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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Dec 19, 2010 - 12:50pm PT
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Some one showed me a picture of an Austrailian beast called a Stumpy(?), kind of looked like a Aussie gila monster. Anybody got any info on those, it looked pretty grumpy?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 19, 2010 - 02:39pm PT
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Pretty hard to diferentiate among the top five or ten methinks given the
vagaries of injection amounts and personal reactions.
I just know I don't want nothing in Australia to bite me.
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Dec 19, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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Hey Reilly, you should post your photo here. Nice detail! Is that another Alligator lizard?
http://www.supertopo.com/inc/photo_zoom.php?dpid=PzI6OTk2Jycq
Greg and I were out in the desert on a 2-week climbing trip a few years ago. Between his Pepsi appetite and my beer appetite, we had quite the pile of empty bottles and crushed cans going in our campsite. This, of course, attracted a lot of flies, which in turn, attracted more lizards. I think they were Western Fence Lizards. Anyway, it became rather entertaining to watch the lizards on our rest days. They would sit, patiently waiting for the right moment, and then ZIP! One took off running across the dirt at mach speed, opened its mouth, and CHOMP! There went the fly, right out of mid-air! Mmmmm, yum yum… Lunch! Pretty amazing. Talk about acceleration from a standing stop… The internal combustion engine is no match for the Western Fence Lizard!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 19, 2010 - 03:58pm PT
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OK, Mineral, here ya go. I know my snakes but not my lizards - go figure.
Anyway, this poor little feller crawled under the door to my office in an
industrial park in Azusa one horridly hot day. I nabbed him and transported
him to someplace with some greenery and potentail meals.
He was appreciative enough to pose for me before his trip.
Very pensive, don't you think?
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Bob Harrington
climber
Bishop, California
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Dec 19, 2010 - 04:28pm PT
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Here's a collared lizard near Luning, Nevada:
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Dec 19, 2010 - 04:28pm PT
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We always seem to have a bunch of juvenile southern alligator lizards hanging around in front of the shop in Irwindale. They'll sit patiently in the sun over a trail of ants gobbling them up at their leisure. At least once a year there's a squished one in the parking lot. They must have a suicidal preference for hiding under the tires of parked cars.
One lately has decided that home is behind a file cabinet by the receptionist. She keeps taking him back out and a day or two later he's back. We can't figure out how he keeps getting back in.
I never have seen an adult around here, but there has to be a pair somewhere.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 19, 2010 - 04:31pm PT
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There is no advantage to the presentation of a live specimen and most
ER's would rather have a dead one as they only want it for ID so they
they don't initiate heroic measures for a Bullsnake bite.
The CroFab antivenin is effective to varying degrees in all rattler bites
including the Mojave. The interesting thing about Mojaves is that their
venom makeup varies geographically! Not that you want to choose where you
want to get bitten.
TGT,
As you know my shop is only a mile from yours and my guy was surely an adult at a good 6".
I shoulda brought him over to your place which is much nicer.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Dec 19, 2010 - 04:35pm PT
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You've met Sherri so you know what I have to listen to everytime she finds one in her office.
When I was a kid in Covina we'd always find the big ones in the woodpile.
Just corner them and wiggle your finger in front of them and they latch on.
Then talk you little brother into trying it with a really big one. :-)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 19, 2010 - 04:52pm PT
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As I've mentioned I'm off to the jungle soon to find me a Fer-de-lance and/or a Bushmaster.
This is why I'm gonna be reallllllllly careful down there: a Fer-de-lance bite.
I should point out that this poor lad received no treatment for 2 weeks other than some antibiotics!
It does illustrate the ability of the human body and, no doubt, this youngster's will to live.
Warning - not for the squeamish!!!!!
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MH2
climber
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Dec 19, 2010 - 05:28pm PT
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Seems worth being careful, Reilly.
I love lizards and snakes. They recall the sun and desert of my boyhood in Texas and Oklahoma.
At a Horton Creek campsite
A Roof Lizard seen from the same campsite. They are big.
Don't mess with me, I'm Australian.
(photo courtesy of Brendan B.)
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perswig
climber
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Dec 19, 2010 - 05:53pm PT
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Dec 20, 2010 - 12:35am PT
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Hey! What's the amphibian doing in a reptile post?? [A beauty, none the same]
Note to self to post up some pix when I have more time.
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perswig
climber
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Dec 20, 2010 - 06:47am PT
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I think our native reps include only turtles and snakes, so that sali is the best I could do. Almost squashed him rock-jumping after rains soaked our dog-walking trail. Had never seen one before - beautiful.
Dale
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
San Francisco, CA
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Dec 20, 2010 - 11:18am PT
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The very very rare San Francisco Garter Snake:
Really magnificent Cobra:
Fish’s Syncopation Brooch:
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Dec 20, 2010 - 11:21am PT
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That's a Tiger Salamander, Perswig.
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scuffy b
climber
Three feet higher
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Dec 20, 2010 - 12:09pm PT
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DM88T and Reilly, those are both beautiful Alligator lizards.
When I was spending more time around Alligator lizards, near Mt Shasta
(where they have pretty greenish heads) I made more thorough investigations of their biting power.
The first impression is that those guys bite hard. I think this is colored
by our tendency to try to evade the bite, so it's over fast and we're
thinking we're lucky it didn't get a good hold.
If you let them get a good bite, though, they clamp on pretty hard, as wildone states. However, if you're a bit patient and don't flip out,
they get really pumped and can't bite too hard.
Also, like the various blue-bellies, they're vulnerable to the belly rub
and will go into a trance in your hand.
I once caught an alligator lizard in my yard here in eastern Salinia with
more than 30 tiny ticks lodged around and in its ears. Fortunately, I had
some dissecint forceps handy and was able to remove them all.
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FRUMY
Trad climber
SHERMAN OAKS,CA
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Dec 20, 2010 - 12:30pm PT
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 20, 2010 - 12:34pm PT
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jeff_m
climber
somewhere fairly insignificant
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Dec 20, 2010 - 01:24pm PT
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Dec 20, 2010 - 01:45pm PT
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A couple of shots from Anza Borrego my friend Todd took while hiking with my daughter. Saw a desert iguana at Bridwellfest at Josh, but way too fast to photograph. Used to see them pretty regularly, but hadn't seen one for years.
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