Hi Neawelly,

You can visit Cotigoa, Bondla and Mhadei. For viewing large mammals Mollem National Park is good. Also have a look at this website: www.wildernest-goa.com

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/681of1.jpg Duttaphrynus melanostictus http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/151of1.jpg Python molurus (Indian rock python) juvenile http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/861of1.jpg Geckoella triedrus (Spotted ground gecko) http://i172.ph...

It’s been a very long time since my last visit here...so, just a few photos of my recent trip to Sri Lanka to make up for it. Enjoy http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/081of1.jpg Ramanella obscura http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/181of1.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w...

Snake kid, After my publication in 2005 (Els, J. 2005. Varanidae: Varanus albigularis albigularis (Daudin, 1802). Geographical distribution. African Herp News 38: 32.) I found several more specimens in and around the Oudtshoorn area and two in the Klein Brak area in late 2008. They are more common t...

On 28 June we will celebrate with you Tony, it’s the big 70...Happy Birthday Tony!!! Have a blast and enjoy the day.

I presume that you want to have live plants in your cage? What’s your cage size and which reptile species do you have in mind?

Finally! Sorry that I only respond now. Our internet was down for the last week and is still very bad :smt013 . Thanks for the compliments guy’s. Boogy the King was about three meters long. The Russel’s vipers are fast movers and have a quick and long strike distance. JKA, my only word for this trip...

I recently had my first Indian herpetofauna experience and it was magic. I travelled to the state of Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka searching for reptiles in the wild. Here are some of the finds: http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/FacebookIndiafinal-2.jpg Russell’s viper( Daboia russel...

Armata, that photo brings back many great memories. Here is a few urban “herping” shots for fun…hard days at work :smt015 dreaming of field work http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/JELS_CWR001-1.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/n660048527_1228050_8960.jpg

Concerning their diet, you can feed them crickets. They catch them without a problem. Avoid feeding mealworms more then once a week and make sure you don’t add more in then what they will consume straight away. Once they are juveniles start reducing the feeding to every second day as they get obese ...

In situ shots of a sand snake ( Psammophis schokari ) eating a ocellated skink ( Chalcides ocellatus ). http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/1-2.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/2-2.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w22/rubida/3-1.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/album...

You can toss the idea of skin texture as some toads will not fit the profile. I stand to be corrected, but toads are a family (Bufonidae) within frogs.

The first photo looks like Afrana angolensis (Common river frog) and the second Bufo gutturalis . I will suggest for ID that when you photograph specimens take clear ventral and dorsal shots.

A very warm Happy Birthday! May there be many more mamba catching days.