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Monthly Archives: February 2021

16 Feb 2021

Amami Odd-Scaled Snake

I was hoping to get a glimpse of predation by Himei Habu Pit Vipers on the otherwise occupied mating Green Tree Frogs which seemed to be teeming all over the place on the night of my initial visitation.

15 Feb 2021

Cape to Cape, Done and Dusted!

“Never again” came the statement as I lay slumped in a bubbling mess of blisters, macerated soles and limbs screaming with cramps.

Adventures Past / News

08 Feb 2021

There’s Silver in Them Thar Hills!

And then I saw it. About 80cm in length what looked to be a ‘Habu’, a venomous Pit Viper, but of the three main species that inhabit Okinawa and all of which I’d encountered on numerous times, the marking on this snake were all wrong. It was a lot lighter in color for starters.

Reptiles of Okinawa / Wildlife of the Yanbaru