Sør-Thailand, september 2016 (MYE bilder)

Tidlig i september dra jeg og to andre fotografer til Thailand for å fotografere hoggorm, og selvsagt alle andre herptiler vi kunne komme over. Jeg var en kort tur i Khao Yai Nasjonalpark i desember, og teamet da opp med Tony Smits fra Tontan Travel som guide - denne turen var en så vellykket tur at vi igjen teamet opp med laget fra Tontan Travel for denne turen. Det har vi ikke angret et sekund!

Vi så totalt ca 90 arter med herptiler, 23 av dem slanger (liste kommer til slutt)

Vi landet i Bangkok på morgenen 01.september (min 40. bursdag, og får en måte å feire på!), og tok en taxi til Cha-am hvor vi møtte Tony, Tan og "den nye" i teamet deres, Aood.

Den første 1,5 dagen var vi i utkanten av Kaeng Krachan Nasjonalpark, så reiste vi videre til Ranong for 1,5 dag. De neste 3 dagene var vi i Khao Sok Nasjonalpark før vi dro videre til Phuket 1 dag og Krabi 1 dag.  Etter dette var vi en 1 og natt i Khao Luang Nasjonalpark før vi tok siste dag og natt i den botaniske hagen i Trang.

Her er noen av bildene fra turen..

01-02.september (Kaeng Krachan og Cha-am)

Ahaetulla prasina


Calotes emma


Acanthosaura crucigera


Trimeresurus popeiorum


Cortydactylus petchaburiensis


Kaloula pulcher


Dixionys siamensis


Ahaetulla nasuta


Lycodon capucinus


Trimeresurus albolabris


Leiolepis belliana

04-06.september Khao Sok Nasjonalpark


Cortydactylus oldhami


Bronchocela rayanesis




Aplopeltura boa


Brachytarsophrys carinense



Draco taeniopterus


Kaloula latidisca


Ptychozoon lionotum


Calamaria pavimentata


Calotes emma




Boiga dendrophila


Dendrelaphus cyanochloris




Trimeresurus cf.fucatus

Acanthosaura phuketensis


Boiga nigriceps


Megophrys cf.longipes


Rhacophorus nigropalmatus


Draco blanfordii

06-07.september - Phuket


Tropidolaemus wagleri


07-08.september - Krabi


Boiga cyanea


Cortydactylus peguensis

08-09.september - Khao Luang

Trimeresurus venustus


Trimeresurus fucatus

09-10.september - Trang





Calloselasma rhodostoma

Ahaetulla prasina

Så det var noen av bildene og dyrene som vi så på denne fantastiske og utrolig våre turen :)

Her er den totale listen :

Snakes:
Ahaetulla nasuta - Long-nosed Vine Snake: 2
Ahaetulla prasina - Oriental Vine Snake: 12
Aplopeltura boa - Blunt-headed Slug Snake: 1
Boiga cyanea - Green Cat Snake: 2
Boiga dendrophila - Mangrove Cat Snake: 1
Boiga nigriceps - Red Cat Snake: 1
Bungarus fasciatus - Banded Krait: 1
Calamaria pavimentata - Collared Reed Snake: 2
Calloselasma rhodostoma - Malayan Pit Viper: 10
Chrysopelea ornata? - Golden Tree Snake: 1 (possible C. paradisi)
Dendrelaphis caudolineatus - Striped Bronzeback: 1
Dendrelaphis formosus - Elegant Bronzeback: 1
Dryocalamus subannulatus - Malayan Bridle Snake: 1
Lycodon capucinus - Common Wolf Snake: 1
Pareas carinatus - Keeled Slug Snake: 1
Trimeresurus albolabris - White-lipped Pit Viper: 2
Trimeresurus fucatus - Banded Pit Viper: 4 (Khao Luang)
Trimeresurus cf. fucatus - Banded Pit Viper: 2 (Khao Sok)
Trimeresurus popeiorum - Pope's Pit Viper: 1
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus - Mangrove Pit Viper: 2
Trimeresurus venustus - Beautiful Pit Viper: 4
Tropidolaemus wagleri - Wagler's Pit Viper: 4
Xenochrophis punctulatus - Spotted Keelback: 1
Total snake species: 23
Total number of snakes: 58

And the only species we did not find, but did photograph as our friend Rushen found it:
Dendrelaphis cyanochloris - Blue Bronzeback: 1

