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- December 8th, 2019, 12:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with some reptiles from Indonesia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 329
Re: Help with some reptiles from Indonesia
Well, the picture is better indeed but it's still hard to be 100% sure. The back of the depicted snake is more extensively black than in those specimens I have seen. I'm still pretty sure though (let's say 99%). However, I would need some morphological data to be absolutely certain….
- December 1st, 2019, 10:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Help with some reptiles from Indonesia
- Replies: 8
- Views: 329
Re: Help with some reptiles from Indonesia
I can't be 100% sure but I suspect the first snake (Waigeo) is a Dendrelaphis lineolatus. All the best, dendrelaphis
- November 30th, 2019, 5:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hong Kong's Biggest and Smallest snakes!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 408
Re: Hong Kong's Biggest and Smallest snakes!
Thanks for sharing, love that python!
- November 30th, 2019, 5:51 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Top 10 Venomous Snakes
- Replies: 2
- Views: 347
Re: Top 10 Venomous Snakes
Love it! And several awesome species I still have to find myself…..
- November 15th, 2019, 7:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Moving back to Taiwan, plus a great Christmas book gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 530
Re: Moving back to Taiwan, plus a great Christmas book gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Dear Hans, I'm still missing your posts as well! But I have your book! Have a wonderful Christmas. All the best, Johan
- November 7th, 2019, 10:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lots of Snakes Found Herping Hong Kong
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1091
Re: Lots of Snakes Found Herping Hong Kong
very nice, thanks for sharing!!
- November 2nd, 2019, 9:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Vipers, Stream Snakes and MacClelland's Coral in Hong Kong
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7336
Re: Vipers, Stream Snakes and MacClelland's Coral in Hong Kong
Thanks for sharing, love that Coral snake!
- October 19th, 2019, 10:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Found a Burmese Python
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6214
Re: Found a Burmese Python
I absolutely love finding pythons. They are so beautiful and sophisticated. They rock! King cobra's love pythons too (-: I have never found a Burmese yet, hope I will
- October 11th, 2019, 9:55 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bite to the face
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9709
Re: Bite to the face
wonderful shot!
- October 7th, 2019, 9:24 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: snakes on Koh Chang Island, Thailand
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12088
Re: snakes on Koh Chang Island, Thailand
That's a lot indeed, on Santubong, Borneo, I found one specimen in nearly 100 days (4 hours per day). I guess differences between populations and ecosystemens can be great. Example from my experience: Oligodon purpurascens from Tioman Island are fairly friendly snakes (although they will still provi...
- September 30th, 2019, 9:05 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Finding Snakes in the City
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9063
Re: Finding Snakes in the City
awesome!, my favourite: the B. flaviceps.
- September 30th, 2019, 9:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Chinese Cobras Spit?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10379
Re: Chinese Cobras Spit?
Beautiful cobra!
Naja sumatrana from the Sunda region (Malaysia etc.) certainly spits
Naja sumatrana from the Sunda region (Malaysia etc.) certainly spits
- September 13th, 2019, 10:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: First US Herping - Everglades
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7897
Re: First US Herping - Everglades
Wonderful! I love Florida, thanks for sharing!
- July 4th, 2019, 10:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: SE Asia Herping
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6648
Re: SE Asia Herping
Great, thanks!
- July 4th, 2019, 10:01 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Borneo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9111
Re: Herping Borneo
Very cool finds indeed. I've spent quite some time on Borneo and several of those species I never found
- July 4th, 2019, 9:58 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Waterspouts and Pit Vipers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8449
Re: Waterspouts and Pit Vipers
Amazing, I've never seen that phenomenon. and some very nice snakes as well!
- June 6th, 2019, 10:03 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery Reed Snake
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5159
Re: Mystery Reed Snake
No idea, I have never seen anything like it (neither in "the snakes of Borneo", "Amphibiens and Reptiles of Mount Kinabulu" or "Amphibien und Reptilien Sudost Asiens"). It might be an undescribed species. However, without morphological data, it's impossible to say
- June 6th, 2019, 9:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bali Herp Adventure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7728
Re: Bali Herp Adventure
Love it! Three B. dendrophila in one night is spectacular...
