Field Herping

Field Herping is where we share both our experiences and photographs of our fun searching for reptiles in the wild.


Las Vegas Reptile Expo 2011

“They’re gonna give daddy the Rainman suite, you dig that?” That line rolled through my mind as we sped across the desert heading to the Las Vegas Reptile Expo this past weekend. I think at least once I did the whole “Vegas baby! Vegas!” We arrived somewhere around 2 AM and pulled into the parking lot of what we thought was the hotel that our Multi-Media Manager had talked to previously.


Reptile Evolution, The Langkawi bent-toed gecko

Authored by Tom Williams Reptile Evolution Evolution has always captured my imagination, especially in reptiles which first appeared on Earth over 300,000,000 years ago. A programme recently aired in the UK called “The Decades Top 10 New Species” depicted 10 new species of animal that have been discovered this decade. Including the Langkawi bent-toed gecko. This […]


Spider Venom in the Garden of Eatin’?

In the course of this conversation we discussed the Brown Recluse species Loxosceles reclusa and their reputation. This brought up a pet peeve of mine. I can throw a stone anywhere in California and hit somebody who knows of someone who has been envenomated by a Brown Recluse Loxosceles reclusa in the state of California.