Jon Davidson

Nice photography work(as always), Mr. Pogue(Some of these locations look familiar). Although, Am I to infer that you'd rather I not post my 'nasty rap' parody of the Money and Morph folks on your Thread? One could note that my composition is typically both direct and succinct and has literary merit if only in that regard. There is no censorship in this Forum, is there? Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

(How about a little nasty rap?) Nice looking Thamnpohis, Mr. Jeremy. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

The Agkistrodon specimen appears to be quite alert. In my view, intelligence is as important as is morphology when looking for good qualities in a snake. Nice colorations and interesting pattern, too, Mr. Pogue. Always good to see 'real snakes' that aren't in a contrived setting. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Pogue; and the Agkistrodon photos. Agkistrodon are very underrated snakes. By the way, I always enjoy your musical contributions. At least here in the new Lounge we can all enjoy a musical interlude without the concern of any retribution being 'handed down'. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

A caution may be required here, Mr. LD/50, for your inflammatory innuendo...(wink). Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Thank you for the kind words, Mr. Pogue. I'm sure that there would be other members besides myself who would enjoy seeing one of these internet experts from that other site come here and attempt to engage you in this open forum(MFWZ). Thank you for the photographs of melanistic Thamnophis. What beautiful little beasts! Sincerely, Jon Davidson . Writer's edit: for clarity and succinctness.

I appreciate your response. Good luck, Mr. Nir. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Thanks for the update and explanation. Perhaps if you had taken a moment to at least acknowledge the information that I provided to you specifically then I might have been able to supply you with a copy. You may find that locating good quality research papers can take more than a cursory 'google' search. But no worries. Live and learn. By the way can you please tell us who the authors are of this abstract and from when and what journal it was published? I'm sure that your teachers at school would ask you a similar question. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Have you learned anything recently about fossil Viperidae, Mr. Nir? Just wondering. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

I wonder how well Mr. Pogue's excellent Drymarchon poster would be received on that other Reptile web site...? Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Hmmm... Please excuse me for interupting, but I've been keeping snakes for some time now, and with only a couple of diversions, have always kept my live specimens in glass aquariums with weighted screen tops. Perhaps this internet expert will come and express his opinion on this Forum... I would be delighted to debate him on the issue. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Forthcoming publication(entitled): 'Herpetology: An Introductory Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles', by Laurie Vitt and Janalee Caldwell. Academic Press. Hardbound. 720 pages. ISBN #: 13-978-0-12-374346-6. Go to: www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/716265/description#description Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Vivre, Revolution, Vivre! Sincerement, Jon Davidson .

Cool snake chick, Ms. Melanie76 has not been overlooked, Mr. LD/50. Ms. Gina has told me that she has a friend, a Mr. Hans, who is a male model and part time body builder from Austria who has been largely recommended, if you understand my meaning, by her friends as an excellent companion. There should be something for everyone at the Pogue Coulor-Brid BBQ. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

'Colour-Brid BBQ'...? Will this be a 'Black Tie' or a 'White Tie' affair, Monsieur Pogue? We all know that Mademoiselle Gina and her friends look absolutely outstanding in not much more than either a white or black tie. Sincerement, Jon Davidson .

J'aussi ai vu un telle video, Monsieur Moi-Meme; mais j'ai une 'bias' en faveur des crocodiles(clin d'oeil). Sincerement, Jon Davidson . (Veuillez excuser mon Francais).

This crocodile is probably weakened ?? the surroundings look very dry... probably in a drought time ?? Oui, precisement, Monsieur Dubois. Nous ne pouvons pas savoir a coup sur, mais peut-etre ce crocodile etait malade ou blessai d'une maniere quelconque. Je sais que souvent des temps, films de faune sont 'etape' pour le bienfait des visioneuses. Evidemment, quelques scenes en films du faune doit etre 'etape' vers illustrer mieux un aspect du comportement normal ou de l'habitat d'un animal(comme en des documentaries pour Monsieur David Attenborough, pour exemple). Simplement mon avis. Sincerement, Jon Davidson . (Veuillez excuser mon Francais).

Hmmm... Il pourrait etre que ce crocodile etait malade ou blesse. Generalement, un predateur n'attaqueront un animal en bonne sante en particulier un animal quant ferorce et puissant comme un crocodile. Une Interessante video. Merci Monsieur Dubois pour signaler ceci. Sincerement, Jon Davidson. (Veuillez excuser mon Francais)

Yes, I do, Monsieur Dubois, which are some of the best 'Croc' sites on the web. It's good to see the links posted here. Do you know: www.crocodopolis.net ? ; and : www.reptile-database.org ? ; which is also a good 'Croc' resourse. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Dubois. Obviously, I don't speak French, although I will do the best that I can in limited amounts. I certainly don't wish to be some new anglais guy going around the site brutalizing the often times quite beautiful French language. On the other hand, as an immigrant here, it's up to me to learn the language, especially since we have been very graciously invited by Mr. Justin to enjoy the Freedom here that we were not allowed on that other Reptile web site. The proposal to resurrect an historic genus of Mecistops for Crocodylus catatphractus was published recently in the Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution; 39(2006), pps: 16-32,(Are crocodiles really monophyletic? - Evidence for subdivisions from sequence and morphological data) by L.R. McAliley, R.E. Willis, D.A. Ray, P.S. White, C.A. Brochu and L.D. Densmore 111; based on mitochondrial DNA. Although, as in the recent similiar studies on the phylogenetic alignment of the Tomistoma in relation to the Gharial, molecular data appears to be at odds with the morphological data. It's interesting to me that there can be a distinction between molecular evolution and anatomical evolution. One might wonder how well accepted the proposed change will be since the name Crocodylus cataphractus is historically well established(Crocodylus cataphractus Cuvier 1825). There certainly is a focus on Crocodilian phylogenetics lately and it's good to see that at least some people find the beasts interesting beyond their value as high end fashion leather goods. What have you been reading lately on Crocs, Monsieur Dubois? The recent books by Surrey Beatty and Sons(Publishing company)are quite good. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Is that a Drymarchon eating a small Thamnophis in your p.s. photograph, Mr. Pogue? I'm shocked and appalled! I have a good mind to write a letter of complaint to this site's administration asking that you be immediately banned for gross misconduct and inciting hatred against all us decent Thamnophis loving folks. I don't believe that you're 77 years old, either. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Bonjour et Merci, Monsier Dubois, du le tes bienvenue. Merci aussi de parlar en anglais. Je volonte parlar vers vous dans anglais(I think that might be enough of me attempting to speak/write French for the evening). I too prefer Crocodilian conservation over Crocodilan hunting; although in my view, some of these old books can be useful for their 'historical' photography and descriptions of large and or seldom seen species, such as Crocodylus cataphractus, in the book by Mr. Freddy Boller(I misspelled his last name in the original post). I have about a dozen or so of these old Crocodile hunting books from the 1950's and 60's that I've picked up at garage sales, dollar stores and the 'seconds' bins at used book stores over the years. Many of them have interesting photographs of habitats and Crocs even though, sadly, most are brutal and savage in their view(and treatment)of these Reptiles. Good to know that there is fellow Croc enthusiast on the site! And again, Thank you Mr. Dubois for your welcome. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Bonjour, Monsier Pogue. May we please see more of your photography work? Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Merci, Monsier Rancor_ Les melanistics...(are) ces magnifque! (I apologize for my French). Sincerely, Jon Davidson .

Bonjour, Monsier LD/50, Good to see you here. Sincerely, Jon Davidson .