Very nice report, thanks for sharing!! How long did you stay there overall? And how many snakes have you been able to see?
We spent there 3 weeks, 2 in Karnataka and 1 in Kerala. Because of the heavy rain we don't have pictures of all species, so yes I wanted to post a summary at the end
I'll check if one of my friends has a list (they also have the amphibians on it) on the computer already, otherwise I'll search for my list of the snakes.
the most important question is..did you see Ophiophagus?
I didn't write it next to the pictures, but the snake at the rescue call was a female king cobra
If it's ok I can add a picture from the removal out of the house...
One more wetland-Report?
Sorry for that
So after those great two weeks, we took the train to Kerala. I wanted to see the area of my last visit (dry season, 2012 february) in the rain season too.
So the 9 hours ride through the night were quite comfortable and we we reached the tea estates, in the mountains of the Idukki District, in the morning.
Soon, the first lizards...
Calotes sp.
Mabuya, Eutropis sp.
Hemidactylus sp.
and cool spiders, Portia sp.
Hersilia sp.
Nephila kuhlii
During a nightwalk we found a land planarian...
... and then there was this situation, when you see a snake in the dark and just know, either it's a wolf snake or a krait...
seems as if we have been lucky
a juvenile common krait, Bungarus caeruleus one of my favourite finds...
In the last days we found a beautiful, but dead/killed Coelognathus h. monticollaris and my girlfriend found a nice indian rat snake, near our accomondation, so we took it away from the people and released a a little further...
It was a great time and I really enjoyed the trip. India is an outstanding place for herping and as we have just seen a small part, I definitly want to go there again...
Enjoy the pictures, I still have little more, following the next days
regards
Markus