Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:45 pm
by Jeroen Speybroeck
Super!
Last one's beautiful...
Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:50 pm
by Kim Jespersen
wow so envious on the Maticora
and love the Boiga too, where and how did you find these???? the Maticora been my dream for years, talking about deadly dreams
Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:57 pm
by Gabriel MartÃnez
The Calliophis is too cool!!! It seems drawn by a kid
Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:00 pm
by Kim Jespersen
Is Calliopis a revised name of Maticora???
Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:18 pm
by Peter Engelen
Kim Jespersen wrote:Is Calliopis a revised name of Maticora???
I think it's still Maticora.
Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:24 pm
by Peter Engelen
Kim Jespersen wrote:wow so envious on the Maticora
and love the Boiga too, where and how did you find these???? the Maticora been my dream for years, talking about deadly dreams
Maticora intestinalis 1 by flipping.
Maticora intestinalis 2 at night on the jungle trail.
Maticora bivirgata by flipping in a palmoilplantation.
Al the boiga's at night by roadcruising. We cruised a lot at night but we only had 1 very good night. IIn 20 dayswe didn't had a single drop of rain.
Re: Malaysia :part 2
Posted:
Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:06 pm
by Kim Jespersen
nice, I usually am on my own while herping, so not so eager flipping. I need to hook up with an experienced Snake guy or girl, for future trips. I also found a Boiga drapiezii walking/stalking along a countryside road in Sabah once. I also know from people joining a big Herpetological expedition in Kalimantan, that most snakes where found along logging roads during night time, on the other hand frog diversity dropped by 90% as soon as the researchers went outside the primary forest. What are you flipping in palmoil plantations? leafstems from palms or?
My experience is that rain is highly overrated - I have been to Borneo around 20times (12-21days duration), never had more than 2days with rain. The heaviest rain I have had was a 3days non stop rain in North Sumatra, not so funny staying in a hut with zinkroofing. In Kalimantan I had 36hours more or less constant rain, staying under a tarp shelter during the most heavy showers, when only drizzling I went hunting 18frogs species in one night, best night ever.
Re: Malaysia :part 2
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Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:31 pm
by Markus Oulehla
What a pity to see this "malaysian jewel" Scolopendra ( subspinipes ssp. i think) gets eaten
Great finds and pictures!
The bivirgata is beautiful!!!
regards
Markus
Re: Malaysia :part 2
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Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:01 am
by Martti Niskanen
Very nice.
That Boiga's fangs are huge!