Random Bone Things in situ Pictures

cacoseraph · Random Bone Things in situ Pictures

from wastelands:

I don't really take bonethings home with me, but southern CA does have some pretty interesting species. One of the most brilliantly colored (as immatures, at any rate) are the skinks. I have seen the most brilliant blue tails on some of these things! Adults typically lose that coloration, but i have read that some retain it Smile

Thiscordia and a skink i caught to look at and then release. Thiscordia has a 2.5-3"/6-8cm millipede in his hand. Millipede could be Hiltonius pulchrus, Tylobolus claremontus, or maybe Atopetholus californicus or maybe even something else.

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I use this site to figure out CA herps
Western Skink
probably Eumeces skiltonianus
possibly Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus

cacoseraph

from Wastelands:

HORNED LIZARD
"Desert Horned Lizards have one row of fringe on the sides. Compare with the Coast Horned Lizard which has two."
There are two species with about the right range:
Phrynosoma platyrhinos calidiarum "Southern Desert Horned Lizard"
OR
Phrynosoma coronatum "Coast Horned Lizard"
but my guy has two rows of fringe spikes so i guess he is a Coast Horned.
"Habitat, Riverside County. The bare spot in the foreground is a nest of harvester ants, a primary food source for Coast Horned Lizards."
I let my fella go again, but might go back and collect it if my room mate's connections at a local college want it and have the right paperwork for it.

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cacoseraph

from wastelands
i grabbed a snake i found. from looking it up i guess it might be some kind of coachwhip. dunno. aside from all the crapping it was the picture of a perfect snake.

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i grabbed a little gopher snake. it was cute.

twirl grabbed a gopher snake that nbond saw. it was big and nice.

apparently it wasn't a very good year for the snakes. i found this and another mummy/skeleton somewhat close to the Hallowed Grounds.

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cacoseraph

from Azusa, CA:

some kind of frog or something

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