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by Zimmerman
October 4th, 2016, 11:40 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Trip to Costa Rica in August 2016
Replies: 0
Views: 5126

Trip to Costa Rica in August 2016

Last August I went to Costa Rica. It was my second time. I really love this country. Nature is stunning and the people are great! My first time was in 2008 with other biology students. This time I was with my girlfriend. We both enjoyed the trip! You can find the complete story in words and photogra...
by Zimmerman
September 29th, 2015, 11:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 4732

Re: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015

http://ronaldzimmerman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/MalawiLiwondeNationalParkMvuuTimeline.jpg Part III of the report is online now. You can find the link here: Malawi 2015 Part III: ‘The Warm Heart Of Liwonde National Park’ | RONALD ZIMMERMAN WILDLIFE & NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - All images © 2008-2...
by Zimmerman
September 6th, 2015, 1:54 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 4732

Re: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015

I just finished part II! This part is about the Zomba Plateau. You can find it here: http://ronaldzimmerman.nl/malawi-zomba-plateau/ It is very short. I can not wait to upload the photos of Liwonde NP. :D Moloney's White-collared Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis ssp. moloneyi) http://ronaldzimmerman.nl/...
by Zimmerman
September 2nd, 2015, 1:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 4732

Re: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015

Excellent photos Ronald! Really like the green snake, flat lizard, and all the chameleons of course :beer: Looking forward to seeing more of your photos someday soon! Jeff Thank you very much! I will post a small second report after the weekend. :) Cool post! Especially the Leptopelis!!! Thanks! Ye...
by Zimmerman
August 31st, 2015, 10:40 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 4732

Re: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015

justinm wrote:Loved all these Chameleon shots. Thanks for a great post. I'll revisit this again I'm sure.
Thank you very much! :D I have a lot of great photos on my computer. I can not wait to show them! :D
by Zimmerman
August 30th, 2015, 11:23 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 4732

Re: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015

Great stuff, I love the diversity. To see chameleons in the wild would be amazing. The common reed frog is extremely handsome, what does the venter look like? Thanks for sharing, Nick Thank you! Yeah. I saw my first wild chameleon in Portugal last April. Now I love chameleons! :) It is one of the m...
by Zimmerman
August 30th, 2015, 11:02 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015
Replies: 9
Views: 4732

Tripreports Malawi & Zambia July-August 2015

http://ronaldzimmerman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MalawiMountMulanje20150722-42.jpg The first part of my trip to Malawi and Zambia is online. It is about a very interesting herping location Mount Mulanje. It was the dry season and very hard to herp. The chameleons were there, so that was great! ...
by Zimmerman
May 17th, 2015, 2:46 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Ria Formosa (Tavira, Portugal), late April 2015
Replies: 0
Views: 1248

Ria Formosa (Tavira, Portugal), late April 2015

During my holidays I did two trips. One with my girlfriend to Portugal (Tavira) and one with my friends to Spain (Sierra de Andújar). This report is about my six days trip to Tavira (Portugal). I really wanted to see the Common Chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon), so that was my only real herping goal....
by Zimmerman
March 6th, 2015, 11:10 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: [Borneo] Geckos and two frog IDs please
Replies: 5
Views: 2786

Re: [Borneo] Geckos and two frog IDs please

dendrelaphis wrote:Hi,

11 is a Cosymbotus craspedotus
9 is a Cnemaspis, I guess also kendalli

All the best,
Johan
yuesam wrote:Nice finds.

9 is C. kendalli
13 is Ingerophrynus quadriporcatus
14 is correct
Thank you very much! :D
by Zimmerman
February 24th, 2015, 4:01 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: [Borneo] Geckos and two frog IDs please
Replies: 5
Views: 2786

[Borneo] Geckos and two frog IDs please

Last summer I went to Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak). I want to know the IDs of the animals I found. For some I think I found the ID, but I would like confirmation. For the snakes I already got great help here. I also got the IDs of most frogs, skinks and agamas. Some geckos and two frogs are still with...
by Zimmerman
November 11th, 2014, 1:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo and King Cobras [pic heavy]
Replies: 50
Views: 25211

Re: Borneo and King Cobras [pic heavy]

Wow awesome trip! I love the Sumatran Pit Viper! :D Great photography :) What flash setup did you use? :) The Wallace’s Flying Frog was also one of my favorite frogs that I saw on Borneo. :) Did you handle the frog? I also experienced that the frog changed color from very bright green to dark green....
by Zimmerman
November 2nd, 2014, 2:23 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Re: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Ti

Thanks for the pics. I'm heading there (Borneo) in 4 weeks. I hope to see just a little of what you saw! Well I hope you are incredibly lucky and see more than I did. :) Wonderful variety of excellent photos! Some day I hope to make it to Borneo. John Thank you very much! :) It is really something ...
by Zimmerman
October 30th, 2014, 6:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Re: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Ti

