Comments on: Spotlight On… http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602 Educational programs, games and more Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:02:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602&cpage=1#comment-168 nature Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:21:08 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602#comment-168 You are all great herpetologists and made spot-on guesses! It is indeed a member of the viper family. We actually are still working on identifying it down to species.
Next Tuesday we will spotlight a new specimen. This one should be a bit more difficult; you are obviously ready for more advanced challenges. In the meantime, let us know Who Pooped?

]]> By: nature http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602&cpage=1#comment-167 nature Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:46:52 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602#comment-167 Great guesses everyone! We’re not going to comment on them for the moment, to sustain the mystery …
@ Rich – Have you ever been to the California Herps website? I did a search there for vipers and came up with a couple sidewinders which can be found in Southern California

]]> By: RIch http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602&cpage=1#comment-166 RIch Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:47:06 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602#comment-166 Viper of some kind, rattler if its a California snake. Do we have any native viper that is not a rattlesnake? I guess I better google it!

@Kaydee a python doesn’t have the big fangs and the skull looks a bit more “lizardy” for lack of a better term.

Cool stuff

]]> By: Laurie Osborne http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602&cpage=1#comment-165 Laurie Osborne Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:47:10 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602#comment-165 Rattlesnake! Or some other fanged venomous snake. :-)

]]> By: Connor http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602&cpage=1#comment-164 Connor Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:07:19 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602#comment-164 That was easy, it’s a rattle snake skull, but the lower jaw is not present.

]]> By: Kaydee http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602&cpage=1#comment-163 Kaydee Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:16:18 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/academy/exhibits/naturalist_center/nnotebook/?p=1602#comment-163 Python! Or some snake species…

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