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postman
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While on the subject of lizards, are there Horned lizards (horny toads) in the lower Baja?
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capn.sharky
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At the Bar El Messie in Loreto, I met a horny toad. He kept buying the girls drinks. He finally drank so much himself, he turned color and
disappeared. I think he was trying to noose a large breasted bar lizzard.
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capn.sharky
At the Bar El Messie in Loreto, I met a horny toad. He kept buying the girls drinks. He finally drank so much himself, he turned color and
disappeared. I think he was trying to noose a large breasted bar lizzard. |
Large breasts and a forked tongue. A horny toads fantasy come true.
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Barry A.
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I have seen many horned toads in Baja-----
real ones, that is, and they were not in a BAR. (-:
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Neal Johns
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postman,
A few years ago, I watched a Horny Toad alongside a two-track road west of Mulege sitting next to a red ant hill having lunch.
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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ursidae69
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I don't check the board here as often as I should. This thread caught my eye, really cool. I'm an amatuer herpetologist myself and have a lot of fun
noosing lizards in Baja when i go.
I last went in March 2005 with 5 other biologists and we caught a ton of lizards. Photos can be seen on my webpage with the full trip report.
http://www.chucksweb.net/Trips/2005/BajaMar2005/BajaMar2005.htm
The nature you get down in Baja is just amazing.
[Edited on 7-8-2007 by ursidae69]
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jrbaja
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One of the best reports and pics.
that I have ever seen on here. MuchasGracias
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gringorio
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Likewise, great report and photos ursidae69... Thanks!
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Paulina's lizard appears to be a Collared Lizard. Crotaphytus Collaris. The band behind the head is the collar.
Tom Jones, a collared lizard breeder in Escondido, often accompanies our Biology Field Lab and manages to find several differently colored collared
lizards around Bahia de Los Angeles each year.
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I love lizards, never had a problem with them. Use to catch Horned Toads in El Segundo up in the dunes. Thanks for bringing them up.
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Don Jorge
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ursidae69
The nature you get down in Baja is just amazing. |
Indeed it is and your report is pretty amazing also. Thanks for sharing!
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
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"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by allanbartlett
...I recommend Lee Grismer's book published a few years ago. It has an exhustive listing of the native Baja reptiles & Amphibians
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If you do a search on the 'net, Grismer's work is apparently well respected and referred to very often.
Not an inexpensive book:
http://tienda.bajanomad.com/cgi-bin/tienda.cgi?item_id=05202...
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Terrific report...thanks
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pokey
Are lizards edible? This might seem like a totally strange question but I see lizards in the back country by the hundreds. Free foood always
appeals to me. Anyone ever eat one of these things? I'm guessing that they taste like chicken. |
What BBQ sauce is best for these?
Taste like chicken?
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Neal Johns
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Nope, tastes like rattlesnake.
Sweet Baby Ray's barbeque sauce, works on any meat, sweet.
Great report and website.
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ursidae69
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Thanks for the comments on my trip report!  I hope to get to Baja
again this fall, always wanted to do a fall trip and try to see the whale sharks. My Spring 04 trip report has quite a few herps in it too. I agree
about Grismer's book, I don't go to Baja without it!
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Come to Yuma and noose Flat-tailed Horned Lizards. Noose ALL the little bastards. That is, if you can actually find any.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Bob H
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This is really good stuff, a great report and photos....
Example:
"Once we paddled out past the protection of the island and were in full force of the winds, I got scared. The waves were really big and white-capping.
The wind made the yak hard to control and it seemed apparent to me that trying to paddle through three miles of these huge waves would be extremely
difficult and dangerous. The water was cold and if we did roll one of the yaks, we'd have to somehow get back in else hypothermia could set in. I told
Bruce that I thought this was a bad idea and I was uncomfortable with the idea of going across. He agreed and we paddled back to the island.
Once back at the island we climbed up the ridgeline to see how Randy was fairing in the waves. He made it across, but it was about then that we
realized that most of our gear was on the boat and we also realized that we didn't really communicate with Randy about the fact that we may head back
to the island. I'm sure everyone at camp was worried about how we were doing. Every year people die in kayak accidents in the Sea of Cortez, now I
know why. We realized that we might have to stay the night and all we had were the clothes on our back, one set of binos, a gallon of water, and a few
cliff bars. Unfortunately, we also had no way to start a fire. This was looking sort of grim. We watched through the binos as Randy refueled his
little boat, he was going to try to come back for us!! We all hoped he would wait and not try to come in the wind, but he did anyway. A brave effort I
have to say. We watched in horror as he tried to get through the surf, fighting the wind. At one point we saw the little boat stand straight up on end
and the wind whipped it 180 degrees facing back toward shore. Right about then we saw Randy pull out the oars and start paddling back to shore. He
must have damaged the motor. In a few minutes he had made it to shore and we could see that the boat was swamped and he had a real struggle getting
back on the beach."
Wow
[Edited on 8-14-2005 by Bob H]
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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