One day spent in Gutian Mountain, China

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fernandorao
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One day spent in Gutian Mountain, China

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After my TOEFL examination, I went to Gutian Mountain which was located in Zhejiang Province, China. And this is my first time to post my field work. If I made a mistake, please let me know. Thank you.
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On the first night, I found some frogs and a snake around my hotel.
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Nidirana adenopleura very common frog
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Odorrana schmackeri
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a female Odorrana graminea
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I am not sure they are Amolops ricketti or Amolops wuyiensis, because both of them are very common in this area. And I can hardly find any differences between them after browsing some photographs in Internet.
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Limnonectes fujianensis
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Dinodon flavozonatum A very nice snake.
The next day morning, I went up the hill to find some snake.
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On the road, I found some remains. In the stream besides the road, I found some frogs.
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L. fujianensis
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A. ricketti or A. wuyiensis
The most exciting thing is that I found two snakes in this stream.
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Sinonatrix percarinata
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About this snake, my friend suggests it is Trimeresurus albolabris, but according to the disturibution area, I think it is more like a female T. stejnegeri.
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I don't know my herps of China, but let me be the first to welcome you to the forum! There are a number of folks on here with experience in herping China, so I'm sure you will receive any help needed in identification.
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Very nice pics. Lovely patterning on the Odorrana schmackeri. I come across a lot of Dinodon rufozonatum here in Taiwan, so the yellow Dinodon makes a nice contrast to what I'm used to seeing.
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numpty wrote:Very nice pics. Lovely patterning on the Odorrana schmackeri. I come across a lot of Dinodon rufozonatum here in Taiwan, so the yellow Dinodon makes a nice contrast to what I'm used to seeing.
D.rufozonatum is also very common in Mainland. And it is very interesting that the D.rufozonatum I found in Beijing is pretty different to the D.rufozonatum in southern provinces.
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John Martin wrote:I don't know my herps of China, but let me be the first to welcome you to the forum! There are a number of folks on here with experience in herping China, so I'm sure you will receive any help needed in identification.
Thank you so much. Communicating with field herpers in other country is really enjoyable.
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