Yea I'm conducting field research for my personal enjoyment.



I was watching Jeff Corwin studying anacondas with this woman named Maria. The females caught were recorded by Maria in an interesting way: by drawing the patterns on the undersides of their tails.



Now as I was watching this I came to realize the northern water snakes by my house have patterns on their undersides(as with most other northern water snakes across the globe) and it made me wonder if individual northern water snakes have unique patterns on their undersides. If they do it would allow me to keep tabs on the snakes I catch/find.



So I went out in the field today and as luck would have it, I came across my first northern water snake(actually first snake) of 2007. Unfortunately, she(I'm pretty sure it's a she) is in blue right now so her pattern is not easy to see at least on her tail. I'll try and get pictures up of her soon!
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Scott



Reptiles

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1 Colombian Rainbow Boa (Rocky)

1.0 Ball Python (Sultan)

0.1 California Kingsnake (Leota)

1.0 Eastern Painted Turtle (Yugi)

0.1 Red/Gold Bearded Dragon* (Irwin, R.I.P.)



Other

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1.0 Betta Fish (Tyrone)

1.0 Hooded Rat* (Clubber, R.I.P.)

0.1 Albino Rat (Isis)

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