Geckos:
Cnemaspis chanardi - Chanard's Rock Gecko
Cnemaspis phuketensis - Phuket Rock Gecko
Cnemaspis vandeventeri - VanDeventer's Rock Gecko
Cyrtodactylus lekaguli - Lekagul's Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus oldhami - Oldham's Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus peguensis - Spotted Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus phetchaburiensis - Phetchaburi Bent-toed Gecko
Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus - Four-lined Bent-toed Gecko
Dixonius siamensis - Siamese Ground Gecko
Gehyra mutilata - Common Four-clawed Gecko
Gekko gecko - Tokay Gecko
Gekko smithii - Smith's Tokay Gecko
Hemidactylus frenatus - Spiny-tailed House Gecko
Hemidactylus garnotii - Garnot's House Gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus - Flat-tailed Gecko
Hemiphyllodactylus typus - Malayan Dwarf Gecko
Ptychozoon kuhli - Kuhl's Parachute Gecko
Ptychozoon lionotum - Smooth-backed Parachute Gecko
Total gecko species: 18

Agamids:
Acanthosaura crucigera - Cross-bearing Tree Lizard
Acanthosaura cf. crucigera - Cross-bearing Tree Lizard (Krabi)
Acanthosaura phuketensis - Phuket Horned Tree Lizard
Bronchocela rayaensis - Gunung Raya Green Crested Lizard
Calotes emma - Crested Forest Lizard
Calotes versicolor - Oriental Garden Lizard
Draco blanfordii - Blanford's Gliding Lizard
Draco maculatus - Spotted Gliding Lizard
Draco taeniopterus - Barred Gliding Lizard
Leiolepis belliana - Common Butterfly Lizard
Pseudocalotes khaonanensis - Khao Nan Long-headed Lizard
Total agamid species: 11

Skinks:
Eutropis macularia - Variable Sun Skink
Eutropis multifasciata - Many-lined Sun Skink
Lygosoma herberti - Herbert’s Supple Skink
Lygosoma quadrupes - Short-limbed Supple Skink
Sphenomorphus maculatus - Spotted Forest Skink
Total skink species: 5

Varanids:
Varanus nebulosus - Clouded Monitor Lizard
Varanus salvator - Water Monitor Lizard
Total monitor lizard species: 2

Turtles:
Cyclemys enigmatica - Dark Leaf Turtle
Total turtle species: 1

Frogs & toads:
Alcalus tasanae - Tasan Frog
Amolops panhai - Tenasserim Cascade Frog
Brachytarsophrys carinense - Burmese Horned Frog
Clinotarsus penelope - Hill Frog
Duttaphrynus melanostictus - Black-spined Toad
Duttaphrynus cf. melanostictus - - Black-spined Toad (Ranong)
Fejervarya limnocharis - Cricket Frog
Fejervarya moodiei - Brackish Frog
Hydrophylax eschatia - Eschat Golden-backed Frog
Hylarana erythraea - Green Paddy Frog
Hylarana glandulosa - Glandular Frog
Hylarana nigrovittata - Dark-sided Frog
Ingerophrynus parvus - Dwarf Toad
Kaloula latidisca - Wide-disced Bullfrog
Kaloula pulchra - Banded Bullfrog
Kurixalus appendiculatus - Frilled Bushfrog
Kurixalus verrucosus - Boulenger's Bushfrog
Limnonectes blythii - Blyth's River Frog
Limnonectes doriae - Doria's Frog
Megophrys cf. longipes - Red-legged Horned Frog
Microhyla berdmorei - Berdmore's Chorus Frog
Microhyla butleri - Butler's Chorus Frog
Microhyla heymonsi - Dark-sided Chorus Frog
Microhyla mukhlesuri - Mukhlesur's Chorus Frog
Microhyla cf. annectens - Boulenger's Chorus Frog
Occidozyga martensii - Round-tongued Floating Frog
Odorrana hosii - Hose's Frog
Phrynoidis asper - Giant River Toad
Polypedates leucomystax - Four-lined Tree Frog
Rhacophorus nigropalmatus - Wallace's Flying Frog
Total frog species: 30

Caecilians:
Ichthyophis sp. (Khao Sok) - Caecilian species unidentified
Ichthyophis sp. (Trang) - Caecilian species unidentified
Total caecilian species: 1 or 2 (could have been the same, but impossible to tell from the tiny juveniles we found)