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Some Hot trivia
OK, since we have so many hot keepers with alout of experience, (pun intended) I thought of a trivia question.
There are some 20 odd species of Crotalinae..............Who can name them all? I can think of probably close to 20 myself, but I am sure I am lacking being out of the loop for so long. Have fun, Rick |
i have been looking for you. I was in west texas this past weekend. found a few critters. Anyways, A friend from washington and i are comming to do some herping in your area this spring. He is flying in to El Paso and im meeting him there. We are going to go west first, then come back to texas. You want to help out in your area? I have never herped around you. Let me know, Thanks...............sppeavy@hotmail.com, Later
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Man, you aint even going to guess at one? Jeez! Yer no fun at all. :raspberry Yeah, if I remember correctly, you emailed Me once about this. Feel free to do so again, or PM Me with your email. We can exchange numbers or something. I cannot make plans too far in advance though, I have to go to AZ next month sometime to get My big girl and her new babies, and I have some tentative plans for heading down south Tx for some field herping there coming up. It all lies in the timing I guess, but I am interested. Just keep Me up. Now, you gonna guess at the question? HA HA Rick |
I can think of a few
Im a bookworm, so here you go......
Agkistrodon Atropoides Crotalus Gloydias Bothriechis Bothriopsis Bothrops Sistrurus Ovophis Hypnale Calloselasma Lachesis Now, there are a few (around 10 or so) Testudines. Know any. I have the luxury of recieveing reptile books at every holiday. That all I freeking get. |
Or did you want individual snakes?
Every venomous in the U.S. except the corals and sea snakes. ie.. all rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths. This list could go for a long time.
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Nope, you are answering just what I was looking for. There are still more though. I am hoping someone will put some I don't know. Something maybe recategorized for example (like the Western ssp of Rattlers.)
In answer to your question, I happen to know that one from some research done a while back. Is this what you are sking for? Carettochelyidae Chelidae Chelonidae Chelydridae Dermatemydidae Dermochelyidae Emydidae Kinosternidae Pelomedusidae Testudinae Testudinidae Trionychidae Those are the 12 I found when I was looking for some ID info a while back. But Turts and Tort's aren't hot. LOL Anymore that you know of? Anyone else gonna try? I know BW will show up eventually and name them all. HA HA HA Rick |
Heres a few more
Cerrophidion
Deinagkistrodon Ophryacus Porthidium Trimereurus Tropidolaemus I think that makes 18 so far. Ill look for some more. |
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After we get them all, which is your favorite, and why? Rick |
I had to find the last 6
There are so many to choose from for a favorite. I really like our native Trans-Pecos Copperheads. A friend has found one that is almost red in color. I also love the Rock Rattlers and the Protected Ridgenose Rattler. My overall favorite would be the Cantil. Thats a beautiful snake. Everytime I see one, I drool all over. Hey, you seeing any critters yet. I have found a few around here, but the temps are dropping out on me. Its supposed to snow this week. I know turtles are not hots, but it was a similar question for you. Its funny you mentioned that though, I got in an argument with my ex-roomates girl over a supposedly poisonous turtle and she wouldnt let it go even after I proved it was not true. She had read about box turtles eating poisonous mushrooms, and then the native indians getting sick from eating the turtle meat. She didnt understand that the turtle couldnt poison you with a bit. It was pretty funny how dumb she was. Anyways, I talk toooo much.
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Cantil huh. They are nice, and they really fascinate Me also. We have a couple here at our zoo. We also have a banded RR that I donated to them a few years back. Rocks are really hard to find in this area. Mostly I find them as road victims. US Stateside, I would have to go with the ridgenose being a favorite of mine as well. May have to do with the fact I've only found one in the wild, and never really "got My fix" of them. World wide, I have a thing for the Trimerasurus family. The few that I have seen caused this same drool you mentioned earlier. They are very cool looking.
As for the "poisonous" turtle. I do not know enough to make a claim on that one. Look at the poison dart frogs. Their toxins are developed from their diet, so is there some possibility in this happening???? I can't say. Now "venomous", I know there are not any around that I ever heard of. Many people do not know the difference between venomous and poisonous though. As for critters........The weather here has been so screwwy, even I don't want to come out yet. LOL We have had a lot of wind and blowing dust from these storms that are dumping stuff up north. On the job I have seen the lizards coming out, but not one snake yet. My Texas Horned Lizard has not shown himself yet either. He lives in My yards somewhere and comes out in the spring/summer. Actually, the ants around here are barely waking up also. I have not actively looked yet though. Here are the Crotalinae I can come up with............... Agkistrodon Atropoides Bothriechis Bothriopsis Bothrocophias Bothrops Calloselasma Cerrophidion Crotalus Deinagkistrodon Gloydius Hypnale Lachesis Ophryacus Ovophis Porthidium Protobothrops Sistrurus Triceratolepidophis Trimeresurus Tropidolaemus Zhaoermia Now we need someone who REALLY knows this stuff to come and add the ones I am sure I left out. :) Rick |
There are 31 species of Crotalus and some 40 something sub species of Crotalus. I think around 47 or 48.
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Does my list count?
