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- April 10th, 2013, 11:20 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anyone see the National Geographic article on Python venom?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 40744
Re: Anyone see the National Geographic article on Python ven
Hi Gerry, I understand what you're saying, both about the etymology of the word "venom" and about your concerns relating to people misinterpreting the "technical" usage of the term. By the "traditional" definition, I was obviously referring to the "modern" sci...
- April 10th, 2013, 4:07 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anyone see the National Geographic article on Python venom?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 40744
Re: Anyone see the National Geographic article on Python ven
Hi Scott, I definitely didn't think you were citing anything in a pretentious manner, and agree it's relevant to have all opinions available here. I think the reason both "sides" were not initially referenced is because the OP was about misconceptions relating to a paper which largely disc...
- April 10th, 2013, 3:22 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Anyone see the National Geographic article on Python venom?
- Replies: 88
- Views: 40744
Re: Anyone see the National Geographic article on Python ven
I find it somewhat amusing that this entire discussion has been sparked off by an article discussing a paper which does not in fact state that pythons are venomous . As is abundantly clear if you read the paper, it is an investigation of the relictual and/or incipient venom systems of certain toxico...
- December 30th, 2012, 8:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Australian Herping 2:2 Mt Isa and Sleep Deprivation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3460
Re: Australian Herping 2:2 Mt Isa and Sleep Deprivation
Fantastic photos! Looks like it was a great trip.
- December 7th, 2012, 12:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #61: Boiga jaspidea "Black Velvet"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6084
Re: Borneo Dispatches #61: Boiga jaspidea "Black Velvet"
Fantastic Hans, I was never lucky enough to find one of these.
- December 4th, 2012, 6:57 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #60: Seven Snake Adventures
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9574
Re: Borneo Dispatches #60: Seven Snake Adventures
Great post Hans. I haven't visited the forum in quite a while but it's comforting to know that some things never change and that whenever I do you will be posting a serious of lovely photos of amazing Bornean snakes. I'm particularly fond of the shot of the L . effraensis ventral surface in this post.
- December 4th, 2012, 6:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: South-east Queensland
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10745
Re: South-east Queensland
Wow Matt. It doesn't matter that I have seen a lot of your photography before, I am seriously gob-smacked by the quality of the photos in this thread (nothing surprising about that though of course). You have completely killed my motivation to post anything from SE Queensland on this board for the n...
- June 15th, 2012, 3:32 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #42: The Reluctant Naja Nemesis
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8621
Re: Borneo Dispatches #42: The Reluctant Naja Nemesis
I'm sure there is a sumatrana conspiracy. The snakes all get together and agree not too hood and spit for anyone who looks somewhat inexperienced. They'll wait until after you've caught your 20th specimen or so and get lulled into a complacent "cobras don't spit, leave the glasses at home"...
- June 14th, 2012, 12:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A year in Australia - some of the highlights.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6150
Re: A year in Australia - some of the highlights.
Lovely series of photos Tom!
- June 13th, 2012, 11:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #41: Dulce et decorum est...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8336
Re: Borneo Dispatches #41: Dulce et decorum est...
Agreed that the Boiga is a juvenile B. cynodon - I have slides of baby albinos somewhere. Corals in general have very long venom glands, I believe. The long-glanded condition is unique (amongst coral snakes) to Calliophis intestinalis and Calliophis bivirgata (i.e. the species that used to be classi...
- June 13th, 2012, 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #42: The Reluctant Naja Nemesis
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8621
Re: Borneo Dispatches #42: The Reluctant Naja Nemesis
Nice Hans! Always great to find a snake you've been after for a while. As for the temperament, my personal experience with wild N. sumatrana (In Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Borneo) has been that they are generally very reluctant to bite, reluctant to sit still and hood and reluctant to spit. ...
- May 17th, 2012, 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hong Kong Herping 2012
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5562
Re: Hong Kong Herping 2012
Very nice post!
- May 15th, 2012, 12:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5995
Re: Borneo Dispatches #38: Bornean Leaf-nosed Pitviper
Very nice find Mr. Breuer! The P. breitensteini was great too - tried to post on that one but my internet chose that precise moment to have a fit of non-connectivity.
- April 29th, 2012, 2:36 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: In search of Lataste's Viper, Madrid 2011
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4467
Re: In search of Lataste's Viper, Madrid 2011
Awesome post Tom, some really lovely photos there. How big was the Lataste's?
- April 27th, 2012, 10:54 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysian roadkill ... I mean snakes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2091
Re: Malaysian roadkill ... I mean snakes
I think DavidG has a plausible explanation. Having said that, the snake is not Cerberus rhynchops . Although it's hard to tell from the photos I'd say it's actually Homalopsis buccata - a freshwater species. So, if there are any streams or ponds nearby, it may just be that the snake was crossing the...
- April 27th, 2012, 5:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Hahaha of course - golden-crowneds have more appropriately shaped heads tooDanTheMan wrote:I knew it! Just Golden-crowned's though, right? White-crowned's are rarer than adders!
