albino iguana. they were too scared to catch it. i would have irwin'ed it and tied it up with my belt and brought it to the petstore i work with!

Celeste

cacoseraph

i have not seen it since, nor have they... and they saw it almost 2 years ago

but... take the 210 to rancho cucamonga.

exit Carnelian
. . go N (toward mtns) on Carnelian. turn R on hillside. turn left on Beryl (
half a block to a block E of carnelian). take Beryl north until it T-bones into Reales St. turn R. proceed ~1000 feet. turn L on Mojave. enterance to hiking trails is on the end of Mojave. This is the Burned Lands in Locale Color. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&a...,0.019269&z=16&iwloc=addr

exit Archibald
. . go N (towards mtns) on Archibald. turn L on hillside. turn R on Beryl (
half a block to a block W of archiblad). take Beryl north until it T-bones into Reales St. turn R. proceed ~1000 feet. turn L on Mojave. enterance to hiking trails is on the end of Mojave. This is the Burned Lands in Locale Color. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&a...,0.019269&z=16&iwloc=addr

there are other enterances and exits to foothills that these trails wind through. i believe the lizard was spotted at a different enterance point

exit Archibald
. . go north on archibald. turn R on Hillside. turn L on Hermosa. go all the way north on hermosa until it ends. park. look for lizard. in this area i have seen absolutely HUGE hawkwasps (indicating tarantulas are nearby).
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&a...,0.019269&z=16&iwloc=addr
in the same hills but 2-4 miles W i have caught giant blind centipedes (either Scolopocryptops(23 walking legpairs) or Cryptops (21 walking legpairs)) and found an empty burrow for some time of trapdoor/mygalomorph. oh, i caught the blinds and saw the empty burrowlining in the Burned Lands.

Locale Color: The Burned Lands: http://scabies.myfreeforum.org/about210.html (need to contribute a site to LC to gain acccess)

ok. all those yahoo maplinks utterly don't work. i hate computers sometimes.
general googlemap of area http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&a...mp;spn=0.047305,0.077076&z=14

TheJackal

that is one big *** snake in the last photo Shocked

Celeste

She's not ours (thank goodness!) -- the owners were offering to take your picture with her for $5 at the last SWHS Show in September (probably to help cover her food bills!) She is 18-feet long and 200-something pounds (230? I can't remember. But more than *I* can pick up!)

-- C

Celeste

josh_r

celeste, you are my kind of woman!!!! i used to collect buzz tails! have u seen the white speckled rattlers??

also, have u gone out to look for the wild populations of jacksons chamelions in your area??????? surely you know about them Very Happy

i have wanted to get out there and find one just for the heck of it for a while, but ive never gotten around to it.

-josh

Celeste

We were actually just rescuing those Pacific Rattlers from a storm drain (so they wouldn't drown next heavy rainfall). I've never heard of "white speckled rattlers" -- what are they?

Those chameleons are pretty far away -- up the central California coast, I believe. So, no, I've never gone hunting for them. We have one male Sambava Panther Chameleon (my son's), and that is enough Chameleons as it is anyway! (But we have about a hundred other assorted mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates -- and that's NOT counting the seven roach colonies!!!) :->

-- C

ftorres

Hello All,
I think those Giant Chameleons are stablished in the Central California area.

Paso robles and up. Morro bay to be specific.

there are the same Chameleons that are running free in Hawaii.

regards

francisco

crash714

TheJackal

Celeste

For Josh's info: it's way too dry in most of So. Cal. for them to get established around here. They stand a slightly better chance along the coast (due to the humidity). But I would think the winters would still kill them.

I wonder how the ones near Morro Bay survive the winters?

-- C

cacoseraph

there is a record of Calisoga longitarsus being caught at morro bay, i believe. maybe a trip up there for bugs and exotic herps would be in order one day

josh_r

the so cal localities were never confirmed as established, but they are established in the san luis obispo area. the cool, humid coastal forest is perfect for them.

celeste, here is a link to some rattler pics, including a white speck

http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/ff288/pascoman81/reptiles/

the white speck is at the very bottom

-josh

TheJackal

Celeste

josh_r

well thanx! i am actually going to be headed out to look for the white ones soon. there are so many beautiful rattlers here. if you love rattlers, you gotta come check out arizona in mid spring and then in mid summer. youll be floored!

-josh