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by gus
August 13th, 2015, 9:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Costa Rica
Replies: 5
Views: 3602

Costa Rica

It seems that a visit to Costa Rica isn't that big a deal to many north americans as everyone seems to have been there. For me though it was a huge deal. The fauna couldn't be any more different to that of Australia. It was a long time in the coming but I managed to visit last year. I saw a great di...
by gus
August 12th, 2015, 8:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: First USA visit (Tulsa/Arizona)
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

Re: First USA visit (Tulsa/Arizona)

Thanks for the correction :)
by gus
August 9th, 2015, 11:43 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: First USA visit (Tulsa/Arizona)
Replies: 4
Views: 3315

First USA visit (Tulsa/Arizona)

Last year I managed my first visit to the USA, I came for the Biology of the Pit Viper conference, and believe it or not I was the only Australian... Anyway, I managed a day in a local park in Tulsa and then 3 weeks in Arizona with friends from University. Keeping the discussions to a minimum, I saw...
by gus
August 9th, 2015, 11:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sydney Snakes!
Replies: 31
Views: 15546

Re: Sydney Snakes!

Cheers for the kind words everyone. Perfect set of photos Jake, thank you for posting! Would you be so kind as to provide details of your flash set up? The snakes are lit so nicely in these photos that I had to ask. I have added you to my "following" list on Flickr, hope to see more photo...
by gus
May 5th, 2015, 5:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Belize Herp ID's
Replies: 10
Views: 3609

Re: Belize Herp ID's

Thanks everyone for your replies, I realized the frogs were unlikely to be identifiable but thought I'd try, Thanks for your thoughts even just confirming craugaster is helpful, at least i can label them as something more than frog. Belize was great and I think is underrated as a herpetological/biol...
by gus
May 4th, 2015, 6:49 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Belize Herp ID's
Replies: 10
Views: 3609

Belize Herp ID's

Hi Everyone, One a recent trip through central america I encountered many herps, but am having trouble with some ID's if anyone had any thoughts that would be greatly appreciated. All these photos are from Belize. I realise ID to species is probably not possible for many but even thoughts on a genus...
by gus
March 4th, 2015, 8:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central American amphibian Identification help
Replies: 5
Views: 3241

Central American amphibian Identification help

Hi Everyone, I recently spent 4 months in central america, 2 months in Colombia and a week in Peru. I have so many photos of amphibians, but for most countries...well all countries except Costa Rica there is little to no field guides to amphibians of the countries in these regions. I wondered if any...
by gus
July 29th, 2014, 4:50 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Western Australia time of year question
Replies: 7
Views: 2998

Re: Western Australia time of year question

You shouldn't have any issues finding any of those things at that time of year. It will be hot, potentially very hot particularly further north but a great time of year for herping
by gus
March 24th, 2014, 10:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Australia trip Part 1
Replies: 24
Views: 10228

Re: Australia trip Part 1

Your skink is likely to be a Yellow-bellied Water Skink (Eulamprus heatwolei)
by gus
June 30th, 2013, 6:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Lizards from Costa Rica
Replies: 21
Views: 9698

Re: Lizards from Costa Rica

I would be very interested to know how you got the photo of the pugnosed anole ? What settings did you use? I've tried many times to get shots of agamids similar to this under heavy canopy but the lighting makes it difficult. And flash can only be used sparingly if at all. Any pointers on this shot ...
by gus
December 9th, 2012, 10:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: South-east Queensland
Replies: 18
Views: 10744

Re: South-east Queensland

You've got some cracking shot matt, what beach is that? looks like it'd be a great snorkel for turtles there.