Whatever Scott, you're just sore because my study animals eat your study animals.
- April 27th, 2012, 5:48 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A.P.T- Another Pilbara Thread (Australia)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5419
Re: A.P.T- Another Pilbara Thread (Australia)
Great post Henry - nice work if you can get it!
- April 24th, 2012, 3:59 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia Natural History Report, March 2012
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16400
Re: Malaysia Natural History Report, March 2012
Wonderful stuff David - I always love how your posts just keep going and going, there's always something new to see each time I click on the link. Agreed with Cole that your gecko is a Cnemaspis sp. - kendalli is also the only species of that genus I'm familiar with. Agreed with Hans - the huntsman ...
- April 23rd, 2012, 1:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Thanks DaveR! Awesome post, Tim!! But whats with that little brown skink you photographed? I had no idea you were that way inclined!! ;) You certainly live in a great part of SE Qld. As for those Adders... I think you're lying! Yeah...I still feel dirty about that skink. I keep washing my hands but ...
- April 23rd, 2012, 1:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping the Top End, Darwin, NT - Kununurra, WA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5478
Re: Herping the Top End, Darwin, NT - Kununurra, WA
Nice!!DanTheMan wrote:Found Varanus primordius!!!
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- April 22nd, 2012, 12:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping the Top End, Darwin, NT - Kununurra, WA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5478
Re: Herping the Top End, Darwin, NT - Kununurra, WA
"NT to just north of 3 ways (giggity)"
Hahahahahaha, nice.
Awesome post mate, stunning photos and some great critters (and country).....here I thought you were busy working, but you have plenty of time to make FHF posts apparently (but still not comment on my Nebo/Glorious post...jerk).
Hahahahahaha, nice.
Awesome post mate, stunning photos and some great critters (and country).....here I thought you were busy working, but you have plenty of time to make FHF posts apparently (but still not comment on my Nebo/Glorious post...jerk).
- April 18th, 2012, 4:50 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20150
Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
Wow, that baluensis is stunning.
- April 18th, 2012, 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13412
Re: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
Hi DavidG, That definitely sounds sad - maybe I'm not so anxious to return to Singapore anymore. So much development has occurred there too (it's never-ending isn't it?), the very backyard from which I pulled 7 species of snake has been filled in and made a parking lot. Certainly a depressing situat...
- April 18th, 2012, 4:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia Natural History Report, March 2012
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16400
Re: Malaysia Natural History Report, March 2012
M. bivirgata Manticora bivirgata is now Calliophis bivirgata Hans, nitpickingly Hahaha...you got me there, fair enough. Maticora (without an n - just nitpicking) was synonymised with Calliophis some years ago (I also mistakenly wrote " M. intestinalis "). My bad, obviously a brain fart af...
- April 18th, 2012, 1:59 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia Natural History Report, March 2012
- Replies: 40
- Views: 16400
Re: Malaysia Natural History Report, March 2012
You may be amazed at the skill of other lepidopteran photographers David, but I am amazed by your skill and patience in that very same discipline! Extremely impressive array of lepidopteran (and the other inverts too) photos...and a few lovely herp shots for good measure. I was with Tom in that I th...
- April 17th, 2012, 11:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 13412
Re: HERPING IN THE TROPICS – ECSTASY OR NIGHTMARE?
Very interesting thread, I haven't the mental energy to contribute much to it right now, although as usual I find my inner skeptic jumping up and down :lol: One thing I will say is that I wouldn't call the herping in Singapore "tough" - I caught 7 species of snake in my own backyard whilst...
- April 17th, 2012, 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20150
Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
Heresy! Blasphemy! Iconoclasty! I based an entire chapter of my book on the fact that the Many-banded Krait is the baddest (terrestrial) snake outside of Oz! :lol: In the paper referenced above, the average intravenous LD50 (in micrograms per gram) was 0.083 for candidus and 0.0975 for multicinctus...
- April 17th, 2012, 4:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20150
Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
All of which are more venomous than fasciatus?? Yep, all are about 20-fold more toxic than fasciatus on average. Remember this is in rodents, which may or may not be informative on relative toxicity for humans and almost certainly isn't informative on relative toxicity to natural prey items. Regard...
- April 17th, 2012, 1:13 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20150
Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
How about multicinctus? ;) Unfortunately I'm unable to locate any studies in which the lethality of both flaviceps and multicinctus were tested, but by comparing the overlapping results of a couple of studies it looks as though flaviceps and multicinctus venoms are similarly toxic in rodents. My co...
- April 16th, 2012, 4:45 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Thanks Jordan - indeed you do, plenty of stuff to see around here (and everywhere else in Australia - I need to see more of the West!). Thanks Joey - that particular bandy picture is probably the highest I've ever seen one throw a loop. I wouldn't read too much into the Dendrelaphis photo, that is a...
