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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Oklahoma... not many Herps]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>the young assasin bug is a nymph &quot;young one&quot;.&nbsp; the nymph are generally unidentifiable to species level due to characteristics needed for ID, only being present on the adults (e.g. wing morphology).</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[gopherman]]></name>
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			<updated>2010-06-14T23:47:13Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Oklahoma... not many Herps]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The fish is a sculpin</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[Bahamut]]></name>
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			<updated>2010-06-14T20:48:19Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Oklahoma... not many Herps]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Ok, now what about that fish? it looks like one of those sucker fish you put in a fish tank, but i&#039;ve never seen one in a creek before.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[two_crotalus]]></name>
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			<updated>2010-06-14T20:28:30Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Oklahoma... not many Herps]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><blockquote><p>Appears to be an Assassin Bug.</p></blockquote></div><p>Yep, definitely a Reduvid (family Reduviidae). Looks like a young one.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[OkieHerper]]></name>
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			<updated>2010-06-14T14:49:55Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Oklahoma... not many Herps]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Now, what in the world is this?&quot;</p><p>Appears to be an Assassin Bug.</p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[huka]]></name>
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			<updated>2010-06-14T03:15:43Z</updated>
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			<title type="html"><![CDATA[Oklahoma... not many Herps]]></title>
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			<content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Spent the weekend in northeast oklahoma, roughly 10 miles from the Arkansas border. Did a bunch of road cruising, checked out a few old barns and houses, a creek, some dirt roads, and a rocky glade area. I knew with the temps as high as they were that i wasn&#039;t going to find much, but I at least scouted out some potential places that i can check out during the fall and next spring. My list:</p><p>1 DOR coachwhip (busy road, no photo)<br />2 DOR Rat snakes no photo<br />1 DOR green snake no photo<br />1 AOR common snapping turtle<br />2 AOR Brown snakes<br />1 AOR unidentified water snake<br />1 DOR Pigmy Rattlesnake<br />1 Broadheaded skink no photo<br />TMTC 5 lines skink<br />2 Little brown skinks<br />1 Ringneck snake<br />1 Box turtle<br />2 Blotched Watersnakes (no photo)<br />1 Lined Snake</p><p>PHOTOS</p><p>Within an hour of arriving at my mom&#039;s, i found this supposed county record in her front yard.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1206.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1206.jpg" /></span></p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1197.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1197.jpg" /></span></p><p>Later that night, I found yet another small terrestrial snake (aside from my lined snake and smooth earth snake) seemed to be the only live snakes i&#039;ve been able to photograph yet.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1213.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1213.jpg" /></span></p><p>After that, we made the trip out further east in oklahoma, where i checked out the house and 1st barn. Found nothing amongst all that debris but a ringneck snake. That night, i roadcruised another brown snake. So, the next morning we got up early to check out some bluffs. On the way, we found this... just as a side note, i was told to cruise this road the night before, but i decided to stick to dirt roads for some reason, now i&#039;m regretting that.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1318.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1318.jpg" /></span></p><p>After i spotted it, it took a second for the driver to stop, and further up the road we saw this.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1324.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1324.jpg" /></span></p><p>Its shell was cracked, it had a pirate eye, and some pus or liquid coming out of its neck. If i could have, i would have taken it in and tried to nurse it back to health... but i don&#039;t know that much about it, and resources just wouldn&#039;t allow it. Another thing, when it was approached, it would just rise up on its hind legs.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1325.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1325.jpg" /></span></p><p>We reached the bluffs soon after that, but they were so overgrown with tall weeds, i didn&#039;t want to work my way through them, so we continued. all the bluffs faced south/southwest. I found another hillside facing south/southwest and decided to go check it out, here are a few scenic photos i took while searching the area.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1332.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1332.jpg" /></span></p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1331.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1331.jpg" /></span></p><p>On the way back, we checked out barn #2, its a miracle this thing is still standing, but aside from some very large wasp nests, there was nothing there.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1341.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1341.jpg" /></span></p><p>Now, what in the world is this?<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1350.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1350.jpg" /></span></p><p>And this?<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1358.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1358.jpg" /></span></p><p>Here is a crayfish in the stream where i found 2 blotched watersnakes... possibly some graham&#039;s crayfish snakes around there? i hope so, hittin that place up again tomorrow.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1362.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1362.jpg" /></span></p><p>And some pictures of flowers, really just testing out my new camera.<br /><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1307.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1307.jpg" /></span></p><p><span class="postimg"><img src="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1309.jpg" alt="http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn309/turbo_atrox/Oklahoma%20Trip/IMG_1309.jpg" /></span></p>]]></content>
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				<name><![CDATA[two_crotalus]]></name>
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			<updated>2010-06-14T01:14:58Z</updated>
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