Ahh, I thought they were a mimic of the Blue Coral when young? And yeah, the Indian guy always asked to see the pics of what we found and told us he used to catch snakes when he was young, awesome! I really laughed when you mentioned the Chinese wife...not the most cheerful soul...Azemiops wrote:I briefly looked into it, and although a 100% positive, i'm quite sure it is a very young variable reed snake, Calamaria lumbricoidea.Ruxs wrote:I'm curious, did you ID that 'little reed snake' then Tom? I just arrived in Bukit Fraser, I found it hilarious that this Indian guy in the shop mentioned you guys when I told him we were here for snakes!
The herping conditions are less than optimal but we'll see if we can turn something up. Did you walk the roads or did you use a car?
The Indian guy who owns the shop always seemed very interested in what we were finding each time we visited Bukit Fraser, although he wife was never quite so friendly!
Whats the weather like up there at the moment? We had little to no rain, and very cool evenings during our time there. We didn't have a car, and spent much of our time trekking along the many tracks through the rainforest, and a bit of time on the roads.
Weather wise, the first night was cold, wet and didn't yield sh!t. However the next two days it cleared up nicely and I walked a couple snakes on the main road down. Next night yielded nothing but fresh DORs but on the last night we cruised a cool P. Fucata. Due to a lorry blocking the road we might stay one more night and get the target Calliophis birvigata flaviceps. Although this is supposed to be the slow time of year and I ain't even seen a DOR C. B. Flaviceps
Did you find any snakes on the trails? We walk them during the day and never see anything.