Dr. Bill Lamar Interview, An Avian Life List, & Close calls with B. atrox

A look into how Dr. Lamar got his start in herpetology, what he's currently up to with research, and a very close call with one big, angry Bothrops atrox.

Link:
http://nyexotics.blogspot.com/2012/0...vian-life.html

Hmm I was expecting more on the bird side since it was part of the title but only got mentioned as simply keeping a life list of birds more so than reptiles. I have to say that I personally started out my biology life in herpetology, this led to travels, which led to photographry, which led to birds. Now 3 years later with the birds I've built a life list of 774 birds for the world and over 445 just in the US (mainly Texas (350+) and Arizona (75+)).

Interestingly enough, I ran into a amphibian down in Panama that has yet to be identified properly. Some believe to have ID'd it down to a Harlaquin Frog (Criitcally endangered) Juvenile, but I have my skeptics about such a find. The image is here if any Central / South American Amphibers want to take a stab at it :-)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7149/6...6dafb701_z.jpg

Or you can visit this link for a description and map showing where it was located.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/codycon...7628313235403/

All in all, good read :-)

Thanks for sharing that fun read! And what a cool frog species to document!

Very cool reptileexperts! Sorry to disappoint on the avian stuff - I had found it interesting that he doesn't have a herp life list. Btw, 750+... very impressive! Interesting amphib as well - would you mind if I passed it on to a few people to try to id it? Also, where in Panama was it found - region/elevation?

Thanks gardenfiend138! Was hoping it would be entertaining. He is a knowledgeable guy.

Please pass it forward. I'll see if I can get brave enough about posting another shot of a species I found in Belize that is not described yet to my knowledge. It's a unique gonatodis gecko.

And thanks its getting hard to add birds without traveling now!

It was found in the canal district Between Gamboa and Summit. Photographed late November 2011.

Awesome, thanks! I added you on flickr to check out some of your photos - nice stuff.

I passed on the amphibian photo to a few people, I'll let you know what comes back. Definitely post up the gecko! I'd love to see it.

I added you as a contact as well. I'll post it as private for contacts only. It's a sensitive matter thanks to a very esteemed herpetologist in the UK potentially screwing me over by taking the image and running in a sense when I disused it with him while we were studying red eyed tree frogs in Belize later that week after it was found.

Sounds good Cody.

Pretty horrible what happened with the gecko species.

Anyways, sent out the photo for an id... I'll pm you about it.