Mojave...

[DantheMan]

Did a little road cruising last night. Went to
one place - nothin. Went to another place-
nothin. It wasn't until I was heading home
down a fairly well traveled highway that I
spotted this mojave. Also saw a kingsnake
dor some sort of rattler - very dor and a gopher
dor on the same road. I have yet to find
a live king.

[osyum7]

Too bad about the dor's, nice looking mohave!

[jeffwilams]

Congrats man. Keep on truckin' and you'll come across a king.

[JJFeldner]

"Too bad about the dor's, nice looking mohave!"

I reiterate, MoHave is the county in AZ. MoJave is the Rattler and the desert.

[KKC]

Jerry, Give it up, we all can not be as perfect as you!!

[viborero]

Congrats on your Scute, Dan. I use the word "Scute" so Señor Jerry doesn't yell at me.

[MAKOOKAM]

Originally Posted by JJFeldner

"Too bad about the dor's, nice looking mohave!"

I reiterate, MoHave is the county in AZ. MoJave is the Rattler and the desert.

I like Mojave better.

[C. willardi]

Ha ha Jerry you beat me to it! I was so happy when I saw the thread name. I was like "Yes! Someone finally spelled it right!"

[Monklet]

So, since we're on the topic (sort of) how is "scute" pronounced?

scoot as in boot
or
scute as in but
or perhaps
scute as in cute
???

[DantheMan]

Okay, since it was my find I would like to propose a new name to settle the issue... "mojahave".. what do ya think? Sounds pretty good huh? All in favor say...aye...eye...I... now, how do you spell that!?

[awanabug]

Originally Posted by DantheMan

Okay, since it was my find I would like to propose a new name to settle the issue... "mojahave".. what do ya think? Sounds pretty good huh? All in favor say...aye...eye...I... now, how do you spell that!?

Ha! Ja!

or is it

Ja! Ha!

[awanabug]

Dan:

Tried to call last night.

Not sure why, but got wrong number.

Sent you an email.

[futantbirth]

Nice scut!

[osyum7]

Originally Posted by JJFeldner

"Too bad about the dor's, nice looking mohave!"

I reiterate, MoHave is the county in AZ. MoJave is the Rattler and the desert.

I thought so, but according to reptilesofaz.com, or at least there it's spelled mohave.

[JJFeldner]

the PARC website goes along with SSAR's HC#29 but in this case, they do not. I have talked to Tom Brennan about this and probably will once again. In HC#29, Crotalus scutulatus is listed as theMOJAVE Rattlesnake and C. s. scutulatus, our local ssp., is listed as the MOJAVE GREEN RATTLESNAKE, even though not nearly all are green and colors range from tan to brown to pink.

And, I have always heard "scute" pronounced "scoot," obviously from the pronunciation of the specific epithet, scutulatus. (See "Composition of Scientific Words," Brown, R. W., Smithsonian Institution Press, ISBN 0-87474-286-2, 1954 [latest edition - 1985].

[Monklet]

Thanks Jerry.