Amphibians and Reptiles

[oh joy]

'Kay!

[crabnebula143]

oh joy- for this event, you don't need to know the difference between mudpuppies + waterdogs, just make sure you know what Proteidae is ...

does any one know the difference between Thamnophis & Tropidoclonion???????????
(help )

[Pleiades]

the noob, posts are supposed to be at lest somewhat meaningful. Dont make a post with a ton of smilies on it. The mods probably wont like that.

Has anyone started to fill their field guide with post-it notes? how's that going?

[robotman]

if you use the autobahn one you don't raelly need post its but for the peterson one i hve put a ton in

[crabnebula143]

its taking me FOREVER!!!!!! (emphasis on FOREVER!!!) to put all the sticky notes in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


does anyone know how to distinguish genus Thamnophis from genus Tropidoclonion (help!!!!! )

[Pleiades]

Does audobon really have more info than peterson? Or is it that peterson just lacks the entire US so you have to combine them?

[dickyjones]

I wouldn't say Audubon has more, but there's definitely some different information in each. It's smart to use both, as well as an encylopedia or similar, to study/modify the field guide.

[Flavorflav]

You don't need to know the difference between thamnophis and tropidoclonion for this event. If you are just curious, they are much more robust than thamnophis.

[adam124218]

You mean tropidoclonion is much less robust, no? They're much smaller than regular garter snakes.

[Flavorflav]

They're shorter, but thicker - i.e., more robust. You can't really tell length from a picture, which is what you usually get, so length doesn't help much - plus, it could be a juvenile.