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- June 21st, 2013, 10:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: June Holidays
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5578
Re: June Holidays
Hi Rupert, How I used to establish my opinion on the rarity of some bronzebacks is to observe their habitat preferences and judge how much suitable habitat there is in my area for the species. I agree completely! This is kind of the point I tried to make (but forgot to state explicitly). I tend to c...
- June 20th, 2013, 11:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: June Holidays
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5578
Re: June Holidays
One more note.... Some bronzeback species may be more secretive than others. Some occur only in good primary or mature forests. These habitats are by themselves 'rare' in Singapore. However, upon entering such an area one may encounter a number of specimens of a 'rare' bronzeback in a year - of cour...
- June 20th, 2013, 11:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: June Holidays
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5578
Re: June Holidays
How common a species is a very subjective statement. Some bronzebacks may dwell higher up in trees, others lower on the ground. Some people may generally focus just on one of these areas whilst herping. Some species of bronzebacks tend to prefer forest streams, others prefer open habitats. All these...
- May 6th, 2013, 10:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo and West Malaysia - The Snakes! (Now Frogs!)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15476
Re: Borneo and West Malaysia - The Snakes!
Just wanted to confirm another sighting of a barred kukri snake (roadkill) in Singapore by a friend.
- May 3rd, 2013, 10:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo and West Malaysia - The Snakes! (Now Frogs!)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15476
Re: Borneo and West Malaysia - The Snakes!
Wow, really awesome post - wish I could have been there :thumb: ! Just one correction. The barred kukri snake is certainly a 'rare' snake. However, in recent years (I believe since 2008 or so) there have been 3 or 4 sightings (and photographical records) of this species in Singapore. This is more th...
- March 17th, 2013, 7:05 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Singapore herps 2013
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5276
Re: Singapore herps 2013
They are not common over here too. I am going to disagree :P ! This is definitely one of the more common snake species in Singapore. I see it more frequently (5 to 8 times a year) then an oriental whip snake (2 or 3 times a year) or a painted bronzeback (also around twice a year), if that means any...
- January 24th, 2013, 6:33 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cat Dog SNAKE (off season gems)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5217
Re: Cat Dog SNAKE (off season gems)
Great post! Seems like we/people have mixed feelings over boiga. I feel that cat snakes are some of the sweetest and nicest animals around! They're definitely a lot nicer than any other colubrids I've encountered! They're also really interesting animals to observe, considering the curious attitude t...
- January 14th, 2013, 7:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #64: Roadcruising Study (HELP REQUEST!)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5010
Re: Borneo Dispatches #64: Roadcruising Study (HELP REQUEST!
As Jeff rightly said: There are hundreds of potential combinations of ecological/non-ecological variables that will affect snake observations and activity, and (not to be discouraging) it would take hundreds of survey nights to begin to obtain parametric, or statistically testable data. As you know,...
- January 7th, 2013, 9:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #63: Scraping The Barrel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6256
Re: Borneo Dispatches #63: Scraping The Barrel
OMG, slug-eating snakes must be some of the coolest snakes alive... King cobras, pythons, kraits and bisons - cool - BUT NOTHING compares to finding a slug-eating snake.
- January 7th, 2013, 9:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Now that...REALLY SUCKS!!!!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4081
Re: Now that...REALLY SUCKS!!!!
If herping was easy, it wouldn't be as much fun! Yes, a finding a malayan whip snake is cool, but I could effectively promise anyone we'd find one if they asked me to show them! The points, ots those rare or secretive species that make you shout out "F... YEA!" See this as an oppurtunity ...
- January 4th, 2013, 7:44 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Lizard ID please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1663
Re: Borneo Lizard ID please!
Yes, 100% Bronchocela cristatella. It either fell out of a small tree or got attacked by a snake like dendrelaphis... Stress makes them brown.
- December 5th, 2012, 1:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Singapore Herping site (in the making)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1549
Singapore Herping site (in the making)
Hi everyone, I decided to begin a website for Singaporean herps. So far the text I have written is all pretty lame and general. I aim to include a lot of detail about herping in the tropics of SE Asia, and hope to develop a comprehensive photographic-database of the local herps. So far I have pretty...
- November 30th, 2012, 7:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery Snake ID - Help Needed - Singapore South East Asia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2430
Re: Mystery Snake ID - Help Needed - Singapore South East As
Sorry for the late reply. I stay in Singapore. Whilst I am not very sure of the id of the snake, it would probably help if we were given some more information - particularly just about how long the snake was? I also agree that it superficially resembles Gongylosoma baliodeira. However, I have found ...
- November 21st, 2012, 9:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: How do snakes act in the subtropics? (2 year old post)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6190
Re: How do snakes act in the subtropics?
