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Check out the upcoming Biology of Lizards Conference in Rodeo, NMwww.biologyoflizards.comFollow the meeting on Twitter
05/22/2018

Check out the upcoming Biology of Lizards Conference in Rodeo, NM
www.biologyoflizards.com

Follow the meeting on Twitter

An interesting field study by University of Memphis graduate researcher Malle Carrasco-Harris
11/18/2016

An interesting field study by University of Memphis graduate researcher Malle Carrasco-Harris

Late October copperheads in the upstate of South Carolina still active in the unusually warm weather.
10/26/2016

Late October copperheads in the upstate of South Carolina still active in the unusually warm weather.

10/26/2016

Since 2006, there has been a marked increase in the number of reports of severe and often fatal fungal skin infections in wild snakes in the eastern USA. The emerging condition, referred to as snake fungal disease (SFD), was initially documented in rattlesnakes, where the infections were believed to...

08/15/2016

A female timber rattlesnake checking out the GoPro camera today surrounded by neonates from other females (she obviously hasn't given birth yet based on her girth). Some of the neonates have already shed. There are also four copperheads tucked in there as well.

This may not look like much at first, but it's actually quite interesting. It's a thermal image of a shelf rock where pr...
08/15/2016

This may not look like much at first, but it's actually quite interesting. It's a thermal image of a shelf rock where pregnant female snakes bask. The blue streak running diagonally from the upper left to lower right is the opening under the shelf rock (darker colors like blue are cool temperatures, lighter colors like red and white are warm or hot). The rock itself is in the upper right corner, and the bright white spot is where moments before a pregnant timber rattlesnake was coiled. The temperature in the spot is approximately 102-103 degrees even though the air temperature at the time was around 78, with mostly sunny skies.

08/14/2016

Testing if a GoPro works for documenting snake behavior in dark tight spaces. There are a few freeze frames in there so you can see what's going on, and it's a little shaky...right now it's just a rough test of the GoPro. Better quality in HD.

08/14/2016

Testing the GoPro again. The blue color on the rattlesnake's rattle is non-toxic paint to distinguish individual animals. Better in HD.

The highlight of a great day in the field...adult timber rattlesnakes, neonate timber rattlesnakes, and adult copperhead...
08/14/2016

The highlight of a great day in the field...adult timber rattlesnakes, neonate timber rattlesnakes, and adult copperheads (ready to produce young themselves) all under one rock. A tough shot to get, they are all about a foot back under the rock in complete darkness with only about five inches of headroom to work with.

An aggregation of six females seen today. Certainly most if not all are just a couple weeks away from producing young.
08/14/2016

An aggregation of six females seen today. Certainly most if not all are just a couple weeks away from producing young.

A couple of about 25 seen today, mostly all close to giving birth.
08/14/2016

A couple of about 25 seen today, mostly all close to giving birth.

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