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Our forum member, Oldcrota, has published a book of Collared and Leopard photos. You can look at the whole book (free) here;

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/2475891

I might be a bit biased, but I think these photos are incredible !!
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Valerie

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.--

God bless the USA

to sit with Barney quite a few years ago at a sonoran desert herp symposium in Tucson. He was a delight! Man the place was filled with egos and I happened to sit down next to him and have a conversation. The nicest guy you ever wanted to meet! Never a hint of ego just really excited about sharing his knowledge of herps with you. A great man indeed. Thanks for the nice book Barney!

Tom Greb

A very nice book with very best recordings.
Simply fantastic.

Greetings from Germany

I could go on and on, Barney my hat off to you my friend, totally breathtaking photography, felt like I was there with you!

I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF MY VEIWING EXPERIENCE ! I left a comment but think it said for facebook, don't know where my comment went but If ya ever see it I meant every last word of it.

Oh , Your photo was amazing as well, you look like a sophistacated cowboy, heheheheee, loved it.

;0)
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Eve
Suncharmers Colorful Collareds & More

Incredilble photos! I believe I was with Barney when a few of those were taken.

Oldcrota is to be the keynote speaker at the the 2011 Midwest Herpetological Symposium this weekend--it is hosted by the Minnesota Herpetological Society. His talk is on collareds and leopards and will include his incredible photography.

Also, he will be published in the Herpetological Review, probably in the spring. Earlier this year, he discovered and photographed 3 male collards emerging from the hole where they had all brumated together. Prior to that, we believed males were so territorial that communal brumation was not a possibility.
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Valerie

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.--

God bless the USA

There are many aspects to their natural history. There are certain instances when normally non-social animals will congregate. You cannot see something like this one time and say they communally hibernate. I have found 3 male chuckwallas under the same rock but that does not mean they like each others company. In fact I did not know there were more males under the rock until I released the one I cought on a rock close by and another shot out to attck it tehn a third shot out to join the brale. It was pretty funny but the fight was serious and they soon scattered. It is said in times of drought they will not be as aggressive toward one another in gaurding territories . It may just be a species survival strategy. Also remember lizards in captivity do not act as they would in the wild. I have kept male chucks together for years then one day walk in and find a bloody mess in the cage.