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by Hans Breuer (twoton)
January 26th, 2023, 4:38 am
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: [NEW BOOK] A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo - OUT NOW!
Replies: 4
Views: 4376

Re: [NEW BOOK] A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo - OUT NOW!

Wow, thank you for your very kind and encouraging words! I moved back to Taiwan three years ago, but if you like, I can give you tips and introduce you to people in Borneo that will help you. PM me your email!

Cheers

Hans
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 4th, 2022, 2:27 am
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: [NEW BOOK] A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo - OUT NOW!
Replies: 4
Views: 4376

[NEW BOOK] A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo - OUT NOW!

Hi all, some of you might remember that after four years of herping here in Taiwan, creating a website on the island's snakes , and writing a book about my exploits , I moved with my family to Malaysian Borneo for eight years. Well, The wait is finally over - A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo , my ch...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
May 12th, 2022, 10:19 pm
Forum: Reading Room
Topic: "A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo" - Pre-order Now :)
Replies: 0
Views: 4492

"A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo" - Pre-order Now :)

Hi all, some of you might remember that after four years of herping here in Taiwan, creating a website on the island's snakes , and writing a book about my exploits , I moved with my family to Malaysian Borneo for eight years. A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo , my chronicles about our encounters wit...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 23rd, 2021, 9:46 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The Snake in the Monkey Cup – A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo
Replies: 6
Views: 3300

Re: The Snake in the Monkey Cup – A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo

Hi everyone, after sending out 105 queries, receiving 65 rejections, and hearing nothing from most of the rest (not counting "we would love to take you on, but, you know, Covid") for six months, the book ws finally picked up by an enthusiastic publisher: "We love it! I read most of th...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
October 31st, 2021, 11:38 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Moving back to Taiwan, plus a great Christmas book gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Replies: 4
Views: 2395

Re: Moving back to Taiwan, plus a great Christmas book gift for your herping friends (and yourself)

Hi all, 'tis that time of year again - the time to reflect on the year, to rejoice and celebrate with loved ones, and, of course, to put out yet another shameless plug for my book in the hope someone will know someone who would really love to read it and give it to him/her/them for Christmas: A Cobr...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
April 27th, 2021, 3:47 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The Snake in the Monkey Cup – A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo
Replies: 6
Views: 3300

The Snake in the Monkey Cup – A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo

Howdy all, I'm finally done with my Borneo memories and am looking for a publisher. The Snake in the Monkey Cup – A Greenhorn Naturalist in Borneo documents our family's eight years of encounters with nature in the rainforests of Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. As some of you might remember, I have lived...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 8th, 2020, 8:25 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Jeff wrote: December 8th, 2020, 1:02 pm If I don't know the etymology I start with the original description for clues.
That's a good idea!
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 7th, 2020, 11:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Not in these cases...
AEthelred wrote: December 7th, 2020, 11:30 pm Wikipedia has always worked for me.
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 7th, 2020, 8:58 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Thank you very much!!!
herpfriend wrote: December 7th, 2020, 8:51 pm This may help:

http://www.ebeltz.net/herps/etymain.html#Snakes
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 7th, 2020, 8:42 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Wow, JEFF! That is beyond awesome. I imagine you're fluent in both Latin and Greek? My Latin is rather unfluent, although over the years and due to my interest in biology, my vocabulary has increased from my high school days when my most hated subject was Latin. And boy, was I bad at it. My father h...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 7th, 2020, 4:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Thank you very much!
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 7th, 2020, 4:13 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Re: Etymology of snake genera

Hi Bill, no, I want to know what the names mean, e.g.: Pseudagkistrodon:from Greek "pseudes", "false", and "Agkistrodon", a genus of American pit vipers. The name Agkistrodon comes from the Greek words ankistron ('fishhook') and odon 'tooth' and is likely a reference to...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 7th, 2020, 12:00 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)
Replies: 13
Views: 19427

Re: Eastern Ghats Herping Trip Report ! (Images Up)

Hot damn! This is exactly what the forum needed! Thank you very much for taking the time, and for having the balls to travel 250 km on that moped! Iron Ass of the Year, haha! I loved that little black-and-red bandit lizard. And the scenery shots. And everything else!

Cheers from Taiwan!

Hans
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
December 6th, 2020, 11:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Etymology of snake genera
Replies: 12
Views: 4805

Etymology of snake genera

Hello all,

I need help with the etymology of a few snake genera. Would anybody know of a website where I can research this? Or can answer directly? :)

In particular:
Hypsiscopus
Gonyosoma
Fowlea

Thanks a lot!

Hans
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 13th, 2020, 3:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Thank you, Kris - JUST DO IT - the herping world needs more reports! Thanks for the teaser, Hans, looking forward to the book. As I guess pretty much everyone else around here I've always been a fan of your writing but this is good even by your standards. Inspires me to get started on my own reports...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 13th, 2020, 2:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Thank you very much, Kelly, that's the nicest thing anybody has said to me in a while...I'll strive to live up to it!
Kelly Mc wrote: November 11th, 2020, 1:49 pm Your generousity is wanton in the kindest way.