- April 16th, 2012, 4:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Krait)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 20150
Re: Borneo Dispatches #34: Bungarus flaviceps (Red-headed Kr
Very cool Hans, a great find and I'm very impressed with your patience. As you know, there are plenty of deaths on record for Bungarus so they certainly do bite in defence from time to time (and I have seen flaviceps have a good chew on a snake bag so they can't be all that reluctant!). John - accor...
- April 10th, 2012, 4:48 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Thanks guys! I'm not aware of any work having been done on the efficacy (or otherwise) of the bandy bandy defensive display. Interesting that you reference "ophiophage defence" in crotalids - in the bandy bandy's world it is the ophiophage (its diet largely consists of blind snakes but it ...
- April 9th, 2012, 11:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
It's presumed to be a form of threat display. They seem more inclined (Macdonald, pers. comm. and personal experience) to do it when caught out in the open than when they see the option to flee (when they may rely on the "flicker fusion" effect caused by their striking bands). To be honest...
- April 9th, 2012, 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Eastern and Western Cape - South Africa January 2012
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10418
Re: Eastern and Western Cape - South Africa January 2012
Great post - we certainly don't see enough African posts here
- April 9th, 2012, 2:51 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Ha, its not the case of them hearing him coming a mile off, its more the case of him driving past them at 300km an hour whilst 'road-cruising'! Haha very true! I was overtaken by some fools driving at similar speeds last night....a few kms down the road I found a fat female adder split in half by o...
- April 8th, 2012, 4:13 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
I suspect the main problem is that you did too much herping with Jonno - the adders hear him coming a mile off.Azemiops wrote:Fantastic post Tim, I'm incredibly jealous of all those adders you've been finding! Perfect excuse to head back over to Brisbane sometime though.
Are you in Australia permanently now?
- April 8th, 2012, 3:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
To be fair Hans I've not broken double figures in snakes on a single night since moving here...the potential is there but everything has to fall into place for one of those magical (or maybe that's "mythical") nights to occur. You definitely should come visit Kevin, you're welcome any time...
- April 8th, 2012, 12:18 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Haha I'm very lucky. People might say that you have also recently moved to a herp paradise thoughHans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Uh, no. You are lucky, are you not?
Thanks Vic, I'm a big fan of Burton's legless lizards too, they are a unique and exceptionally variable species.
- April 7th, 2012, 9:35 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:Nothing short of amazing. You're so lucky to be able to up and move to a herp paradise.
I'm going to assume you're being intentionally ironic
- April 7th, 2012, 7:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Thanks David, I wanted to get a photo of the katydid on the ground but by the time I got my camera out she had stopped displaying.
- April 7th, 2012, 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
I love them too, they're common but I never tire of them and their ludicrous defensive displays.Coluber Constrictor wrote:Man, Australia has some weird stuff. Love the Bandy-bandies!
- April 7th, 2012, 6:18 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
Re: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Ql
Thanks guys! Definitely feeling lucky to be living here. Yes Dave, I finally got around to it....and I haven't forgotten you either (see below). A few more piccies: Tusked frog - Adelotus brevis http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h136/semiremex/adelotus.jpg White-crowned snake - Cacophis harrietae ht...
- April 7th, 2012, 3:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Dugite, Tiger Snake and Blue-Tongued Skink - Perth, WA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3094
Re: Dugite, Tiger Snake and Blue-Tongued Skink - Perth, WA
Nice Tom, congratulations on the dugite!
- April 7th, 2012, 12:49 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #32: Less Talk. More Kraits.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2552
Re: Borneo Dispatches #32: Less Talk. More Kraits.
Very cool Hans, B. fasciatus are certainly special snakes.
- April 7th, 2012, 12:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: North Queensland Reptiles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3066
Re: North Queensland Reptiles
Tim, i've been keeping an eye on the adder pics you've been putting up on facebook - I drove that road every weekend for 5 months whilst we lived in Brisbane and didn't get one! The Stephen's banded almost made up for it though... Haha it's funny like that isn't it? I have seen Stephens' up here in...
- April 6th, 2012, 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
- Replies: 41
- Views: 18791
My first couple of months living in herp paradise, SE Qld
I've been wanting to make this post for some time but have been far too busy with work. I'm no less busy now, but I figured I better get it out of the way so I could concentrate more effectively on work (that's my excuse to myself anyway). A little over two months ago I moved to a place I've been vi...
- April 2nd, 2012, 2:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: North Queensland Reptiles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3066
Re: North Queensland Reptiles
Great post Tom - lovely photos! The praelongus is indeed a cool find
- March 26th, 2012, 1:14 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: West of Rocky - Queensland, Australia
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2008
Re: West of Rocky - Queensland, Australia
Very cool Stew - that Dendrelaphis looks more like a Dendroaspis! How long was that guy?
- March 20th, 2012, 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Central Australia (yes another one!)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4206
Re: Central Australia (yes another one!)
Really enjoying this so far Jordan, looking forward to the rest (hopefully some elapids!).
- March 20th, 2012, 2:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4988
Re: QLD, SA, WA, Australia
Awesome selection of photos!