I'm gonna sound like I'm nitpicking your IDs, but that bronzeback from tioman is Dendrelaphis cyanachloris - you can tell by the elongated head. Could potentially be a record for the island too, although I'm too lazy to go through the paper on herpetofauna of tioman. I'm sure you could find it onli...
by Zimmerman
October 27th, 2014, 3:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Re: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Ti

I finally got my last part online about Pulau Tioman. I was a bit too busy to finish this report. :) See here: http://ronaldzimmerman.nl/malaysia-2014-part-v-pulau-tioman/ Wall’s Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris) http://ronaldzimmerman.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Maleisie2014PulauTioman140814...
by Zimmerman
October 20th, 2014, 2:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Re: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Ti

Are you sure you Rhabdophis chrysargos is not Amphiesma sarawacense? Looks more like that species to me. Nice photos! Thanks! I think you are right! :) One more specie on my list because I found a juvenile Rhabdophis chrysargos in Kubah. :) Great post. That Kinabalu crested dragon is incredible! I ...
by Zimmerman
October 12th, 2014, 3:07 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Re: Malaysia 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak) and Pulau Tioman

krisbell wrote:Great pics and report - thanks for sharing.
Thank you, and you are welcome! :D
by Zimmerman
October 11th, 2014, 2:44 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Re: Malaysia 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak) and Pulau Tioman

Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Thanks for sharing! The V. salvator in the drink is very nice!
Thanks! :D

Do you have any thoughts on the gecko with the red tail? I think it is a Hemiphyllodactylus typus.
by Zimmerman
October 11th, 2014, 2:21 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman
Replies: 17
Views: 9244

Malaysia Summer 2014: Borneo (Sabah & Sarawak)+ Pulau Tioman

My first trip-report on this forum will be about my trip to Malaysia. I went there for 4 weeks and visited beautiful national parks on Borneo and I visited Pulau Tioman. It is a lot of work to proces and edit all the photos and write a report. My report is in smaller parts on my website. This was my...
by Zimmerman
October 11th, 2014, 1:43 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #81: Spitter Baby
Replies: 20
Views: 8756

Re: Borneo Dispatches #81: Spitter Baby

Wow such beauty! :D
by Zimmerman
April 18th, 2014, 6:58 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo snake ID, please!!
Replies: 10
Views: 1499

Re: Borneo snake ID, please!!

For what it may be worth - it's a female, with 139 ventrals, and appears to have 17 or 19 midbody scale rows. Jeff I looked it up in the field guide of snakes of Borneo (Stuebing and Inger, 1999) and the Rhabdophis chysarga (Speckle-Bellied Keelback) is the only one of your options that fits the di...
by Zimmerman
April 17th, 2014, 3:59 pm
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Convince me to buy a Canon EFS 100mm f/2.8 macro lens
Replies: 9
Views: 5721

Re: Convince me to buy a Canon EFS 100mm f/2.8 macro lens

A 100mm Macro is mandatory :) I don't use Canon, so I can just help you with the field of view and distance things.
For vipers you have the proper distance (at least 30cm) and you can make a nice blurry background.
by Zimmerman
April 17th, 2014, 8:25 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo december 2013
Replies: 16
Views: 5411

Re: Borneo december 2013

Thanks Zimmerman! Every time of day has it's own set of active creatures. Frogs, toads, snakes and sleeping lizards I found mainly at night. Active lizards are around during the day and I found that many snakes(Dendrelaphis, Chrysopelea, Xenochrophis, Coelognatus) also like the early morning sun. G...
by Zimmerman
April 16th, 2014, 5:54 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo december 2013
Replies: 16
Views: 5411

Re: Borneo december 2013

Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:
Zimmerman wrote: Is there enough to find during daytime?
Depends on what you're looking for. Insects, lizards and birds are easier during the day. For frogs and (most) snakes, the night's where it's at.
Sounds similar to Costa Rica. :) Night and morning trips will be the best :)
by Zimmerman
April 15th, 2014, 3:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo december 2013
Replies: 16
Views: 5411

Re: Borneo december 2013

Nice post my fellow Dutchman :D I can't wait to go in July :) I see many photos are nocturnal. Is there enough to find during daytime?
by Zimmerman
April 15th, 2014, 3:50 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #78: Cobra Rasslin', Ozzie Style
Replies: 13
Views: 4669

Re: Borneo Dispatches #78: Cobra Rasslin', Ozzie Style

Nice cobra! Lightning is hard during nighttimes :(

I will go to Borneo this summer. It is interesting to read your posts :)
by Zimmerman
March 23rd, 2014, 12:00 pm
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Canon 300mm f4 vs 17-40
Replies: 8
Views: 4371

Re: Canon 300mm f4 vs 17-40

I own a 300 F4. It is very good for lizards. Especially the shy ones. But you can also make photographs of lizards with their natural behavior, because you are not too close. Most lizards tolerate you 1,5 or further away from them. A 300 F4 closest focussing distance is 1,5m (with rings even closer)...