You have the ability to change things with a few words. And make a person want to be like you.
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 10th, 2020, 11:02 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Kelly Mc wrote: November 10th, 2020, 2:15 pm Im a morbid procrastinator
I'm a morbidly obese procrastinator. So I win. But I'm very grateful for this comment; I've been percrasternatin' the entire November so far, and you pushed me back on the writing track again.
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 9th, 2020, 10:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Hi guys, I'm very sorry to reply this late - all FHF notification mails have been ending up in my Spam folder since October, and only now I've discovered them there! Thank you for your compliments and your explanations regarding the fate of this forum. It's very sad, to say the least - this was alwa...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 9th, 2020, 10:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Amazing finds in this summer
Replies: 5
Views: 2968

Re: Amazing finds in this summer

Hi Jerry, I'm back in Taiwan. Fantastic shots, Jerry!! After all these years, I have yet to see a Daboia and a Rein Snake, let alone one of those damn 100-pacers that have kept eluding me for a solid 13 years now (while everyone else seems to trip over them every time they hit the mountains). @Jimi,...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
October 8th, 2020, 10:47 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Amazing finds in this summer
Replies: 5
Views: 2968

Re: Amazing finds in this summer

Fantastic shots, Jerry!! After all these years, I have yet to see a Daboia and a Rein Snake, let alone one of those damn 100-pacers that have kept eluding me for a solid 13 years now (while everyone else seems to trip over them every time they hit the mountains). @Jimi, you must come here. Everythin...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
October 8th, 2020, 10:39 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Thank you both for your replies, guys! "Lunatic fringe"...what's that about?
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
October 5th, 2020, 9:05 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

gcsnelling wrote: October 5th, 2020, 4:31 pm Good stuff, thanks for posting.
Thank you! By the way, what happened to all the traffic here on FHF? Looks pretty deserted these days. Does the pandemic keep people from herping, or have they moved to a hipper place I haven't heard about yet? :D
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
October 4th, 2020, 10:26 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Re: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Thank you, Bill. Here you go. No pix , though - the ones available online outpretty the ones I took back then :) ========================================================================================== In December 2013, the cover photo of the august Herpetological Review shook the world of reptile...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
October 4th, 2020, 7:56 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK
Replies: 20
Views: 8754

Bornean Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis) - THE BOOK

Hey everyone, I haven't been very active here the past few years, due to our relocation to Taiwan and the lesser amount of time I could dedicate to herping in either Borneo or Taiwan, and due to a thousand other factors, some tragic, some boring. The good news , though, is that I've finished 80% of ...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 12th, 2019, 12:45 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Moving back to Taiwan, plus a great Christmas book gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Replies: 4
Views: 2395

Moving back to Taiwan, plus a great Christmas book gift for your herping friends (and yourself)

The holiday season is yet again upon us. What better gift for your herping friends (or yourself) than this wonderfully enlightening, hilarious, and strange book? A Cobra Hijacked My Camera Bag! Snakes and Stories from Taiwan Thanks, again, for letting me plug my stuff here with shameless abandon :-)...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 11th, 2019, 8:32 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: The day the music died.
Replies: 7
Views: 6039

Re: The day the music died.

Wow, that's almost been a decade now?
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
September 30th, 2019, 1:53 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tips for Costa Rica, please!
Replies: 8
Views: 19751

Re: Tips for Costa Rica, please!

Thank you, Frank! Hi Hans I have been to CR last year. Not especialy for snakes but birds and reptiles. Monteverde is beautifull i recommend that. Arenal observatory lodge is also beautifull. They have a frog pond. You can go there by night and find lots of frogs and snakes. The saripiqui area has l...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
September 4th, 2019, 2:11 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tips for Costa Rica, please!
Replies: 8
Views: 19751

Re: Tips for Costa Rica, please!

Thank you very much! I will second La Tarde ecolodge. Fantastic place. Gary Kritzinger is also great, but he is now in South Africa. Miguel Jimenez in LaFortuna is also a wonderful guide. And Cesar Barrio Amoros who runs DOC FROG Adventures. Lastly, if you into amphibeans, Brian Kubicki at CRARC is ...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
June 30th, 2019, 10:56 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tips for Costa Rica, please!
Replies: 8
Views: 19751

Re: Tips for Costa Rica, please!

Hi all,

thank you very much for taking the time to post all your wonderful tips! I'll spend a few days now researching all this and will come back with a tentative agenda for you to check :)

Thanks again!!

Hans
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
June 19th, 2019, 3:37 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tips for Costa Rica, please!
Replies: 8
Views: 19751

Tips for Costa Rica, please!

