Cameron Highlands Herping

Just returned from bringing two European herpers on a herping tour through some of Cameron Highland's little-explored and ecologically-rich rainforests for almost a week.
Nights of heavy rain, freezing mist, wet mud and steep slopes while trekking through the forest resulted in these rewarding sights.

Leech bites are to be expected.

Some arthropod.

Some beetle.

They call this the 'king grasshopper'.

Millipede.

Stick insects.

Spider.

Some kind of arboreal scorpion.

Could do with some ids for these frogs, except the first two which are Megophrys longipes and Rhacophorus bipunctatus respectively.








Acanthosaura armata


Aeluroscalabotes felinus

Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus

Cyrtodactylus pulchellus

Psammodynastes pulverulentus - mock viper

Ahaetulla prasina - whip snake

Pseudoxenodon macrops - big-eyed bamboo keelback, a very interesting snake that can mimic a cobra's hood. See more pictures at http://www.naturemalaysia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1323#1323

Liopeltis tricolor - Malayan ringneck snake

Tropidolaemus wagleri - wagler's pit viper

Pareas cf vertebralis - vertebral slug snake

Calliophis bivirgata flaviceps - blue-lined coral snake

Boiga drapiezii - white-spotted cat snake

Trimeresurus fucatus - Pope's pit viper


If you'll like to visit the Cameron Highlands for herping one day, look here.

Regards,
hans