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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???????????
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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?

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

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!!!!! )

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

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.

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.

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

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.