- April 8th, 2019, 8:43 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Highlights of 2018: Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8709
Re: Highlights of 2018: Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan.
Wow, wonderful finds and the King Ratsnake is very impressive!
- February 9th, 2019, 5:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mangrove Cat Snake
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3692
Re: Mangrove Cat Snake
Thanks! they are indeed great snakes to find. And you don't come across them very often.
- February 9th, 2019, 5:45 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5229
Re: Borneo (Sabah) Jan 2019
These pics are amazing as always and the B. flaviceps is breathtaking....
- February 9th, 2019, 5:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thailand Snakes part 1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4097
Re: Thailand Snakes part 1
Absolutely wonderful finds and shots! Thanks
- February 9th, 2019, 5:39 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Retic in a tree
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3654
Re: Retic in a tree
I love those retics! They are such beautiful snakes.
- January 19th, 2019, 1:07 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Banded Coral Snake
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5025
Re: Banded Coral Snake
Wonderful, they are so totally different from the Bornean population, amazing! This one looks like the population living on Tioman island
- January 19th, 2019, 1:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Thailand Snakes part 1
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4097
Re: Thailand Snakes part 1
Wonderful! I'm going to Thailand in 3 months, looking forward to it!
- January 4th, 2019, 12:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: old story about taxonomic adventure
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6326
Re: old story about taxonomic adventure
Got it, thanks! indeed, a situation very similar to ours, also with regard to distribution patterns
- January 3rd, 2019, 1:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: old story about taxonomic adventure
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6326
Re: old story about taxonomic adventure
what species was that?
- January 3rd, 2019, 12:57 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6967
Re: Best of 2018 - Xenophidion schaeferi
Those finds and shots are incredible. The Xenophidion must have made your heart jump, you might consider publishing that encounter somewhere. When you say "lowland forest of sarawak", where in Sarawak was that?
- January 3rd, 2019, 12:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Large King Cobra
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8051
Re: Large King Cobra
Oh wow, that is such an amazing encounter. It's been 18 years since I saw my last King cobra and I can still remember that encouter vividly. Thanks for sharing! I hope to find one this april!
- December 22nd, 2018, 12:00 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: old story about taxonomic adventure
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6326
old story about taxonomic adventure
This is an story some of you may like. I had been studying the taxonomy of the Asian Bronzeback snakes (genus Dendrelaphis) for some time, together with Gernot Vogel, when I encountered this specimen from the British Museum of Natural History: http://i1269.photobucket.com/albums/jj592/dendrelaphis/M...
- November 24th, 2018, 10:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11376
Re: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yours
I just ordered the book Hans, looking forward to reading it! By the way, any snakes out there in Taiwan?
- November 3rd, 2018, 5:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping Hong Kong Part 3
- Replies: 2
- Views: 8948
Re: Herping Hong Kong Part 3
Great shots, I particularly love the juvenile O. hannah
- November 3rd, 2018, 3:46 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifer Banded Krait
- Replies: 3
- Views: 9008
Re: Lifer Banded Krait
Awesome! I have never found a B. fasciatus! Jealous! I'll be in Thailand in april and it'll definitively be one of my primary objectives. To be honest, eveny night I go out herping in S.E. Asia I hope to find one. Where the hell are they?
- August 25th, 2018, 2:27 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14869
Re: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
Thanks! Wonderful accounts and pictures. And a joy of recognition as I have visited several of those parcs myself. Now, after having seen your accounts, I'm considering going there again. It's been a long time and the "feeling" was suddenly back.
- April 22nd, 2018, 8:12 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Report Part 2.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3255
Re: Borneo Report Part 2.
Wonderful finds and amazing pictures, thanks!!