Hi all, we're planning to do our annual wildlife watching trip next year between January and June, and we picked Costa Rica. We have ten days in-country, we want to go see everything from bugs to reptiles (avian included) and from lowland to cloud forests, and we have no bloody idea where to start (...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
February 20th, 2019, 9:14 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nepal Lizard ID, please!
Replies: 5
Views: 7458

Re: Nepal Lizard ID, please!

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by Hans Breuer (twoton)
February 20th, 2019, 12:19 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nepal Lizard ID, please!
Replies: 5
Views: 7458

Re: Nepal Lizard ID, please!

Hi guys, thank you very much!! As for my experiences in Nepal, check my Facebook wall for starters. There's a bird album, a general album, a Dulit album, and others. After our wildlife trip to Chitwan NP, I spent an extra three weeks alone in Kathmandu, waiting for a new passport. And I got adopted ...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
February 18th, 2019, 4:41 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Nepal Lizard ID, please!
Replies: 5
Views: 7458

Nepal Lizard ID, please!

Hi all,

would anyone be able to identify this ca. 15-20 cm long lizard we found basking on a wall close to the Gurkha Museum in Pokhara, Nepal?
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Hans
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Thanks very much in advance!

Cheers,

Hans
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 25th, 2018, 8:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Replies: 10
Views: 13144

Re: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yours

Thank you very much for your patronage!! Northern Taiwan, where I am now, is a tad cold now, only bamboo vipers (Viridovipera steijnegeri) are still out and about. But I saw my first Grey-capped (Pygmy) Woodpecker yesterday in the Central Mountains, so not all is lost :)

Thanks again!

Cheers

Hans
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 15th, 2018, 7:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Replies: 10
Views: 13144

Re: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yours

I re-read your book all the time, Hans. Cannot wait for the new one. Thank you too, Zach! I'm making good progress, actually. We're back in Northern Taiwan for two months, since Malaysia observes school holidays now, and the place where I live, as magically beautiful as it is , in winter it's the w...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 11th, 2018, 11:20 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Replies: 10
Views: 13144

Re: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yours

Fieldherper wrote:Great Book and highly recommended. ! I too am awaiting the second book.

FH
Thank you!
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
November 9th, 2018, 10:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yourself)
Replies: 10
Views: 13144

Re: Great Christmas gift for your herping friends (and yours

I said it before, and imma say it again: The holiday season is upon us. What better gift for your herping friends (or yourself) than this wonderful book? A Cobra Hijacked My Camera Bag! Snakes and Stories from Taiwan Thanks for your continuous support :-) Cheers from Taiwan Hans PS: For those who've...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
September 27th, 2018, 5:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Singapore customs vs. snake hook
Replies: 3
Views: 12641

Re: Singapore customs vs. snake hook

Martti Niskanen wrote:The immigration-process at the land-border is interesting to say the least.
Tell us!
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
September 26th, 2018, 11:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Taiwan 2017 roundup
Replies: 8
Views: 17067

Re: Taiwan 2017 roundup

What a haul! Love the ferret-badger ... great shots! How did he allow you to get this close, and why did he hold still this long?
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
September 11th, 2018, 9:10 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
Replies: 14
Views: 17433

Re: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley

Ribbit wrote:You didn't. I did. (Shhh, don't tell Hans.)
I HEARD THAT!
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
August 31st, 2018, 9:35 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Singapore customs vs. snake hook
Replies: 3
Views: 12641

Re: Singapore customs vs. snake hook

Lots of Singaporean herpers visit Borneo, where I live, and bring their own snake hooks. I don't think there should be an issue. Parangs, however, they will confiscate, even from check-in luggage.
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
August 31st, 2018, 9:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley
Replies: 14
Views: 17433

Re: Back to Borneo, part 5 of 5: Danum Valley

Wonderful stuff! That Aphaniotis ornata is amazing ... reminds me of the leaf-nose lizards in Sri Lanka. Didn't know these existed in Borneo!

Thanks for sharing!
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
April 11th, 2018, 6:21 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Photos from my New Guinea trip
Replies: 0
Views: 6059

Photos from my New Guinea trip

Hi all, I just came back from a ten-day field trip to West Papua, the Indonesian side of New Guinea. It was technically a birding trip, as we (my uncle and I) stayed in a birding lodge and did the whole up-at-oh-four-hundred-and-straight-into-the-mud-without-tea thing every day. But this was also ou...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
April 11th, 2018, 5:34 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo report Part 1
Replies: 8
Views: 10739

Re: Borneo report Part 1

Very nice post! Envy you the Xenodermus ! As far as I know, Camponotus gigas was recently given the new and IMHO much cooler name Dinomyrmex gigas . Yes, that's "Terror Ant" :-) That horned frog...are you sure it was nasuta ? There are so many different hornies these days... Excellent tars...
by Hans Breuer (twoton)
March 1st, 2018, 2:28 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: Cheap and awesome birding camera
Replies: 3
Views: 20700

Re: Cheap and awesome birding camera

Ha! No way!!! :-)