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Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby rubida » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:01 pm

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:

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Russell’s viper( Daboia russelii), Gujarat.

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Common sand boa (Gongylophis conicus), Gujarat.

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Spectacled cobra (Naja naja),Tamil Nadu.

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Malabar pit viper ( Trimeresurus malabaricus),Karnataka.

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Common vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta),Karnataka.

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Ceylon cat snake ( Boiga ceylonensis),Karnataka.

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King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah),Karnataka.

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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby Snake Charmer » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:06 pm

Shewie! What a lovely trip you had!

TFS your magnificent pics!
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby Wolf777 » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:09 pm

Looks like an amazing trip and nice pics too.
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby Eyelash » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:18 pm

Man o man...Awesome stuff bud...
I love your pics and the B.ceylonensis !
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby imperial exotix » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:38 pm

Wow!!! great stuff man
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby BOOGY » Sun Oct 17, 2010 2:48 pm

VERY NICE! That Trimeresurus colors are amazing. How big was the king? Tell me more about the Russlels,how did it behave -typical viper like?)
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby Spider » Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:21 pm

You are one lucky son of a b...
I'm so jealous :)
Amazing pics man!!!
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby jka » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:40 pm

Awesome photos mistkve been an amazing trip. Seeing that King in the wild must be a great feeling.
Nice photo of the russels viper you got up close with the natives "favourite" snake.
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby Bushviper » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:21 pm

Most of us just dream of seeing half those snakes. The other half we did not even know about. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby Silvrav » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:27 pm

That vinesnake pictures is just awesome!
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby mmwc » Mon Oct 18, 2010 8:16 am

Awsome man!! I like the vine snake the best.
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby rubida » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:32 pm

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 is... MAGIC. I found all the species on the big four list in the wild, all which I have only read and discuss during conversations between me and Tony till now.
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Re: Magic moment with the King in his jungle palace

Postby BOOGY » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:45 am

Thanks man, Im very curios of the ways the different species interact with us. Congrats!
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