I think you're martini might be a murrayi,

Cheers
Gus
by gus
October 20th, 2012, 9:53 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: A novel way to control cat populations
Replies: 33
Views: 8953

Re: A novel way to control cat populations

A friend of mine found one of the cats he is using in a tracking study of feral cats in the belly of an olive python this week. His tracking collar showed that the cat hadn't moved in 2 days (send back a different signal if this happens, to tell the tracker its 'dead'). he tracked the individual to ...
by gus
March 23rd, 2012, 10:48 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
Replies: 15
Views: 4988

Re: QLD, SA, WA, Australia

Thanks everyone for your comments, Ted, the snorkelling was amazing! I rated it better than the snorkelling I did whilst in townsville - off the beach anyway. I've not done diving on the Great barrier reef, but snorkled the onshore stuff around magnetic island. Fish abundance at Exmouth was though t...
by gus
March 19th, 2012, 3:12 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
Replies: 15
Views: 4988

QLD, SA, WA, Australia

I recently did the 4500km drive from Melbourne to Exmouth, it was a 5 day drive with little time for stopping and a week in Exmouth before flying back to Brisbane for work. Commentary will be brief as always, and unfortunately photos are not in order but its busy times. Enjoy. http://farm8.staticfli...
by gus
November 21st, 2011, 9:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Question for the Aussie herpers
Replies: 4
Views: 1206

Re: Question for the Aussie herpers

if you wanted to get to the desert your better off being based in townsville, most cairns field trips are rainforest related. townsville has a bigger campus and a lot more desert related field trips. the 2nd half of the year is probably better weather wise, in terms of finding herps you can find eve...
by gus
November 15th, 2011, 10:26 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herps (or other animals) found outside of range
Replies: 37
Views: 4473

Re: Herps (or other animals) found outside of range

A friend and I got this animal slightly out of range earlier this year, I don't know how many thousands of km from home it was but a long way. It was put down not long after this photo was taken. You can see clearly I'm a tad excited as these don't turn up often or ever in Australia. http://i75.phot...
by gus
October 25th, 2011, 11:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Costa Rica, lots of photos and long winded
Replies: 39
Views: 18746

Re: Costa Rica, lots of photos and long winded

Amazing, you've got some really cracking shots! I'll also never tire of Costa Rica shots
by gus
October 23rd, 2011, 3:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)
Replies: 18
Views: 3899

Re: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)

David, the sting of the stinging tree has faded, though it's been 10 days and I could still feel it yesterday when it brushed against grass though the pain is gone now its just a strange feeling. Hans, I find the best way to photograph geckos is to get them without having to catch them, obviously mo...
by gus
October 20th, 2011, 5:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #11: Sixteen-Foot Reticulated Python
Replies: 46
Views: 21118

Re: Borneo Dispatches #11: Sixteen-Foot Reticulated Python

Agreat find! How thick would you estimate this snake to be? I ask because a few years back I found one at danum valley that i couldn't get my hands to touch on both sides of it, it was thicker than my thigh, it was huge i guessed ~20ft as we couldn't see it body in entirety at any point it was tough...
by gus
October 19th, 2011, 4:00 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)
Replies: 18
Views: 3899

Re: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)

I thought of you on this trip David, I had my first run in with stinging tree, although only minor I could understand your discomfort from our trip to Eungella. Painful
by gus
October 17th, 2011, 10:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)
Replies: 18
Views: 3899

Re: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)

We did very well, I think we were lucky in the diversity of things we saw. TNW we did see multiple eccies, there was a pair fighting sulfur crested cockatoos for a nesting hollow 100m from where we camped, however I had a lot of issues trying to photographing birds on this trip. Although vocal I was...
by gus
October 16th, 2011, 10:44 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)
Replies: 18
Views: 3899

Cape York Peninsula, Australia (DUW)

I recently drove with 2 friends up cape york in search of a variety of wildlife that was not restricted to just reptiles. The 3500km round trip involved stops on the atherton tablelands, cooktown and Iron range amongst other small stop overs. We had obvious goals of wantiong to the usuals green pyth...
by gus
October 16th, 2011, 10:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Return to Oz - part 1
Replies: 31
Views: 9077

Re: Return to Oz - part 1

Great photos,
I'd also suggest that your king brown may not be a king brown, it doesn't quite look right to me.
by gus
September 14th, 2011, 7:01 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central QLD revisited, Australia
Replies: 3
Views: 958

Central QLD revisited, Australia

I returned to central QLD to undertake dingo research over the past two weeks, the weather was extremely cold and dropped to 0 degrees (compared to where i live and it rarely drops below 15 degrees). Herps weren't to active but we were able to find a few interesting things, including a few things i ...
by gus
August 29th, 2011, 9:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Possible tool to fight chytrid?
Replies: 5
Views: 2065

Re: Possible tool to fight chytrid?

