Who is this guy? Slender, about 1 m long (I am an engineer); did not respond to scratching behind the ear...
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Reptiles (Snakes etc) on Lamma |
Harry's photo above also made it into an SCMP story: http://m.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1301126/10ft-long-python-greets-lamma-ferry-passengers |
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| Author: | rambler [ Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:42 pm ] | ||
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Who is this guy? Slender, about 1 m long (I am an engineer); did not respond to scratching behind the ear...
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| Author: | zep [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:49 am ] |
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Looks like our non-venomous friend the copperhead racer Coelognathus radiatus. To get it to respond to the ear scratching thing you are supposed to give it a kiss and say 'who's a pretty boy, then?' |
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| Author: | toadonthehill [ Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:26 pm ] |
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Bright green one on path to Tai Peng this evening. About 2.5-3ft long. Guess it was either Greater green snake or Bamboo pit viper. I possibly shouldn't have skipped so close to get past it. |
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| Author: | beets [ Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:23 pm ] | |||
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Gorgeous python spotted on the path this afternoon between Pak Kok and Nga Kau Wan. He/she looked about to cross the path, but gave up when we came along. Treated us to a petulant hiss before ceding the right of way and slithering back into the woods. Would estimate 10-12 feet in length and at least 6 inches diameter. Not a small potato! Couldn't get a good head shot through the foliage, but here're a couple of body shots:
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:24 am ] | ||
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WILDLIFE OF THE WEEK - 14/09/10: Community Garden Visitor - by Howard Sheard
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:02 am ] | ||
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A pretty rare Wolf Snake by Mary McBain:
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| Author: | Boss [ Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:02 pm ] |
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Wow! Where was that taken? 
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:04 pm ] |
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I've asked her... |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Thu Aug 07, 2014 6:36 pm ] |
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Tai Long Wan Village, South Lantau |
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| Author: | Boss [ Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:47 am ] |
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A ways away then... Thank you 
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Fri Aug 08, 2014 11:56 am ] |
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Wolf snakes have been spotted on Lamma as well, but they seem to be very rare. We've got at least a dozen different species thriving here and it would be interesting to get a list and pictures. Anybody? Zep? Howard? 
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:21 am ] | ||
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A fine photo from the garden of HK Dog Rescue's Sally Andersen, an Indo-Chinese Rat Snake. A Lamma Wildlife Photo of the Week, a first for Sally, I believe, as her many great pet photos do not qualify as "wildlife". Should we have a Lamma Pet of the Week? We might get flooded with photos... {L_ATTACHMENT}: Sally-Andersen-Indo-Chinese-Rat-Snake.jpg [ 307.7 KiB | Viewed 6331 times ] Here's a great guide to HK's reptiles (lizards, snakes, turtles, etc.): http://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/hkreptiles/index.html
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| Author: | Goat Maison [ Fri Apr 24, 2015 2:41 pm ] | |||
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Snake spotted in Yung Shue Long New Village today. Length I'd guess at about 2m but quite thin.
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Fri Apr 24, 2015 4:42 pm ] |
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Spotted by you today? I thought that you'd left Lamma like... decades ago? Just visiting or, like many ex-Lammaites, moving back here? P. S. Is your brain still fried? . ;~} |
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| Author: | Goat Maison [ Fri Apr 24, 2015 5:28 pm ] |
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Brain is still fried but yes it was spotted today. Yes I live here for several months each year and have a flat here. I'm now homeless in the UK. Do like to spot the occasional snake and saw a Red Mountain Racer snake up Ma On Shan recently. http://www.biosch.hku.hk/ecology/hkreptiles/snake/Oreocryptophis_porphyracea_nigrofasciata.html |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:24 pm ] | ||
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Rat Snake @ Pak Kok ~ by Enid Tsui
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:15 pm ] | ||
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Cat Snake in Tai Peng ~ by Ed Williams https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154105208928858&set=gm.947596015279152&type=1&theater
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| Author: | rambler [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:44 pm ] |
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Not really "wildlife" category |
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| Author: | Lamma-Gung [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:22 pm ] |
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"Wildlife" includes flora and fauna, dead or alive or dead like this unfortunate Wolf Snake. Your amazing macro shots of dry, dead leaves and similar also qualify.
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