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I'm going to Maui this weekend for a weeks vacation, and I was wondering what species are common over there. Where is the best places to look. I'm aware that there shouldn't be any snakes, but do they have any proprietary lizards or amphibians? I'm definitely going to snorkel with the sea turtles.
Thanks for any help,
Whitey

But I wasn't sure about the scientific nomenclature.

...found two weeks ago on Maui.

Besides several Jackson's chameleons, I also saw lots of green anoles, marine toads - including hundreds of metamorphs, metallic skinks, house geckoes, mourning geckoes, a couple of indo-pacific geckoes, and a green seaturtle.

There are snakes on the Hawaiian Islands, too; blind snakes.
Just flip rocks.

Check Sean McKeown's field guide to Hawaii to see what other introduced species are found on Maui.

Veiled chameleons and Puerto Rican coqui frogs have been introduced since that book was written. The coqui frog has been causing a fuss because their chorusing can get up to 100 decibels and the islanders are not used to the sounds of any frogs at night.

If you are planning on snorkelling at turtle town, check before taking a snorkel boat, because two weeks ago the water was murky and there was a shark feeding on turtles so the boats weren't stopping there.

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You on vacation again? You seem to always be hanging out on those tropical islands. I should be so lucky. Oh, well, only four more years

TC

I didn't know they had tropical islands in Southeast Arizona.
lol
I guess that means I only have four years to come up and see some of those cool upper peninsula herps?

>>I didn't know they had tropical islands in Southeast Arizona.
>>lol
>>I guess that means I only have four years to come up and see some of those cool upper peninsula herps?
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Ratsnake Haven: Elaphe schrencki, dione, bimaculata, taeniura, mandarina, conspicillata, porphyracea, situla, emoryi, and Lampropeltis zonata and calligaster

Had a little brain lapse there...over 50 ya' know, haha.

Ya, I have to count those Sky Islands But there are some real islands not too far away. Don't forget the Gulf of California. We're going to have to explore some of those one day.

PS: I discovered an island in Lake Huron this summer. It actually is pretty cool, with at least ten snake sps. and lots of other herps. It has a good pop. of massasaugas. I'll be exploring there some more in the spring.

Are you coming to AZ next summer? Take care....TC.

...of course, that went right past me.
I'm not sure about Arizona this summer. Have to wait and see.

Those Baja islands are great. Tim and I hit a couple of them last summer and had a lot of fun.