I'm not much of a writer - so here is some pictures from my trip. Both the documentary shots and the better well-planned ones. Hope you enjoy it half as much as I did taking them.
In the garden of the house we rented in Jomtien (and off course on the walls) I found 2 species of house geckos
Hemidactylus frenatus, Common House Gecko
Jomtien, Thailand
Hemydactylus platyurus - Common Frilly Gecko/Flat-tailed Gecko
Jomtien, Thailand
And also I found a toad in the garden - and everywhere else..
Duttaphrynus melanosticus - Common Asian Toad
Jomtien, Thailand
Then it was time for the trip to Khao Yai :
The first lizard who met me inside the gate to the national park was this flying lizard (Draco sp.)
And then on to this
Physignathus cocincinus - Indochinese Water Dragon
Dasia olivacea - Olive Tree Skink
Varanus salvator - Water Monitor
Ahaetulla prasina - Oriental Vine Snake, white form
Mabuya multifasciata - Common Sun Skink
And after checking out many spots, at the end of the first day - we spotted this fantastic critter..
Trimeresurus macrops - Large-eyed Pit Viper
Later the same night, we had a trip in the dark around a stream and found two of our first of another Pit Viper - but in the dark they were to high to get good pictures. Fortunatly, the next morning they were still at the exact same spot.
The female was still very out of reach, around 10 meters up in the trees - the male we got to work with.
Trimeresurus vogeli - Vogel's Pit Viper
Later the same day, we found in total 4 more Vogel's Pit Viper. Here is one of them.
In situ, digesting it latest meal. When we seeing where it was placed - I'm guessing a frog
And later that night - I'm guessing calling it more luck than deserved is in it's place
Bungarus fasciatus - Banded Krait
And on the way out of the park the last day this one was along the road
Ahaetulla prasina - Oriental Vine Snake, orange form
We decided to check out a place outside Prachinburi for Daboia siamensis, without luck - but found these :
Ahaetulla nasuta - Green Vine Snake
And this one :
Deep under a tree it was hissing at us, but in the end we convinced it to come out. Hoping it was a Naja kouthia..
This is the best shot I got - as it was not N.kouthia, but a Naja siamensis (Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra), and we did not have any safety goggles with us. And this guy was spitting!
The last week of my trip ended in very little herping except some gecko cathing with my 7-yrs old son around the house.
I did get two shorter trips about 30km from Jomtien/Pattaya calles Khao Mai Kaew which was a nice forest with some nice mountain bike trails in it. But I did not find much except Tokay, Calotes, Toads and two snakes that got away (probaly bronze backs)
They same day I landed in Norway, I started planning the trip back to Thailand - which will be in september. But first Greece in may, looking for Montivipera xanthina.
Here is the complete list of herps identified during the trip :
Duttaphrynus melanosticus - Common Asian Toad
Microhyla berdmorei - Berdmore's Narrow-mouthed Frog
Rana cubitalis - Dark-eared Frog
Rana sp (not dientified yet)
Calotes versicolor - Garden Fence Lizard
Draco sp - Flying Lizard
Hemidactylus frenatus - Common House Gecko
Hemidactylys platyurus - Common Frilly Gecko
Gekko gecko - Tokay
Leiolepis reveesii - Reeve's Butterfly Lizard
Dasia olivacea - Olive Tree Skink
Mabyua multifasciata - Common Sun Skink
Lipina vittigera - Sipora Striped Skink
Spenomorphus maculatus - Spotted Forest Skink
Varanus salvator - Water Monitor
Physignathus cocincinus - Indo-Chinese Water Dragon
Ahaetulla prasina - Oriental Vine Snake
Ahaetulla nasuta - Green Vine Snake
Chrysoplea ornata - Golden Tree Snake
Trimeresurus macrops - Large-eyed Pit Viper
Trimeresurus vogeli - Vogel's Pit Viper
Naja siamensis - Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra
Hoesemys grandis - Asian Leaf Turtle
PS : will post some more pics when they are edited
