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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

Love it! Three B. dendrophila in one night is spectacular...

Wow, wonderful finds and the King Ratsnake is very impressive!

Thanks! they are indeed great snakes to find. And you don't come across them very often.

These pics are amazing as always and the B. flaviceps is breathtaking....

Absolutely wonderful finds and shots! Thanks

I love those retics! They are such beautiful snakes.

Wonderful, they are so totally different from the Bornean population, amazing! This one looks like the population living on Tioman island

Wonderful! I'm going to Thailand in 3 months, looking forward to it!

Got it, thanks! indeed, a situation very similar to ours, also with regard to distribution patterns

what species was that?

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?

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!

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...

I just ordered the book Hans, looking forward to reading it! By the way, any snakes out there in Taiwan?

Great shots, I particularly love the juvenile O. hannah

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?

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.

Wonderful finds and amazing pictures, thanks!!

I love those Boiga dendrophila!

Well, I actually did properly identify the Naja sumatrana before approaching it

But of course you're right, it's careless

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...

These are truely amazing finds and pictures. Mating B. flaviceps!! and B. f. baluensis, incredible...... Thanks

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...

nice, thanks!

very nice, thanks!

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 (-:

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...

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...

wonderful overview, thanks!

Wonderful, I've spent hunderds of hours on the Santubong peninsula and these shots bring back a lot of memories, great!

I'm going to Greece next year, that's all there is to it

Great! I know how that feels! By the way, those Kings from northern regions look so different.

Wow, amazing, this picture should be included in the next version of "A field guide to the snakes of Borneo"

We once found a 2 meter retic which had eaten an adult female cat. So I thought: imagine a 7 meter retic. It's 3.5*3.5*3.5= 43 times as big as a 2 meter retic (assuming equal proportions). Let's assume the cat weighed merely 2 kilograms (Malaysian cats are rather small but European adult female cats...

love it, feels like I'm there when I'm watching. So looking forward to going again.

Wonderful, I have been to Kubah many years ago and remeber it was a herpetological heaven. Love that Boiga drapiezii green phenotype, I have never found it.

awesome!

Wonderful, love that boiga drapeizii, you don't find them often (at least not where I've been). Looking forward to your next posts

wonderful, I suspect the Dendrelaphis is a D. cyanochloris

love it!

Difficult to say without more morphological data but could this be a juvenile Stegnotus borneensis?

I don't know whether juveniles of this species have white bands, perhaps it is not known.

Me too! (-: wonderful finds.

Hi Hans,

I love your pictures, there's absolutely nothing wrong with them! The recent Boiga drapeizii green form was amazing. I also have a dip at the moment (is that correct English?): very sick mother and other issues. It happens. You'll be back and so will I. All the best, Johan

Hi Hans, wonderful to see a new post from you! And an amazing snake it is indeed, holy shit, I have never seen the green morph.

Sorry, stupid mistake of me, I read "flavipunctatus".

Truely amazing pictures and finds. I wish I had been so succeful during my last trip to Thailand.
I doubt that that is a X. punctulatus. Do you have more pictures?

wonderful observations and amazing pictures! I want to go!

Dear Francis, Any nice rainforest area would be fine in Borneo. I would advise to walk on well-marked trails, particularly at night time. Preferably near forest streams. Take a very good head light and hand light and do a lot of searching up the trees. You should be able to find a lot. All the best,...

oh man, incredible pictures and some of those snakes are very, very hard to find. I really need to get out there again.