Thailand pics

[JasonL]

Just got back from Thailand, land of the noseless snakes (all kept in wire mesh enclosures), we did enough km's over there to get us to the moon and back, went to the far north (Burma border) down to Phuket Island in the south, and a few places in between, did some herping, though with most days over 40 deg, not to many snakeys out and about during the day, though found a few. I will post a few pics of various sites we saw, starting with some frogs, the place is a frog lovers dream, in some places, frogs bounced off your legs like ping pong balls, and there were plenty of them too, but sorry, no pics allowed

 

[moloch05]

Jason,

Glad to hear that you had a great trip. I am looking forward to seeing pics from your trip. Please include a few habitat shots as well.

The frogs above are great. What are the species? The sphinx was a beauty.

Regards,
David

 

[JasonL]

And for those who don't know me, I'm the one with the large stripey cat, and my daughter is with the small one.

 

[cracksinthepitch]

Looks like a great trip Jase. That moth is spectacular.

 

[JasonL]

I havn't ID'd all the frogs yet, as I just got home on friday, have plenty of habitat pics though

 

[FAY]

Hope you had a great trip Jase, looks like you got some great shots!

 

[JasonL]

We stayed a while in Chaing Mai, an hour out of town in the hills, most of the frogs were up there, they also had their own elephants on site, every morning while we ate breaky they bought them down for painting ect, not bad at it either. I would have to say Phuket zoo is a joke, animals in poor condition everywhere, whilst that wasn't as suprising as the hole in the tigers fence, I was going to put a sign above it "pat tiger free" but the wife said no....? or how about the domestic cat having a sleep at the back? the blur on the side is the tigers ear.

 

[JasonL]

They grow their insects big up there, that was one huge Katydid!!!, The "ranga" was probably the best part of Phuket zoo, my son is sitting with it and it has his origin hat on.

 

[cockney red]

Aaah.....squeezy squeezy, ping pong.:lol:

 

[JasonL]

That damb golden tree snake haunted us around the hotel, we saw it on a few occasions, even in the middle of a slough, though they can climb like no snake I've seen, even climbing on a verticle flat wall, I wasn't able to get a good pic of it

 

[Jill]

Good pics Jas, and great to see the kids having fun. I love the moth in your first post!

 

[JasonL]

All these critters were found on hotel grounds at Chaing Mai, whilst walking around at night with a beer and a torch, the only way to herp on 30 deg nights!

 

[ryanharvey1993]

nice pics jason, love that dragon. looks like you found quiet a bit over there. a friend of mine was over there a while ago and saw a few geckos and a dead snake.

 

[cockney red]

Is that a rat snake in your last batch.

 

[warren63]

Nice pics love the Tokay

 

[JasonL]

nope, a Banded Kukri snake, I found two of these. They have modified teeth for slashing at reptile eggs of herpers fingers, they eat pretty much anything though, from reptile eggs, insects, frogs, anything else that moves. They took some playing with to turn agro, and when they did they were pretty slow strikers.

 

[scam7278]

awwww jas wheres the ping pong ball pics?

 

[Aslan]

Jason - Tell me you had a go at catching a Tokay - and please post photos and details of how many stitches it required

...HAHAHAHA - absolutely brilliant photos mate, cheers...

 

[Snake_Whisperer]

We stayed a while in Chaing Mai, an hour out of town in the hills, most of the frogs were up there, they also had their own elephants on site, every morning while we ate breaky they bought them down for painting ect, not bad at it either. I would have to say Phuket zoo is a joke, animals in poor condition everywhere, whilst that wasn't as suprising as the hole in the tigers fence, I was going to put a sign above it "pat tiger free" but the wife said no....? or how about the domestic cat having a sleep at the back? the blur on the side is the tigers ear.

Nice pics mate, I was just up that way myself last month. Did you see the "Snake Farm"? I found that experience so traumatic I couldn't post the photos here.

 

[zulu]

re Thailand

Jason - Tell me you had a go at catching a Tokay - and please post photos and details of how many stitches it required

...HAHAHAHA - absolutely brilliant photos mate, cheers...

Yeh asian,they are reall biters the tokays hey,that tiger jason san is with looks like it eats more than crickets,stuff that tame tiger stuff,they are all friendly till they bite cha leg off :lol: