Nature Malaysia

Reader Peter Bijlmakers from Holland, who travels very frequently around Southeast Asia based on his various reptile photos from many different localities, sends to me one photo of many for identification.
Hi Hans,
I found this picture while cleaning up my photos. It was taken on 14/11/07 in Tam Dao, Vietnam at about 1300m a.s.l.
I think it’s [...]

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Chan Ah Lak is a naturalist and avid birdwatcher based in Taiping near Bukit Larut, a beautiful piece of hilly rainforest that I’ve yet to explore properly.
He sent me this photo of a horned frog taken in Kinabalu Park some time ago for help in identification.
I did my best.
Hi Hans,
Saw this “Horned” toad in [...]

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Reader Florian Mader from Germany sends in this picture of a snake taken from Taman Negara, one of the national parks in Peninsular Malaysia.
The Pictures from the unknown snake I made in Taman-Negara Malaysia.
Could you please tell me, what kind of snake it is and give me some information about it.
Thank You
Florian Mader

If you’re familiar [...]

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Reader Don Nicol sends in this picture of a snake taken from Bako, one of the national parks in Sarawak (Borneo).
Hello Hans,
Are you able to confirm that this is a Paradise Tree Snake? My problem is the size that was 2 metres or over.
Photographed at Bako National Park, near Kuching.
Thanks
Don

It certainly is a [...]

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I’ll be sharing some of the emails that readers have sent to me over the last few years. Most of them are requests for help in identifying snakes from their homes, gardens, workplaces etc.
Lisa, an expatriate living in Brunei, found this little snake in her garden, killed by her cat, which she suspected to be [...]

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