Amphibian & Reptile Travels
Matt Wilson
Phuket observations in May
It’s been a busy time at work but I have had a number of good finds over the past month. I have done especially well with Wagler’s pit vipers (Tropidolaemus wagleri) having seen six females, including four big adults. Furthermore, I have found two Blood pythons (Python brongersmai) who sit in ambush each evening by their holes and have been around for over a month now.
In two weeks time I will leave Phuket for six weeks travelling to the UAE, Slovakia, Hungary and then the UK.
Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Juvenile female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Juvenile female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Green cat snake (Boiga cyanea)
Blood python (Python brongersmai)
Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Mangrove cat snake (Boiga dendrophila)
Young female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Speckled vine snake (Ahaetulla fasciota)
Female Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
Very nice collection. Was the Ahaetulla fasciota in Phuket. I have never seen it.
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Hi Ian, yes I’ve seen two A.fasciota in Phuket in two different parts of the island. I think I’ve counted over 30 species on the island so far from my own observations, including significant range extensions on T.phuketensis.
Cheers,
Matt
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