My first thought when i read this was that both daphina and chytrid are widespread, daphnia have always been present in stream systems so if they were able to influence chytrid at all this process would already be occuring.
by gus
August 2nd, 2011, 9:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central Kimberley (DUW)
Replies: 15
Views: 3838

Re: Central Kimberley (DUW)

Crocdoc, I'll give you credit if you have the patience. some species here are easy to get near, V. panoptes for example often sit still and you can walk within 1-2m. Others such as this mertens water monitor (same trip) i couldn't get within 80m of. It took me over 4 days to get this photo (with a 4...
by gus
August 2nd, 2011, 4:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central Kimberley (DUW)
Replies: 15
Views: 3838

Re: Central Kimberley (DUW)

The watermarks are probably a bit much, but i was in a hurry so they were all just applied automatically, i'll make them a bit less obvious next time. Millside, the bull was shot and used as bait to catch the dingoes, dingoes are not a big dog. Most we caught weighed in between 12-17.5kg and are not...
by gus
July 31st, 2011, 9:33 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Central Kimberley (DUW)
Replies: 15
Views: 3838

Central Kimberley (DUW)

I recently spent some time with a friend in the central kimberley region of W.A. helping with her phd research on dingoes and feral cat interactions. All in all an amazing trip, I'm limited for time so will have to skip on the narative but I thought people may appreciate the pictures :) we saw about...
by gus
April 19th, 2011, 6:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: TTC and Paluma (Australia)
Replies: 8
Views: 1802

Re: TTC and Paluma (Australia)

The underwater shots were taken with a nikon D90 with underwater housing and i think a 12-24 nikon wide angle. I was fortunate enough to borrow the whole set up from a friend. I was very unfamiliar with it so I didnt really get used to it other than these two shots was a big dissapointed in my effor...
by gus
April 18th, 2011, 4:09 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: TTC and Paluma (Australia)
Replies: 8
Views: 1802

TTC and Paluma (Australia)

I spent the week tutoring third year students on a field trip in the local town common area. It was a much more successful trip than i had anticipated and I think the students got a lot out of it. Days were 13-14 hours long and fairly busy so I didn't bother with taking to many phographs, here is so...
by gus
April 4th, 2011, 7:29 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Queensland, Orstraya in winter
Replies: 7
Views: 1482

Re: Queensland, Orstraya in winter

I'm gonna guess these are from the townsville region, Pretty sure I used to ride past that croc on ross river almost daily
by gus
March 10th, 2011, 4:48 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: World's Most Bizarre Herps
Replies: 15
Views: 3444

Re: World's Most Bizarre Herps

i have to say i quite like this topic, i had to google many of the already named animals, some funky stuff. Here in Oz i think our strangest frog is Myobatrachus gouldii, the Turtle Frog. I also have to say i think moloch horridus is although well known a very bizzare little thing

Gus
by gus
January 23rd, 2011, 3:27 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Re: Borneo!

The mangrove snake was found in a stream, it was somewhat rocky but i wouldnt have classified it as a rocky stream. These were very common along the kinabatangan river when i first went to borneo. The dracos, we only saw one. on my first trip we found a spot where i would have seen 20 in a 100m squa...
by gus
January 22nd, 2011, 11:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Re: Borneo!

thanks for the info, on ID's and in general. Tis always nice to know something about what your looking at!
Gus
by gus
January 19th, 2011, 7:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Re: Borneo!

Thanks heaps!

Gus
by gus
January 19th, 2011, 2:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Re: Borneo!

Thanks for the comments everyone. Moloch, You should see a good number of things whilst your there, it is hard not to :) We stayed at the Field centre, costs roughly $40 australian a day inc. 3 good meals. where as they lodge is i think $200 a night and you have to stay minimum 3 nights...It very ex...
by gus
January 18th, 2011, 4:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Re: Borneo!

