rec.pets.herp "Frequent Posters"

1.1 Mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila)

 2 Giant toads (Bufo marinus)

0.1 corn snake (Elaphe guttata)

1.2 Boa constrictors (Boa constrictor)

1.0 Ladder snake (Elaphe scalaris)

0.1 Amur (Russian) rat snake (Elaphe schrenki)

1.0 Gopher tortoise (Gopherus poylphemus) (Federally endangered, have permit)

1.0 Musk turtle (Sternotherus odoratus)

1.0 Eastern garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)

1.0 Ball python (Python regius)

1.1 Black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) (MassWildlife headstart program animals)

Caught my first garter snake when I was nine years old and have had herps ever since. Started breeding snakes of various local species when I was 13.  Currently a boa and mangrove snake breeder.  I'm an avid bass fisherman, averaging 50 days on the water a year.  I'm also a published author, having written articles for the now defunct Reptile and Amphibian magazine and  also several for MassWildlife, the magazine of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. I  enjoy hard alt/rock music, preferably live, field herping, hiking, fitness, good tequila and computer gaming.  I'm married to a Mississippi belle and we have two children.  I like vacationing in D.C. and Florida , the former for its dive bars and history, the latter for its fishing and herps (and its dive bars). 25 year member and former two-term President of the New England Herpetological  Society, Boston MA .

 Photo:    Me with a four-pounder.  Photo taken by my daughter.