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- July 29th, 2019, 6:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: [VIDEO] What is herping?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11153
Re: [VIDEO] What is herping?
Hilarious. Loved it.
- July 16th, 2019, 10:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Tawau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9421
Re: Herping in Tawau
Thanks, Mark. Not much luck with snakes but at least I got a couple of nice frogs - M. edwardinae and Sabahphrynus maculatus. I'll need to go back there again!
- July 15th, 2019, 3:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Tawau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9421
Herping in Tawau
So i went on a 6 night herping trip with friends from 1StopBorneo: Shaveez and Chun. 3 nights at the lowland, followed by another 3 nights at the hill. 1st night: five Psammodynastes pictus 2nd night: three Ptyas fusca, two Psammodynastes pictus 3rd night: Ptyas fusca, Psammodynastes pictus, Ahaetul...
- July 8th, 2019, 4:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11560
Re: Royal Tree Snake
Heh, no, we didn't not find a single Xenochrophis trianguligerus!!! What we found: day 1: five Psammodynastes pictus day 2: three Ptyas fusca, two Psammodynastes pictus day 3: Ptyas fusca, Psammodynastes pictus, Ahaetulla prasina, Dryocalamus subannulatus, Tropidolaemus subannulatus day 4: 2x Psammo...
- July 7th, 2019, 4:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11560
Re: Royal Tree Snake
Ha, but I would rather have luck with rare species than with those relatively common species :D Yeah, T. borneensis can be quite hard to spot! I have only seen two myself. I have seen a lot more T. malcolmi (seven?). Yes, we did find a Sabah Pitviper up there. The only species that excited me a litt...
- July 6th, 2019, 8:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11560
Re: Royal Tree Snake
You're the only herper I know who has seen the Top 3 snakes in Borneo: Xenodermus javanicus, Stoliczkia borneensis, Gonyophis margaritatus. Incredible!!! I herped with Shavez, Chun, Ledumin for 6 nights last week. No luck.
- June 16th, 2019, 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 11560
Re: Royal Tree Snake
Still an amazing spot. I am surprised that the snake didn't start its day until 10am???!!! 

- June 15th, 2019, 11:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Borneo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9148
Re: Herping Borneo
Stoliczkia borneensis and Xenodermus javanicus! WOW WOW WOW! Dream snakes! Good job.
- June 15th, 2019, 11:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rare Mountain Snakes in Hong Kong
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15816
Re: Rare Mountain Snakes in Hong Kong
Great shots. That red bamboo is such a stunner! <3
- June 15th, 2019, 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Central NSW Australia Herp Survey
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10072
Re: Central NSW Australia Herp Survey
Great post, Nick. Love those Varanus and Python shots!!!
- April 19th, 2019, 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mentawai Islands, Sumatra
- Replies: 0
- Views: 10202
Mentawai Islands, Sumatra
I spent about a week herping and chilling in Mentawai Islands, Sumatra a couple of weeks ago. Managed to find the green pitvipers but not Trimeresurus brongersmai. The compulsory pitviper profile shot :D I think this species is being described as we speak, but I am not entirely sure. Some say it's T...
- March 20th, 2019, 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A week in Ghana, August 2018
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6908
Re: A week in Ghana, August 2018
Great post, John. I didn't photograph many of what you have posted here :D I couldn't remember why I reached out my arm like that, until I read your caption: watermelon seeds shooting. Of course! Still couldn't believe we lost that chameleon. I still need some chameleons and salamanders in my life!!...
- February 12th, 2019, 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7042
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Kurt With Anomochilus and Xenophidion under your belt, there are few remaining conquests. Your post is a great resumé for "Expert Field Man" - others need not apply. Jeff Thanks, Jeff. I still couldn't believe i actually found a Xenophidion! Anomochilus is a lot more common though. I have only seen...
- February 12th, 2019, 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7042
- February 12th, 2019, 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5280
Re: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
Thanks. Yeah, stunning creature. i was totally stoked when I spotted it!!!dendrelaphis wrote: ↑February 9th, 2019, 5:45 amThese pics are amazing as always and the B. flaviceps is breathtaking....
Thank you, Bill. Great haul considering that there were only two herpers for the whole trip!
- January 28th, 2019, 3:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5280
Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
Just got back from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo a couple of days ago. Borneo Herp Tour (Sabah), Jan 20 - 26. Highland and lowland forest. Six nights of herping. 19 snakes, 15 species. Two persons. Jan 20 - Calliophis bivirgatus tetrataenia - Tropidolaemus subannulatus - Xenopeltis unicolor - Asthenodipsa...
- January 3rd, 2019, 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: old story about taxonomic adventure
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6398
Re: old story about taxonomic adventure
This is so awesome!
- January 3rd, 2019, 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7042
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Great post! Question, what differentiates your Xenophidion schaeferi from Xenophidion acanthognathus? Thanks. I think X. acanthognathus only occurs in Borneo? A few Xenophidion have been found the past few years. There was another X. schaeferi found in 2017. Mine was on April 20, 2018. There was al...
- January 3rd, 2019, 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7042
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Those finds and shots are incredible. The Xenophidion must have made your heart jump, you might consider publishing that encounter somewhere. When you say "lowland forest of sarawak", where in Sarawak was that? Thanks. I was so stoked even weeks after the find!!! :D Mainly just the national parks o...
- January 2nd, 2019, 3:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7042
Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
It is that time of the year to round up some of my favorite images taken in the year of 2018. Again, lots of herps (amphibians, reptiles) this year. Mostly with a wide angle lens and/or a 60mm macro lens. Here are just eight of them. More of them here: http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2019/01/favori...
- August 5th, 2018, 1:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14992
Re: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
Nice one, John. I had forgotten that you proceeded to Danum after Kota Kinabalu!
Although the herping hours were limited, you still managed to find a few lifer species (to me). I still haven't found any Aphaniotis ornata nor Ptychozoon horsfieldii!
Although the herping hours were limited, you still managed to find a few lifer species (to me). I still haven't found any Aphaniotis ornata nor Ptychozoon horsfieldii!
- August 4th, 2018, 6:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 4: Highlands of Sabah
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6228
- August 2nd, 2018, 10:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 3: Lowlands of Sabah
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11137
Re: Back to Borneo, part 3: Lowlands of Sabah
Oops...first to comment again 
Impressive frogs and lizards ID skill!
That leaf mimic grasshopper is Systella sp.

