Just a few backyard things...

Msh

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What kind of lizard is that bigger one, some skink species I'd guess. I never find any lizards around where I live either.
 

beetleman

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oooh! nice alligator lizards:) very cool lizards,i haven't seen these in a long time. nice find!
 

shebeen

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Alligator lizards are very colorful and you found a beautiful specimen with its original tail. Many loose their tail to predators and regenerate a new one. I use to catch these every summer when I was a kid. I couldn't pass up a woodpile with out poking through it for alligator lizards or fence swifts (blue bellies).
 

SandDeku

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That sucks :(
It does. :c Turns out there are species of lizards/skinks but I've never seen one and you have no idea where I go into or crawl into. =___=;; let's just say when I want to see something I will see it one way or another. rofl. I crawl through mud, muck, quicksand even just to see some rare herps. but I never see anything asides some salamanders, common insects, frogs, toads, and some turtles, that's about it. Well and snakes too.
 

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@ shebeen, ya it's tough to find one with its original tail and there my favorite for sure we also have the small skinks with bright blue tails! As well as blue bellies lol

@ sandDeku, lol ya I get pretty dirty hunting critters too lol I just spent 3 hours in a swamp lol collecting frogs...
 

SandDeku

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@ shebeen, ya it's tough to find one with its original tail and there my favorite for sure we also have the small skinks with bright blue tails! As well as blue bellies lol

@ sandDeku, lol ya I get pretty dirty hunting critters too lol I just spent 3 hours in a swamp lol collecting frogs...
I tend to leave anything that isn't classed on the "overly abundant" status. I.e. you can find bullfrogs, greenfrogs, and leopard frogs by the dozen per square foot of a pond(over here atleast) I don't collect them but I used to as a pre-adolecent
 

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Ya I ment bullfrogs which are way over populated everywhere here... But they taste good sooooo ya lol I usually collect alot...
 

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Seen 47 of these today lol!


Bristle tails?

Ughhh... Have more pics but photobucket hates me tonight!
 

zonbonzovi

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Do I my eyes deceive or are a couple of those Harpaphe millipedes orange where they are normally yellow? I know they exist but I'm wondering roughly what percentage of those you found have that coloration?
 

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About 90% are orange ;) yellow is rare as is red and white....

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beetleman

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wow,very nice! sallys rule:) that looks like ensatina sp. awesome salamander,and quite longlived. nice find.
 

jthorntonwillis

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Carry a butterfly net. works 90% of the time....



Same as you man just keep flipping eventually u will spot one ;) lol most of the time they are running threw the grass before I can finish turning the rock/log/old tv over lol usually just catch a glimps of black streaking away...

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You could probably set up some pitfalls with 32oz deli cups and catch some :)
 

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Haha I see a lot of these salamanders actually most are usually black or kinda red colored they are very neat!
 

ShredderEmp

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I am sooooo jealous that you can just go out and find ten scorpions just waiting for you to pick them up.
 
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