The Nature Photography Thread

[ConcinusMan]

Now that's some darn hardy snakes.

[Stefan-A]

Now that's some darn hardy snakes.

Indeed. I suspect the number of reptile species found north of the 68th parallel can be counted on one hand.

[ConcinusMan]

68th? Jeez. You live there? all I can say is why? no friggen way. Not this guy.

[ConcinusMan]

47th is about my limit. 68th, now that would be Northern Alaska in the US. There are no reptiles in Alaska. No permenent residents to speak of either. I don't blame them. Of course, there's no roads either. You people are nuts!

[Stefan-A]

68th? Jeez. You live there? all I can say is why? no friggen way. Not this guy.

No, I'm down here at the 60th. Vipera berus can be found as far north as the 68th and Natrix natrix at....

You know what, I just had a look at another distribution map. It seems the V. berus can be found all the way to the shore of the Barents Sea. That's about the 70th. The northern limit for Natrix natrix is somewhere around the 65th.

According to the distribution map in the Rossman et al. book, there doesn't seem to be any Thamnophis sp. above the 60th.

Of course the latitude alone doesn't say everything about the climate.

[ConcinusMan]

True. But it does say a lot about the day length and at that latitude it's just too darn dark in the winter for my taste.

[Stefan-A]

True. But it does say a lot about the day length and at that latitude it's just too darn dark in the winter for my taste.

Well, it gets compensated for in the summer.

[ConcinusMan]

Which isn't nearly long enough. I'm just used to California's central valley or Southern CA. San Diego or L.A. weather is my taste, I just don't like those cities. Atwater/Modesto isn't bad at all though.(I was born in Bakersfield CA and love the climate) WA is about all the winter I can stand!

[cowsymbola]

Which isn't nearly long enough. I'm just used to California's central valley or Southern CA. San Diego or L.A. weather is my taste, I just don't like those cities. Atwater/Modesto isn't bad at all though.(I was born in Bakersfield CA and love the climate) WA is about all the winter I can stand!

I'm the same way. I'm near Sacramento and was at the coast near Mendicino last week, and even those rainstorms were almost too cold/wet.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, Sacramento isn't bad but if I'm going to be near there in the summer, I'd prefer Reno/Sparks, NV or even Lake Tahoe. I just realized we are way off topic. Where's the new nature pics anyway? It's been cold, wet, and nasty so I haven't had a chance to get any new ones. Even had a bad wind/rain storm a few days ago. trees down, houses damaged, roads blocked.