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The Rise of Herping YouTubers
Over the past few years, herping, once a niche outdoor hobby shared mainly through forums and field guides, has been exploding in popularity thanks to a growing number of YouTubers bringing it to the mainstream. With GoPros strapped to their chests, boots stomping...
The Argentine Boa Constrictor (Subspecies Boa constrictor Occidentialis)
When you think of herping in South America, chances are the Amazon, tree boas, and dart frogs come to mind. But there’s one lesser-known native that deserves a serious spotlight, the Argentine Boa Constrictor, Boa constrictor occidentalis. This powerful and beautiful...
How Sudden Flash Floods Reshape the Search for Reptiles and Amphibians
If you’ve been herping long enough, you know that nature doesn’t always play by the rules. One minute you’re walking a dry desert wash, the next you’re running for cover as a flash flood barrels through. While most people avoid the wilderness after heavy rains,...
The Tropical Flat Snake
In the world of herping, few creatures feel more like hidden gems than the elusive tropical flat snake (Siphlophis compressus). Slender, secretive, and strikingly patterned, this lesser-known species glides through the rainforests of Central and northern South America...
Identifying Amphibians by Call
There’s something primal and unforgettable about the sound of a swamp at night. The buzz of insects, the croaks, chirps, trills, and barks, these aren’t just background noise. For those of us who live for herping, these calls are a living soundtrack that tells us...
Herping for the Argentinian Rainbow Boa
There’s something about herping deep in the heart of South America that just sticks with you. Maybe it’s the humidity that clings to your skin, or the way the jungle pulses with life after dark. But for a lot of guys who’ve spent hours walking forest trails and...
Herping in the Himalayas
When most people think of the Himalayas, they picture snow-capped peaks, elusive snow leopards, and Buddhist monasteries perched on cliffs. But for those of us who live for herping, tracking down and observing reptiles and amphibians in the wild, there’s another...
The Red-Eyed Tree Frog
In the world of herping, few species strike the perfect balance between beauty and biology quite like the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas). With its bright scarlet eyes, lime green body, and bold blue and orange flanks, this frog is the poster child of...
Florida’s Invasive Reptiles and Amphibians
If you’re into herping, Florida might seem like paradise. Swamps, marshes, tropical temps, and a staggering diversity of cold-blooded creatures, what’s not to love? But beneath all that wild beauty lies a growing problem: invasive reptiles and amphibians that are...
Herping for the Emerald Tree Boa
For anyone who’s ever gone herping in the humid, shadowy depths of the Amazon rainforest, spotting an emerald tree boa is like striking green gold. Draped elegantly across a branch like living jungle jewelry, Corallus caninus is one of those species that stops you in...