- February 14th, 2018, 11:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Giant Centipede Bite and Mangrove Cat Snake
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3925
Re: Giant Centipede Bite and Mangrove Cat Snake
I love those Boiga dendrophila!
- February 6th, 2018, 10:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #24: The Coral Snake Mistake
- Replies: 48
- Views: 23730
Re: Borneo Dispatches #24: The Coral Snake Mistake
Well, I actually did properly identify the Naja sumatrana before approaching it
But of course you're right, it's careless

But of course you're right, it's careless
- February 5th, 2018, 10:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #24: The Coral Snake Mistake
- Replies: 48
- Views: 23730
Re: Borneo Dispatches #24: The Coral Snake Mistake
This is how I fortunately got away: I was walking at night through Malaysian ranforest when I heard a loud hiss. I searched for a while and then found a spitting cobra, in defensive position in a narrow stream. I put down my hand torch and backpack and approached the beautiful snake with only my hea...
- January 13th, 2018, 4:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Favorite Images of 2017
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6551
Re: Favorite Images of 2017
These are truely amazing finds and pictures. Mating B. flaviceps!! and B. f. baluensis, incredible...... Thanks
- November 22nd, 2017, 8:56 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: White Bellied Rat and others
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2544
Re: White Bellied Rat and others
For obvious reasons I love the D. kopsteini :) Not only because of the snake itself. After Gernot and I described it, we were contacted by F. Kopstein's son. I was quite surprised. He was very happy with the fact that his father was honoured this way. He sent me some pictures of his father in Sumatr...
Re: Mamushi
nice, thanks!
- October 1st, 2017, 7:47 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Japanese Corn Snake
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4767
Re: Japanese Corn Snake
very nice, thanks!
- July 26th, 2017, 9:34 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Field Herping | Ratsnakes in Japan
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3452
Re: Field Herping | Ratsnakes in Japan
love it, thanks! When I watch the video, I feel that anticipation when you are about to flip such an object, it's like I am about to flip it myself (-:
- May 25th, 2017, 9:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 7: Bako, or, the Surprise Ending
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11479
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 7: Bako, or, the Surprise Ending
The leech bite actually ocurred near Kapit, the worm probably entered in Mulu while walking with sandals through the mud of a river bank catching a Boiga dendrophila. But I did not notice the worm untill we were in Bako. And I remember it so clearly because something was moving beneath my skin (very...
- May 24th, 2017, 10:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 7: Bako, or, the Surprise Ending
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11479
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 7: Bako, or, the Surprise Ending
That is really bad luck. But I agree with Hans: the crocodyle is wonderful. I have seen only one head for a few seconds in Santubong. And nice to see Bako again. Form my last visit to Bako, I remember mainly that I noticed that some kind of animal was making tunnels beneath my skin. That was a bit u...
- May 20th, 2017, 6:22 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia - East and West. 2017
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7036
Re: Malaysia - East and West. 2017
wonderful overview, thanks!
- May 20th, 2017, 1:26 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Malaysia 2017, part 6: The Santubong Peninsula
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8828
Re: Malaysia 2017, part 6: The Santubong Peninsula
Wonderful, I've spent hunderds of hours on the Santubong peninsula and these shots bring back a lot of memories, great!
- May 7th, 2017, 5:27 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: trip report Peloponnese (Greece) April 2017
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5148
Re: trip report Peloponnese (Greece) April 2017
I'm going to Greece next year, that's all there is to it
- May 7th, 2017, 5:25 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Lifer King Cobra
- Replies: 23
- Views: 14071
Re: Lifer King Cobra
Great! I know how that feels! By the way, those Kings from northern regions look so different.
- April 19th, 2017, 9:31 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Bornean spine-jawed snake (Xenophidion acanthognathus)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4855
Re: Bornean spine-jawed snake (Xenophidion acanthognathus)
Wow, amazing, this picture should be included in the next version of "A field guide to the snakes of Borneo"