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What is your STATE reptile?

British Columbia doesn't have a designated official reptile, but I would vote Great Basin Gopher Snake.
 
measley said:
Ours is just a Garter Snake... I guess that would explain why I see them everywhere when we're hiking with the dog!

EDIT: OT but a fun fact... apparently my state's official drink is cranberry juice! :p
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Would you like some Boston Cream Pie with that cranberry juice? haha

I also see garter snakes all the time if I am walking the dog near grassy areas....my dog goes nuts when she sees them. It would be funny if you had a Boston Terrier...
 
Well, of course LA is gonna be a gator! I think Florida stole the idea from us.. And hey, not only do we get a state reptile, we also get a state crustacean! How cool is that?!
 
Wisconsin :

State Animal: Badger (ironically, not native to the state....it was a nickname given to the miners)
State Bird: Robin
State Wildlife Animal: White-tailed Deer (outside of Milwaukee and Madison, they're everywhere.
State Insect: Honeybee
State Domestic Animal: Dairy Cow (Sweet Cheeses, that's a shocker.)
State Fish: Muskellunge ("the fish of 10,000 casts...")
State Dog: American Water Spaniel (the breed was developed here)

But no state reptile. I'd go with the Spring Peeper (frog) or Northern Redbelly Snake


Dale
 
Yea I checked...NJ doesn't have a state reptile..we do have...

A state animal: the horse
A state insect: the honeybee
A state bird: the eastern goldfinch
A state fish: brooke trout (I think it was called that..)

Anyway..if we did have a state reptile I would like it to be either the gate lizard or the corn snake...as supposedly they do reside somewhere in NJ..heheh
 
jazzgeek said:
Wisconsin :

State Dog: American Water Spaniel (the breed was developed here)


Dale
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There is a statue of an American Water Spaniel in a park in my hometown (New London, WI) because it is believed to have been developed in this area (fox/wolf river area)....

and per wiki "Doc Pfeifer of New London, Wisconsin, the man credited with obtaining recognition for the breed in the 1920s, believed that the AWS was developed by crossing extinct English Water Spaniel and the Field Spaniel"

Also...our state symbol of peace is the mourning dove...and the state fossil is a trilobite.
 
I'd go with the Spring Peeper (frog)
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We have those in a small swamp behind my dad's house where I grew up. Man when they get going it sounds like a thousand pet peep toys going off for hours...
 
Utah doesn't have one. :( Lame!

However, our state fossil is Allosaurus fragilis! Since I love theropods, that makes me one happy Gina. :D
 
ZoologyGirl said:
There is a statue of an American Water Spaniel in a park in my hometown (New London, WI) because it is believed to have been developed in this area (fox/wolf river area)....

and per wiki "Doc Pfeifer of New London, Wisconsin, the man credited with obtaining recognition for the breed in the 1920s, believed that the AWS was developed by crossing extinct English Water Spaniel and the Field Spaniel"
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Heh, the man who got me into bird dogs - David Duffey, an editor with Gun Dog magazine - lived in Bear Creek when I was dating his daughter (who lived in Chicago). He knew Doc Pfiefer, and told me a few stories about the guy.



Dale
 
Well, my state's reptile was, already, mentioned so ... I'll be a "party-pooper" and list all the "official state reptiles" (of whichever states have them).;)

Alabama - Alabama red-bellied turtle
Arizona - Arizona Ridge-nosed Rattlesnake
California - Desert Tortoise
Colorado - Western Painted Turtle
Florida - American Alligator (Official Florida State reptile) and Loggerhead turtle (Official Florida state salt water reptile)
Georgia - Gopher tortoise
Hawaii - Gold dust day gecko
Illinois - Painted Turtle
Kansas - Ornate Box Turtle
Louisiana - American Alligator
Maryland - Diamondback terrapin
Massachusetts - Garter snake
Michigan - Painted Turtle
Minnesota - Blanding's Turtle
Mississippi - American Alligator
Missouri - Three-toed box turtle
Nevada - Desert Tortoise
New Mexico - New Mexico Whiptail Lizard
New York - Common Snapping Turtle
North Carolina - Eastern Box Turtle
Ohio - Black Racer
Oklahoma - Collared Lizard
South Carolina - Loggerhead Sea Turtle
Tennessee - Eastern Box Turtle
Texas - Texas horned lizard
Vermont - Painted turtle
West Virginia - Timber rattler
Wyoming - Horned Toad
 
ForkedTung said:
it just got me wondering if there is a demographic for reptile preferences...
anyone have a theory or etc.. about this?
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Interesting line of thought.
I am not sure if there really is a demographic preference although I am sure that familiarity, & likes/dislikes, play a part.
Perhaps care needs, in colder states vs. warmer states, (&/or whichever reptiles people relate to doing best in a particular climate) may play a part:shrugs: ... just a shot in the wind.;)
 
jazzgeek said:
Heh, the man who got me into bird dogs - David Duffey, an editor with Gun Dog magazine - lived in Bear Creek when I was dating his daughter (who lived in Chicago). He knew Doc Pfiefer, and told me a few stories about the guy.



Dale
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I lived in bear creek for a few years, though I was very young...from about the time i was roughly 1 or 2 years old until just before I started kindergarten. I had relatives that lived there also.
 
plausibledenial said:
Ours is the Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum). I've never seen one in the wild though.

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I loves them. I saw one out on Matagorda Island once. Tiny little thing... I was with a 4H group, and one of the leaders picked it up and we pet it. Didn't squirt blood or anything.
 
midnightgallop said:
Would you like some Boston Cream Pie with that cranberry juice? haha

I also see garter snakes all the time if I am walking the dog near grassy areas....my dog goes nuts when she sees them. It would be funny if you had a Boston Terrier...
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Lol, we have a lab but believe it or not, When I first moved here, I was at a party in Boston and there was a little Boston Terrier running around... I had to keep from laughing!!
 
measley said:
Lol, we have a lab but believe it or not, When I first moved here, I was at a party in Boston and there was a little Boston Terrier running around... I had to keep from laughing!!
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Was it a Boston tea party lol, that was so bad, just shoot me!
 
im not in the usa so its not a state really but i iwll join in ours is the black adder and the grass snake over here for reptiles
 
We have 38 species and sub-species of amphibians and reptiles here in Maine.

  • 9 - Salamanders
  • 9 - Frogs/Toads
  • 9 - Snakes (1 Endangered, 2 Special Concern)
  • 11 - Turtles (3 are Marine species)

The only amphibian species known to be non-native to Maine is the Mudpuppy, which also is the state’s largest amphibian. Up until the early 1900's we had small pockets of Eastern Timber Rattlesnakes. Unfortunately there hasn't been any official sightings of one since the early 1920's.
Even with these animals being native to our state, we do not have an "official" state reptile/amphibian.
Hmmm? :shrugs:
Jay :cool:
 
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