Sorta like Hans, I can only speak for Singapore... I do not have a driving license, so cannot really confirm anything about roadcruising! What I do know is that certain roads are occasionally pretty 'good' for roadkill. This goes to show that snakes of course do cross the roads here, possibly even s...
- November 19th, 2012, 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #57: Paradise Flying Snake
- Replies: 24
- Views: 61244
Re: Borneo Dispatches #57: Paradise Flying Snake
Nice Hans, this is one of the nicer colour variations of paradisi! I usually encounter the green-black patterned one, although recently I found one with a beautiful golden head (still paradise tree snake - not golden tree snake). Goodluck on your herping adventures. May the king cobras be with you!
- November 11th, 2012, 6:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #58: The things you roadcruise in Borneo
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6465
Re: Borneo Dispatches #58: The things you roadcruise in Born
I hate long-tailed macaques.... they don't have to have been fed by people to be a pain in the ass... they can suddenly just flip out on you for no good reason at all (e.g. you walk past them and suddenly the whole group charges you - personal experience)
- November 4th, 2012, 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #56: Eight Snakes, Plus Bonus Borneo Bits!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12392
Re: Borneo Dispatches #56: Eight Snakes, Plus Bonus Borneo B
Haha, no worries hans. One final thing that helps you identify a striped bronzeback is the large size of its head - almost like a rat snake!
- November 4th, 2012, 1:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #56: Eight Snakes, Plus Bonus Borneo Bits!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12392
Re: Borneo Dispatches #56: Eight Snakes, Plus Bonus Borneo B
Exactly what schmike said about the ids Some points: Oriental whip vs. big eye: This snake was a smaller eye RELATIVE to the size of its own head than the big eyed whip snake. The eye of the oriental whip-snake is more whitish-brown, whereas that of our big-eyed beast is yellow. The big eyed whip sn...
- November 4th, 2012, 1:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #55: Peter's Bent-Toed Gecko
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5188
Re: Borneo Dispatches #55: Peter's Bent-Toed Gecko
Try and work with the angle of the soft-box or the flash to be precise! Maybe reduce the power of your external flash slightly so as to reduce the intensity of the spot. I generally try and hold one flash very much in a way that it flashes perpendicular to the camera. This helps light up the face of...
- November 1st, 2012, 7:35 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herps of Singapore
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12994
Re: Herps of Singapore
Update: This is not in any way intended to steal the posting from the author. Just wanted to confirm a sighting of a black spitter (n sumatrana) today near my house. The sneaky shoelace like snake slithered swiftly down a dark drain - after which, it dissapeared. Grrr, cobras
- November 1st, 2012, 7:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #54: Sunda Slow Loris
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7186
Re: Borneo Dispatches #54: Sunda Slow Loris
And although it was heartbreaking to see these little baby primates, I knew that if I bought them I couldn't free them (they were too young), I couldn't find them a home, and the guy would just go out and catch another. Yep, well said, especially that last part. Sometimes you just don't know what t...
- October 31st, 2012, 7:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herps of Singapore
- Replies: 39
- Views: 12994
Re: Herps of Singapore
I agree, finding n. sumatrana in Singapore is like looking for an easy way to understand the schrodinger equation. The two things just don't go together, they are oxymorons.
- October 31st, 2012, 7:10 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #54: Sunda Slow Loris
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7186
Re: Borneo Dispatches #54: Sunda Slow Loris
Hi Hans, I'm just going to say it, good job setting the cute fellow free :thumb: ! I know what people are trying to say. For this scenario I feel that setting the loris free was the right thing to do, but hey, ethics is relativist, otherwise we wouldn't even be here discussing it! I've had my own ca...
- October 4th, 2012, 7:21 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thoughts about this Virus?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3901
Re: Thoughts about this Virus?
Whatever the case, I am sure people working with venmous snakes have got bigger concerns to deal with :thumb: ! Reminds me of a joke: We always see these tv commercials nowadays where people can use a cleaning chemical to remove blood stains from the clothes and carpets. Pretty gory image there! I'm...
- September 30th, 2012, 7:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #50: Boiga-Bitten
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6128
Re: Borneo Dispatches #50: Boiga-Bitten
So was I....I guess too much happened - no time to write it all down. Just take this weekend, another crazy romp warranting at least four journal pages. Keywords: rare viper; bright orange huntsmen; common rat snakes; tire change in the boonies; turquoise jumping spiders, two stitches on deep shin ...
- September 28th, 2012, 9:17 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #50: Boiga-Bitten
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6128
Re: Borneo Dispatches #50: Boiga-Bitten
Awesome snapper!
