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Unfortunately I don't have any to share yet but I think I might dabble in some wildlife photography this summer. However, I would still be very interested in seeing all of yours.

Onthophagus taurus


And that was the only one I could upload before ImageShack crapped out on me. I have a few more pictures that I'll try to upload later.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Come on nat you can do better than that..lemme see some house geckos!

It's too cold for House Geckos around here (during the winter anyway). The only local place were I have seen large, established populations of House Geckos is the store where I used to work (large, warm, humid fish room + tons of crickets everywhere = huge population of House Geckos and Green Anoles).

Here are some more pictures of local wildlife though:

Some kind of snakefly.


Herd of elk crossing the street:


Red-Sided Gartersnake:




This last picture of the snake is interesting, because you can see it actively engaging the slightly enlarged rear teeth to ensure maximum envenomation (the venom is considered harmless to humans but does have an anticoagulant effect, as you can see by the other bite on my hand in the picture):


Golden-Crowned Sparrow:


Western Scrub-Jay:


Band-Tailed Pigeons:


Southern Alligator Lizard:


Western Fence Lizard:





Horsehair Worm:




California Slender Salamnder:


Juvenile Arboreal Salamander:


Uroctonus mordax

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Adam caught a pic of one of our geckos, although we don't think it's spike, he's the only one I've been able to name since he has two tails....

Driveway resident

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Impressive Nat!
Those Garter snakes are neat..i knew they had slightly enlarged rear teeth, but i never classed them as opisthoglyphs!
I wonder how their venom compares to the Western Hognose? I had a juvie (less than 12" ) chew me my finger up once, just swelled up for a while.
Babelfish, lets see this gecko with two tails?! Are you sure it hasnt fallen off, and then regenerated halfway?
James
Edit: just look into it and they are believed to have Duvernoy’s gland secretions rather than small rear fangs. how cool.

Those Garter snakes are neat..i knew they had slightly enlarged rear teeth, but i never classed them as opisthoglyphs!
I wonder how their venom compares to the Western Hognose? I had a juvie (less than 12" ) chew me my finger up once, just swelled up for a while.

They aren't as venomous as Western Hognoses. In addition to a lot of bleeding, hognose venom will also cause a lot of swelling of the area bitten, and can possibly have dangerous effects if the person happens to be allergic to the venom. Here is a good site demonstrating significant hognose envenomation.

Edit: just look into it and they are believed to have Duvernoy’s gland secretions rather than small rear fangs. how cool.

Yeah, as far as I know the vast majority of Colubrid snakes (including many of those widely considered to be nonvenomous) have toxic Duvernoy's Glands secretions that help incapacitate prey. From some of the later literature I've been reading, scientist now consider advanced snakes (superfamily Xenophidia, which includes Elapids, Coulubrids, and Viperids, among others) to be descended from a single venomous ancestor. I think in the past it was believed that venom developed independently in these groups, but I'll have to do some more reading on that subject.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

One of the many resident geckos that appear in and outside the house

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Hi Adam,
When those critters get into the house, does the "mite"
think they are great toys?
Frank


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I took these in Galway, Ireland.



One of my favorite pictures:

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"it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."

Great Egret Ardea alba

(Breeding display)

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Yes frank, the mites gotten one (that I know of) so far. She caught it early in her kittenhood and neither of us acted very pleased. She hasn't gone after any more (they are really fast after all!) so hopefully she wont make a habit out of it cause I think they're wonderfully cute. Instead she does a pretty good job working as a fly killer.


Here in Oz we need to watch out for crocs, adam came across this saltwater one this saturday when we were out snorkeling.





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haha..
Regarding the gecko, looks like some sort of Gehrya sp. to me..
James

WTH is "the mite" btw?

Babel's cat is named "Vegemite".

Joe Potato

Oooh i see.
Your cat wants to try taking on a Tokay Gecko..
http://www.rfadventures.com/images/Animals/Reptiles/lizards/tokay-gecko-bg.jpg

Tokays aren't as bad as people make them out to be... I've been bitten by adult Tokays more times than I can remember, and they only broke the skin like two times. But then again, I have a pretty high pain threshold and my hands are tough and weathered from spending too much of my time herping.

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

Actually... It's an Asian House Gecko

Hi Babel,
I don't for a minute think that is a real salt water
croc. I think its a plastic toy posed for a picture.
Nice try.

Frank

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