varanio;4500855; said:
you have no idea man, I caught probably 30 of them while there and saw some that were orange with black spots and gorgeous yellow shells.
Ginnie Springs herps
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you have no idea man, I caught probably 30 of them while there and saw some that were orange with black spots and gorgeous yellow shells.
+1 for the breeding it would be intense. man I am soo jealus that place looks amazing as the weather cools in NJ you florida people are still having fun.
Nice pictures. I have been to a few Florida springs in the last year and it never gets old to look at pictures from there. I also love the turtles you posted. By the way: The scientific name of those is Sternotherus minor. Do you have underwater shots of the spring? Where is it exactly located?
AFRO-thunder;4504283; said:
it is in central FL around High springs. it's a great place. I am working on saving up for an underwater casing for the camera but no, I do not have any shots of it right now....
Interesting about the name, I have always learned them as Kinosternum but i learned it via AZA which has a tendency to be out of date.
chloe;4504306; said:
haha, let me know when you are this side of the pond and I will show the good places to hunt.
Hi Chris,
Thanks for the advice on the locality. As I have said I have been in central Florida a few times, but always only for a limited amount of time and more than once I visited springs that are basically just like public swimming pools with no wildlife around - so it's good to know where to go.
The name changed a few years ago. Nowadays scientists discriminate between muD and muSK turtles, the first ones being Kinosternon sp. and the latter ones are named Sternotherus (like the common stinkpot S. odoratus, the loggerhead S. minor and the razorbacks S. carinatus and not to forget S. depressus)
I don't know how high your photographic standards are, but for underwater pictures my Olympus stylus 1030 SW is more than enough. It's a 30ft waterproof digital camera that doesn't need a water proof housing and doesn't cost a fortune. Link: http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/olympus-stylus-1030-sw-preview/
Thanks for the advice on the locality. As I have said I have been in central Florida a few times, but always only for a limited amount of time and more than once I visited springs that are basically just like public swimming pools with no wildlife around - so it's good to know where to go.
The name changed a few years ago. Nowadays scientists discriminate between muD and muSK turtles, the first ones being Kinosternon sp. and the latter ones are named Sternotherus (like the common stinkpot S. odoratus, the loggerhead S. minor and the razorbacks S. carinatus and not to forget S. depressus)
I don't know how high your photographic standards are, but for underwater pictures my Olympus stylus 1030 SW is more than enough. It's a 30ft waterproof digital camera that doesn't need a water proof housing and doesn't cost a fortune. Link: http://reviews.photographyreview.com/blog/olympus-stylus-1030-sw-preview/