Really? What happened Hans - did the herping gods let you down? I was expecting it to be over 100 by now !PS: Hey, it's the fiftieth issue already, and only after 14 months in-country!
- September 28th, 2012, 9:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: (Re)Discovered - a real live Lanthanotus!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5510
Re: (Re)Discovered - a real live Lanthanotus!!
What a beast - looks unlike any other herp - almost like a reptilian version of a huge flat worm!
You now know what YOU have to do Hans. NO PREEEASSSUREEEEEE
You now know what YOU have to do Hans. NO PREEEASSSUREEEEEE
- September 16th, 2012, 6:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #49: Wolf Snakes & Trans-Borneo Highway
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9936
Re: Borneo Dispatches #49: Wolf Snakes & Trans-Borneo Highwa
Haha, who knows - Hopefully we dont end up on the bottom of their foodchain lol
- September 16th, 2012, 6:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Oriental and Big Eyed Whip Snake
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6105
Re: Oriental and Big Eyed Whip Snake
First off all, awesome snakes. More importantly, Fickle-minder, holy cr@p, that brown one sure does look a lot like a fasciolata (all the distinct markings, seems to be more like a fasciolata but who knows)?!?!?! Where did you find it? Maybe that can help determine in a way its id???? I know there i...
- September 12th, 2012, 8:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #49: Wolf Snakes & Trans-Borneo Highway
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9936
Re: Borneo Dispatches #49: Wolf Snakes & Trans-Borneo Highwa
Not a clue Hans.... Though - It is clearly similar to behaviour such as volume expansion of certain frogs by gulping in air. The interesting thing is that the lizard here is actually using an external tool to do this, rather than its own body!
- September 12th, 2012, 7:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #49: Wolf Snakes & Trans-Borneo Highway
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9936
Re: Borneo Dispatches #49: Wolf Snakes & Trans-Borneo Highwa
Nice :thumb: ! Thanks Hans for taking us inside Borneo with another great post! Keep going man. No pressure :D BTW: Bronchocela cristatella is actually a darn smart animal. Not only I, but also some of the people I have worked with have recorded leaf-biting behaviour in this species. Snake bites liz...
- September 8th, 2012, 10:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Question about holding hot snakes.
- Replies: 61
- Views: 31494
Re: Question about holding hot snakes.
Warning: Long response :thumb: - but it shouldn't be too boring to read, hopefully... Everyone who handles snakes will one day get bitten. I have picked up 'non-venomous' snakes. So far I have not yet been bitten (knock on wood) and I DO NOT plan to get bitten - not even by a non-venomous species. W...
- August 9th, 2012, 8:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: China 2012 photo teaser
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11437
Re: China 2012 photo teaser
Wow Maarten, Gefeliciteerd!!!!! Now you have a new addition to the family to help you in your herping adventures sometime in the future !
- July 31st, 2012, 9:11 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Two rather common bronzebacks!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2476
Re: Two rather common bronzebacks!
Fickle minder, you do realize that your first bronzeback is Singapore's second rarest bronzeback?!?! Yes, that is the blue bronzeback (I am certain, trust me). The bottom one is the painted bronzeback. Other bronzebacks in singapore are: Red-necked bronzeback Elegant bronzeback Haas' Bronzeback (rar...
- July 31st, 2012, 9:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Some recent sundalanders (some dors)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6738
Re: Some recent sundalanders (some dors)
Hi everyone, Thanks for all the comments! There are too many for me to comment on individually haha :thumb: (at least, not now, its late and gotta get up early tmrow)! I am sorry that I do not post very frequently, nor comment on other people's posts very often! If it is any compensation, I do read ...
- July 18th, 2012, 9:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2012; now with pics. (THe snakes)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12214
Re: Malaysia 2012; now with pics. (THe snakes)
Also, a comment on x. unicolor. I've seen this snake 2 times I think.... 1 was alive, the other a recent DOR. On both occasions they were found in a field (one in the field, the other on the road next to a field). Although both areas were in proximity to water, the areas where they were found were n...
- July 18th, 2012, 8:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2012; now with pics. (THe snakes)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12214
Re: Malaysia 2012; now with pics. (THe snakes)
Wow, as others have said, a very inspiring post!!!! So many snakes for 20 days. I ain't sure how you did it, but I know that I'm gonna hit it. Today I'll begin the most extreme herping I've ever done.
- July 11th, 2012, 5:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Queensland herping trip (Australia) - fixed
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3288
Queensland herping trip (Australia) - fixed
It was cold. The weather also sucked. But, this did not stop me from herping. We drove from Brisbane to St George to Injune to Blackwater to Eungella to Bowen to Cardwell to Mission Beach to Atherton and then finally to Cooktown. Essentially we drove from Southern QLD all the way up north to where t...