Since people asked, here are some non reptilian photos. Rags, The draco we only caught because it was sleeping, I tried to catch them for hours on my first visit but didnt succeed. they were great to watch fly though! Here are some shots of the polypedates otilophus http://i75.photobucket.com/albums...
by gus
January 18th, 2011, 4:19 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur
Replies: 8
Views: 2040

Re: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur

Thanks!
by gus
January 17th, 2011, 10:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Re: Borneo!

Yeah, this trip was just for a bit of fun! I visited 2 years back on a research trip, just as fun on your own though
Gus
by gus
January 17th, 2011, 10:04 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: QLD & NT Trip - Part 1 SE QLD to Alice Springs
Replies: 18
Views: 4509

Re: QLD & NT Trip - Part 1 SE QLD to Alice Springs

You've done extremely well there! Some great photos and some great finds!
Gus
by gus
January 17th, 2011, 9:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur
Replies: 8
Views: 2040

Re: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur

sorry but i didnt get a great look at it, it was a good distance away and this is pretty much as good a i got. I couldnt tell you anything about it except what you can see in these pictures.

Thanks
Gus
by gus
January 17th, 2011, 9:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo!
Replies: 29
Views: 8887

Borneo!

I recently went over to Borneo with my brother for 2 weeks, we Clmibed Mt. Kinabalu and spent some time in Danum Valley. The herps in borneo are amazing, as are the birds and mammals which i spent a lot of time photographing, I've only included the herps here as this is what most people on this foru...
by gus
January 17th, 2011, 6:55 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur
Replies: 8
Views: 2040

Re: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur

Maybe these help?
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Thanks
Gus
by gus
January 17th, 2011, 3:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur
Replies: 8
Views: 2040

Re: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur

Thanks for the ID's Michael, I'll see ifi can do anything about that turtle, it was a long way away. Rags, these were taken only probably 10min from the city, i forget what the closest suburbs were, i canfindout if you like?Unfortunately there are plans to put a major highway straight through the mi...
by gus
January 16th, 2011, 3:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur
Replies: 8
Views: 2040

Herp ID in Kuala Lumpur

I was in KL for a day and managed to see a few herps i managed to get photos of these 3. i was wondering if anyone could possibly ID them or point me in the direction of someone who could. http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/gusdragons/_GUS8729.jpg http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/gusdragon...
by gus
January 16th, 2011, 3:45 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Western QLD (DUW)
Replies: 17
Views: 2720

Re: Western QLD (DUW)

That black spot was more than painful the past 4 weeks i was traveling, unfortunately i couldnt clean it myself (i tried) so it was stuck there. It has now been removed but unfortunately it is in a lot of photos :(
by gus
January 9th, 2011, 4:13 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Western QLD (DUW)
Replies: 17
Views: 2720

Re: Western QLD (DUW)

Thanks for the comments, it was a very enjoyable time out there. a place worth a visit! I'll get some Borneo shots up in about 2 weeks when i return from a field trip. There was some very interesting things over there Jason Ksepka, i cant agree more about species looking similar around the world. I ...
by gus
January 3rd, 2011, 7:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Western QLD (DUW)
Replies: 17
Views: 2720

Western QLD (DUW)

I recently finished up with work until the wet season finishes and took a break from my studies to make a few trips, to A) go to a wedding (melbourne) B) see my brother (borneo) and C) for fun (Western QLD). So to start here is some shots from Western QLD, we went through julia creek, winton, Mt. is...
by gus
November 17th, 2010, 9:18 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Iron Range and Cairns area with the ARS group
Replies: 15
Views: 3602

Re: Iron Range and Cairns area with the ARS group

Fairly confident your first skink is not. Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus. looks more like a carlia sp. your Litoria nigrofrenata. is a stoney creek frog litoria lesuerii (complex)(leseuri, wilcoxi, jungguy...which ever lives on the tablelands). are you sure on the Egernia rugosa? I'm not sure but lo...
by gus
October 21st, 2010, 8:35 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Energy cost of producing venom
Replies: 10
Views: 2086

Re: Energy cost of producing venom

a friend of mine has just publish 2 articles (as part of her honours thesis) on this in death adders Costs of venom production in the common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) Venom physiology and composition in a litter of Common Death Adders (Acanthophis antarcticus) and their parents both are ...