Impressive frogs and lizards ID skill!
That leaf mimic grasshopper is Systella sp.
- August 2nd, 2018, 10:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 4: Highlands of Sabah
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6228
Re: Back to Borneo, part 4: Highlands of Sabah
Excellent post again, John.
I wasn't aware of Cyrtodactylus matsuii until I read your post!
Gotta find a Eulophophyllum the next time I am there!
I wasn't aware of Cyrtodactylus matsuii until I read your post!

Gotta find a Eulophophyllum the next time I am there!
- August 1st, 2018, 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7678
Re: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
Thanks Kurt! I have a 2005 article by Das about Cyrtodactylus in Borneo in a now-defunct journal/magazine called Gekko. I couldn't find a digital copy. It's got some pretty good info about the different species. C. ingeri , yet another of the similar-looking Cyrtodactylus species, is/(was?) known o...
- August 1st, 2018, 11:22 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 2: Mulu National Park
- Replies: 12
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Re: Back to Borneo, part 2: Mulu National Park
Wonderful post, John.
I missed that Rhacophorus cyanopunctatus! Oops
The biggest I saw was Limnonectes leporinus in MNP.
Four nights, i think! We didn't see any Tarsier on the first night! One on the second night, another on third night, and TWO on the fourth night!
I missed that Rhacophorus cyanopunctatus! Oops

The biggest I saw was Limnonectes leporinus in MNP.
Four nights, i think! We didn't see any Tarsier on the first night! One on the second night, another on third night, and TWO on the fourth night!
- July 31st, 2018, 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7678
Re: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
Great post, John. You have no idea how green with envy I was with your Gonocephalus doriae, Calliophis bivirgatus and Trimeresurus borneensis finds :D. Luckily, I managed to find them during my recent trips to Borneo!!! Great job ID'ing all those animals too. How do we differentiate between C. inger...
- July 31st, 2018, 2:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6299
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Thank you, DanDanW wrote:Very cool, great variety of herps and awesome shots as usual.
Dan

- July 29th, 2018, 11:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6299
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Thanks, BillBillMcGighan wrote:As always... first class
Thanks for posting

- July 27th, 2018, 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
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- Views: 6299
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Thank you, PaulPaul Freed wrote:Spectacular, simply spectacular! Amazing photography of amazing creatures. Thanks for sharing, Kurt.
Paul