- July 10th, 2012, 8:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: An anyone identify this pit viper?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2392
Re: An anyone identify this pit viper?
It's emaciated appearance probably explains it's calm nature? Nevertheless, I do not know anything about the behaviour of these snake - maybe i'm wong
- July 10th, 2012, 8:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The Laura Sandstone, Australia
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3433
Re: The Laura Sandstone, Australia
Wow Stewart, great find! I just returned from a trip to Queensland myself - It was rather herp boring (but nevertheless with some cool finds like morelia spilota cheynei, and a kind of sand swimmer skink that I cannot I.D. yet), but I did come across some fantastic sights like cassowaries (3 individ...
- July 10th, 2012, 8:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Costa Rica, 19 April to 28 April 2012
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10319
Re: Costa Rica, 19 April to 28 April 2012
Wow Kevin, a very nice post, but as others have mentioned, there are mixed feelings about the trip. Fortunately your mother was okay!!! That must have been one hell of a shock to not just her, but also you and your father!! Again, I'm very glad for you all that everything turned out okay. The theft ...
- June 12th, 2012, 10:05 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #42: The Reluctant Naja Nemesis
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8616
Re: Borneo Dispatches #42: The Reluctant Naja Nemesis
N. sumatrana is pretty cool. A few months back I nearly stood on one who decided it would be nice to slither right by my feet. Pretty dodgy. However, as you mentioned, despite the fact that this is a common snake, it is difficult to find when you're looking for it. Then again - isn't that the case ...
- June 10th, 2012, 2:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Three Bornean Short Pythons in two hours
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2749
Re: Three Bornean Short Pythons in two hours
Hi Hans, That sounds awesome! Good going! I agree that retics often occur around water (canals, drains, puddles). They have insane camo in the rainforest, so this makes them difficult to find in a dark primary forest. One thing I shall say is that you do not find retics, retics find you. They tend t...
- June 10th, 2012, 2:09 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #41: Dulce et decorum est...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8335
Re: Borneo Dispatches #41: Dulce et decorum est...
Hi Hans,
Yep, these snakes are even cool when they're dead. Your boiga is Boiga cynodon, a.k.a. the dog toothed cat snake. Here are some pictures of a juvenile found by some dude in Singapore: http://sgmacro.blogspot.sg/2012/02/no-a ... eaten.html
Yep, these snakes are even cool when they're dead. Your boiga is Boiga cynodon, a.k.a. the dog toothed cat snake. Here are some pictures of a juvenile found by some dude in Singapore: http://sgmacro.blogspot.sg/2012/02/no-a ... eaten.html
Re: Amelanism
Melanism and albinism result probably from genetic mutations. You qouted sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell anemia results from a single base mutation in DNA. What seem like insignificant (one of the many thousands of bases in DNA is 'different' than the norm), has a huge impact on an organisms's pheno...
- May 21st, 2012, 9:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Birthday boy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1937
Re: Birthday boy
Lol?
- May 14th, 2012, 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5993
Re: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
Dear Hans,
May I kindly request that you stop posting on fieldherpforum? Your posts are making me so envious; sometimes I don't even know whether I want to view them or not.
Kind regards,
- David
AWESOME
May I kindly request that you stop posting on fieldherpforum? Your posts are making me so envious; sometimes I don't even know whether I want to view them or not.
Kind regards,
- David
AWESOME
- May 10th, 2012, 4:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2907
Re: Equatorial Guinea Snake ID
That depends on which part they would have focussed on - the snake or the....Really wish they'd cropped that first shot a little more closely.
Well, i think you mean the snake
- May 1st, 2012, 9:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #36: The Hologram Snakes of MJC Forest
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8985
Re: Borneo Dispatches #36: The Hologram Snakes of MJC Forest
Let me be the first to say this is your most awesome (in terms of the snakes) Borneo post so far.... I've always loved sunbeam snakes and red-tailed pipe snakes. I've seen sunbeam snakes as roadkill, and I once found part of one sticking out of the ground like a tree root. They move through the grou...
- April 28th, 2012, 11:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysian roadkill ... I mean snakes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2091
Re: Malaysian roadkill ... I mean snakes
Hi Jackson,
Yep, you hit the nail on the head - a puff-faced water snake. I know that these snakes are supposedly considered to be pests in some fishfarms? Maybe there are indeed some (old fish) ponds nearby?
Yep, you hit the nail on the head - a puff-faced water snake. I know that these snakes are supposedly considered to be pests in some fishfarms? Maybe there are indeed some (old fish) ponds nearby?