Salamander messaged me and asked if I would be willing to help on your list. Sure, I can do that. I’m a keeper of snakes and work with them on a daily basis. Everything from common garter snakes to reticulated pythons. I don’t keep much in the venomous area but I have worked with them and I rescue wild snakes frequently.
Dayglo, here is your Herp Guru.
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Much appreciated! I'm perhaps not the right person to run a snake/reptile ping list, not having snakes of my own, but I do live in an area with lots of them (rural Upstate NY, in a meadow in the woods...) as well as many other critters.
But I'm certainly happy to maintain the list as long as someone more knowledgeable (and you have kindly offered, thanks!) can field the questions that inevitably come up in comments. Of course if you wish to assume the ping list duties (now or in the future) I will defer, and just be a member.
I'm in awe of your work at rescuing wild snakes. I was a wildlife rehabilitator for about 15 years, specializing in skunks and raccoons and so forth. I am seriously impressed, and good for you!
Meanwhile I'm on the lookout for a good snake-related news article with a catchy headline, that will make for a good "first thread" to launch the ping list. Failing that I may just create one as a vanity. Figure I'll have time over the weekend to put it together.
Many thanks again!