Agkistrodon Agkistrodon bilineatus Agkistrodon contortrix Agkistrodon piscivorus Agkistrodon taylori Atropoides Atropoides nummifer Atropoides olmec Atropoides picadoi Bothriechis Bothriechis aurifer Bothriechis bicolor Bothriechis lateralis Bothriechis marchi Bothriechis nigroviridis Bothriechis rowleyi Bothriechis schlegelii Bothriechis thalassinus Bothriopsis Bothriopsis bilineata Bothriopsis medusa Bothriopsis oligolepis Bothriopsis peruviana Bothriopsis pulchra Bothriopsis punctata Bothriopsis taeniata Bothrocophias Bothrocophias campbelli Bothrocophias hyoprora Bothrocophias microphthalmus Bothrocophias myersi Bothrops Bothrops alcatraz Bothrops alternatus Bothrops ammodytoides Bothrops andianus Bothrops asper Bothrops atrox Bothrops barnetti Bothrops brazili Bothrops caribbaeus Bothrops colombianus Bothrops colombiensis Bothrops cotiara Bothrops erythromelas Bothrops fonsecai Bothrops iglesiasi Bothrops insularis Bothrops itapetiningae Bothrops jararaca Bothrops jararacussu Bothrops jonathani Bothrops lanceolatus Bothrops leucurus Bothrops lojanus Bothrops marajoensis Bothrops moojeni Bothrops muriciensis Bothrops neuwiedi Bothrops pictus Bothrops pirajai Bothrops sanctaecrucis Bothrops venezuelensis Calloselasma Calloselasma rhodostoma Cerrophidion Cerrophidion barbouri Cerrophidion godmani Cerrophidion petlalcalensis Cerrophidion tzotzilorum Crotalus Crotalus adamanteus Crotalus aquilus Crotalus atrox Crotalus basiliscus Crotalus catalinensis Crotalus cerastes Crotalus durissus Crotalus enyo Crotalus horridus Crotalus intermedius Crotalus lannomi Crotalus lepidus Crotalus mitchelli Crotalus molossus Crotalus polystictus Crotalus pricei Crotalus pusillus Crotalus ruber Crotalus scutulatus Crotalus stejnegeri Crotalus tancitarensis Crotalus tigris Crotalus tortugensis Crotalus transversus Crotalus triseriatus Crotalus unicolor Crotalus vegrandis Crotalus viridis Crotalus willardi Deinagkistrodon Deinagkistrodon acutus Gloydius Gloydius blomhoffi Gloydius halys Gloydius himalayanus Gloydius intermedius Gloydius monticola Gloydius saxatilis Gloydius shedaoensis Gloydius strauchi loydius tsushimaensis Gloydius ussuriensis Hypnale Hypnale hypnale Hypnale nepa Hypnale walli Lachesis Lachesis melanocephala Lachesis muta Lachesis stenophrys Ophryacus Ophryacus melanurus Ophryacus undulatus Ovophis Ovophis chaseni Ovophis monticola Ovophis okinavensis Ovophis tonkinensis Porthidium Porthidium dunni Porthidium hespere Porthidium lansbergii Porthidium nasutum Porthidium ophryomegas Porthidium porrasi Porthidium volcanicum Porthidium yucatanicum Protobothrops Protobothrops cornutus Protobothrops elegans Protobothrops flavoviridis Protobothrops jerdonii Protobothrops kaulbacki Protobothrops mucrosquamatus Protobothrops tokarensis Protobothrops xiangchengensis Sistrurus Sistrurus catenatus Sistrurus miliarius Sistrurus ravus Triceratolepidophis Triceratolepidophis sieversorum Trimeresurus Trimeresurus albolabris Trimeresurus andersonii Trimeresurus barati Trimeresurus borneensis Trimeresurus brongersmai Trimeresurus cantori Trimeresurus erythrurus Trimeresurus fasciatus Trimeresurus flavomaculatus Trimeresurus fucatus Trimeresurus gracilis Trimeresurus gramineus Trimeresurus gumprechti Trimeresurus hageni Trimeresurus insularis Trimeresurus kanburiensis Trimeresurus labialis Trimeresurus macrolepis Trimeresurus macrops Trimeresurus malabaricus Trimeresurus malcolmi Trimeresurus medoensis Trimeresurus nebularis Trimeresurus popeiorum Trimeresurus puniceus Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus Trimeresurus sabahi Trimeresurus schultzei Trimeresurus septentrionalis Trimeresurus stejnegeri Trimeresurus strigatus Trimeresurus sumatranus Trimeresurus tibetanus Trimeresurus trigonocephalus Trimeresurus truongsonensis Trimeresurus venustus Trimeresurus vogeli Trimeresurus yunnanensis Tropidolaemus Tropidolaemus huttoni Tropidolaemus wagleri Zhaoermia Zhaoermia mangshanensis |
UH, that's not a list..........That's a book. HA HA And pretty complete too.
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Since Michael is feeling so enrgetic, maybe He would like to show us pictures of them all. LOL
Rick |
Okay, give me some time to round them all up.
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Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock,
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Man, how much searching did that take you? LOL Nice pics BTW. Always wanted one of those Both... schlegelii. Those bright orange colors are sweet.
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Nice work
collecting those pics Michael. :beer:
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*snicker* Bah, by the time we type everything out, they will change the nomenclature anyway. Coffee has not kicked in yet this morning, so here http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/~uetz/...Viperidae.html :dgrin: |
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HA HA. Knew you'd come and straiten us up. That's why we keep you around. LOL Yer probably right though. I was just looking, and there are several on Michaels list I have not heard of before. Just goes to show the learning never really ends. Rick |
oh, there is quite a few on there that I would not have gotten anyway.
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