- July 27th, 2018, 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sulawesi 2018
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5508
Re: Sulawesi 2018
Nice! Not been to Sulawesi yet even though it's not that far from KL. Tempted to go find the Tropidolaemus laticinctus!
- July 27th, 2018, 5:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6299
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Ptyas fusca https://scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36729971_666692487001516_6268867091953090560_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9a39c73dbfc564ea201e306513e7a894&oe=5BC79BA5 https://scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36748400_666692517001513_3293173849314557952_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=b10ff21e54582e501...
- July 27th, 2018, 5:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6299
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
https://scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36728095_666692890334809_1731611748663820288_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9d792d9de9c58141c6f498f75ec243d1&oe=5BDEE128 https://scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36605069_666692217001543_7228679144580579328_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=38d0f1fbc1f030f63c21167b54fd...
- July 27th, 2018, 5:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6299
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Megophrys nasuta https://scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36692119_666692637001501_8806352487897366528_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=16ea2b9248c0e2af4c8fe84100b64b13&oe=5BC61C63 Cyrtodactylus malayanus, juve https://scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36681161_666692263668205_2432654014572134400_n...
- July 27th, 2018, 5:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6299
Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
Borneo Herp Tour June/July 2018. 6 nights of herping in Sabah, both lowland and highland, followed by another 4nights in Sarawak. I didn't photograph all of the finds but here is the species list: Species List: SNAKES: Sabah - 1x Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis unicolor) - 2x Sumatran Pitviper (Trimeresur...
- January 4th, 2018, 10:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6615
Re: Favorite Images of 2017
Right. We get different amount of rain for different part of Peninsular Malaysia, but generally, the wet months are Nov, Dec, and May. I hope you'll be back herping again soon! Thanks for looking and commenting, Jimi, SidNeilson, Jeroen, Justi. Jimi - as long as it's not too dry, it's good. Nov and ...
- January 4th, 2018, 3:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6615
Re: Favorite Images of 2017
Thanks for looking and commenting, Jimi, SidNeilson, Jeroen, Justi. SidNeilson - but I have only been herping for 4 years!!! :P Jimi - as long as it's not too dry, it's good. Nov and Dec are good if you don't mind too much rain. No, snakes are not easy to find! If i can find 3 a night, I am happy! J...
- January 2nd, 2018, 3:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 - Texas/Louisiana: Pop Milk!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8470
Re: 2017 - Texas/Louisiana: Pop Milk!
Great images! Those milk snakes are gorgeous!!!
- January 1st, 2018, 10:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 Recap Video
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2336
Re: 2017 Recap Video
Very nice Lou. 2017 has been great to you! Happy New Year!
- January 1st, 2018, 5:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6615
Favorite Images of 2017
One of the coolest herps from the Nov 2017 Borneo Herp Tour: Red-headed Krait (Bungarus flaviceps baluensis). Extremely shy too! https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4688/39024282271_e302de462d_b.jpg Bungarus flaviceps baluensis_MG_9123 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Flickr Cute lil Three-banded Bridl...
- December 14th, 2017, 6:29 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: 2017 recap
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8291
Re: 2017 recap
Excellent set! Those horned lizards are too awesome!
- May 19th, 2017, 12:15 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 6: The Santubong Peninsula
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8891
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 6: The Santubong Peninsula
Pretty good herp haul there, John. I must check out Santubong too
, and the tree house!
Could that katydid be a Scambophyllum?

Could that katydid be a Scambophyllum?
- May 19th, 2017, 12:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9759
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
You already knew what happened to my recent trip there! :x :x :x sob sob sob. What's that? Something other herpers should be vigilant for...? 1st night - Summit trail up to the frog pond and back - no snake!!! 2nd night - one Xenopeltis unicolor. Didn't even take pic of it. 3rd night - one Calamari...
- May 17th, 2017, 6:02 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9759
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 5: Kubah National Park
Awesome herp haul at Kubah, John.
You already knew what happened to my recent trip there!
sob sob sob.
You already knew what happened to my recent trip there!



- March 16th, 2017, 11:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 3: Genting Highlands (and more lowlands)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2349
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 3: Genting Highlands (and more lowla
Another great post, John. Good eyes for spotting that well camouflaged viserion! That Leptophryne borbonica was a cool find too! Too bad I didn't take any pics of it 

- March 10th, 2017, 11:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 2: Ulu Yam
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8969
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 2: Ulu Yam
Wonderful post again, John. That lovely, friendly, short-tailed dog is Betty. She rarely follows me lately, but the friendliest of them all, Bobby, never fails to follow me whenever I am there!
Jeroen - the real flyer is actually relatively easier to find!
Jeroen - the real flyer is actually relatively easier to find!
- March 8th, 2017, 1:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 1: Semenyih, or, Night of the Lifers
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11304
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 1: Semenyih, or, Night of the Lifers
Thanks for the kind words, John, Paul.
Excellent write-up as always, John!

Excellent write-up as always, John!
- February 12th, 2017, 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Vipers of 2016
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6272
Re: Vipers of 2016
Wonderful shots, Thor. Still don't have some of the Malaysian vipers you posted! 

- February 12th, 2017, 6:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Taiwan herps from the second half of 2016
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4677
Re: Taiwan herps from the second half of 2016
Great post! So many awesome herps, especially love the feeding shots! I hope to herp in Taiwan some day!
- February 12th, 2017, 6:26 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Kubah national park -Sarawak
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7366
Re: Kubah national park -Sarawak
Great post. That's a lot of herps! Reminds me to make my long overdue first visit to Kubah 
Yes, that Dendrelaphis is D. caudolieantus.
Also, that viper is T. subannulatus, not wagleri. You don't get T. wagleri in Borneo.
I think that cat gecko is A. dorsalis, or maybe A. cf. dorsalis.

Yes, that Dendrelaphis is D. caudolieantus.
Also, that viper is T. subannulatus, not wagleri. You don't get T. wagleri in Borneo.
I think that cat gecko is A. dorsalis, or maybe A. cf. dorsalis.