Hi herpy friends
I've been keeping a low profile over the last two years or so as life issues and work have been something of a juggling act. I've since moved to Al Ain which, compared to Dubai, is as laid back and friendly as I could have hoped for. There's little humidity here so the nights are cooler than the coast but it's hellishly hot during the day. The herping's been quite reasonable considering the poor effort I've put in. In the last six months I've found several sawscale vipers, some Arabian horned vipers, two diadem snakes, a wadi racer, a monitor, hundreds of Leptien's uromastyx (very nice colony nearby) and several gecko species. I've done a few trips up Jebel Hafit (big mountain that my jeep hates) looking for Persian horned vipers but no luck as yet.
Otherwise getting my hands dirty with a large and crazy collection of large and crazy reptiles at work is a nice step back into what I actually do for a living. It's been a while
Hope all are well on the forum
Cheers,
Damien