Thanks, Jeff. Yeah, sometimes i get lucky! My second Anomochilus leonardi to date! I have also found a even rarer (or perhaps the rarest?) Xenophidion schaeferi).
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- January 2nd, 2021, 4:21 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year!
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Re: Happy New Year!
- January 1st, 2021, 11:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
It's been ages since I last posted here! Happy New Year, and to a better 2021! Female Siamese Peninsular Pit Viper (Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus) from the highlands of Pahang. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50578715586_562d0a5a63_b.jpg Trimeresurus sabahi fucatus_MG_7541 copy by Kurt (Orionmyste...
- May 3rd, 2020, 9:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping North Madagascar part 3 of 3
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Re: Herping North Madagascar part 3 of 3
Those chameleons and Uroplatus are so cool! Some of the frogs are amazing as well!
- May 3rd, 2020, 9:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Ecuador
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2965
Re: Herping Ecuador
Get both!
Missing the forest and the wildlife so much! Not allowed to exercise outdoors. No hiking, no herping either. As soon as this is over, I will go camp at the substation and herp till i drop!
Missing the forest and the wildlife so much! Not allowed to exercise outdoors. No hiking, no herping either. As soon as this is over, I will go camp at the substation and herp till i drop!
- April 30th, 2020, 10:43 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thailand Nov/Dec 2019
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2600
Re: Thailand Nov/Dec 2019
Looks like you had a great herping trip! That venustus spot seems to be an open secret
That mangrove pit viper looks really similar to the morph we have in Kedah.
That mangrove pit viper looks really similar to the morph we have in Kedah.
- April 30th, 2020, 10:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Ecuador
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2965
Re: Herping Ecuador
Yeah, our blue coral snakes are really cool. You'll have to find both the Peninsular subspecies and the Bornean subspecies: Peninsular: Calliophis bivirgatus flaviceps https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47942227346_754b764e66_z.jpg Calliophis bivirgatus_MG_5170 copy by Kurt (Orionmystery) G , on Fl...
- April 30th, 2020, 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Ecuador
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2965
Re: Herping Ecuador
Love the viper swallowing prey shot, and all the colorful snakes!!! <3. I had no idea it's that expensive to herp in Ecuador! What a shame.
I love coral snakes but unfortunately, we don't get that many species here.
I love coral snakes but unfortunately, we don't get that many species here.
- January 25th, 2020, 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2019
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4458
Re: Best of 2019
Thanks, Mark. Finally got lucky at the highland and found a Bungarus flaviceps baluensis up on a tree during my last tour there. There was a viper on that tree earlier so I assumed the krait went up the tree to hunt for that viper.
- January 25th, 2020, 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2019
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4458
Re: Best of 2019
Thanks, man. Got lucky with a few species! The one from Siberut has no official name yet!dendrelaphis wrote: ↑January 10th, 2020, 3:42 am These pictures are surreal! And I know from experiece several of these species you don't come across every day! On the contrary..
- January 25th, 2020, 5:28 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2019
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4458
- January 25th, 2020, 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2019
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- Views: 4458
Re: Best of 2019
Absolutely fantastic! I like best all the species of tree vipers and how I can see the swirls of colors that make up the less-detailed color we would see from a safe distance. How/why are there 2 ant heads on that subannulatus? It just seems improbable. Thank you for this post! Goose Thanks, Goose....
- December 26th, 2019, 4:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: need help making a post
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2486
Re: need help making a post
Yeah, sometimes I link from the images on Facebook, but the IQ is very bad though.
- December 26th, 2019, 4:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: need help making a post
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2486
Re: need help making a post
I hotlink my images from Flickr. Just copy and paste the BBCode here.
- December 26th, 2019, 3:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2019
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4458
Best of 2019
It is that time of the year to round up some of my favorite images taken in the year of 2019. Again, lots of herps (amphibians, reptiles) this year. Mostly with a wide angle lens and/or a 60mm macro lens. Snakes #1 - Up close with a adult male Sumatra Pit Viper (Trimeresurus sumatranus) from the low...
- December 19th, 2019, 11:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: need help making a post
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2486
Re: need help making a post
Did you "hotlink" the images i.e insert image[img]http://image_URL[/img}
I hotlinked 29 images before . No problem.
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I hotlinked 29 images before . No problem.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=25440
- July 29th, 2019, 7:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: [VIDEO] What is herping?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12296
Re: [VIDEO] What is herping?
Hilarious. Loved it.
- July 16th, 2019, 11:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Tawau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10461
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, 4:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping in Tawau
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10461
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, 5:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
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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, 5:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13309
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, 9:53 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13309
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 17th, 2019, 12:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Royal Tree Snake
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13309
Re: Royal Tree Snake
Still an amazing spot. I am surprised that the snake didn't start its day until 10am???!!!
- June 16th, 2019, 12:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Borneo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10662
Re: Herping Borneo
Stoliczkia borneensis and Xenodermus javanicus! WOW WOW WOW! Dream snakes! Good job.
- June 16th, 2019, 12:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Rare Mountain Snakes in Hong Kong
- Replies: 12
- Views: 18211
Re: Rare Mountain Snakes in Hong Kong
Great shots. That red bamboo is such a stunner! <3
- June 16th, 2019, 12:23 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Central NSW Australia Herp Survey
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11191
Re: Central NSW Australia Herp Survey
Great post, Nick. Love those Varanus and Python shots!!!
- April 19th, 2019, 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mentawai Islands, Sumatra
- Replies: 0
- Views: 12164
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, 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A week in Ghana, August 2018
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9103
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: 8703
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...
- February 12th, 2019, 8:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8703
- February 12th, 2019, 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
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- Views: 6086
Re: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
Thanks. Yeah, stunning creature. i was totally stoked when I spotted it!!!dendrelaphis wrote: ↑February 9th, 2019, 5:45 am These 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: 6086
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: 7762
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
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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: 8703
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 nation...
- January 2nd, 2019, 3:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8703
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, 2:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17518
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, 7:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 4: Highlands of Sabah
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7451
- August 2nd, 2018, 11:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 3: Lowlands of Sabah
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- Views: 13085
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, 11:27 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 4: Highlands of Sabah
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7451
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 2nd, 2018, 12:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
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 2nd, 2018, 12:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 2: Mulu National Park
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- Views: 11765
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, 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 1: Around Kuching
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9821
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, 3:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7304
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Thank you, DanDanW wrote:Very cool, great variety of herps and awesome shots as usual.
Dan
- July 30th, 2018, 12:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
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- Views: 7304
Re: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018
Thanks, BillBillMcGighan wrote:As always... first class
Thanks for posting
- July 27th, 2018, 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
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- Views: 7304
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, 8:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Sulawesi 2018
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- Views: 6456
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, 6:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
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- Views: 7304
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=b10ff...
- July 27th, 2018, 6:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
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- Views: 7304
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=38d0f1fbc1f030f6...
- July 27th, 2018, 6:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
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- Views: 7304
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_2432654014572...
- July 27th, 2018, 6:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Herping Trip June/July 2018 (lots of pics!)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7304
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...