Reptiles of Okinawa Archives - seawildearth https://seawildearth.com/blog/category/reptiles-of-okinawa/ Wildlife and Landscape Imaging Adventures Wed, 04 Oct 2023 01:52:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 46886990 Black Banded Sea Krait https://seawildearth.com/blog/black-banded-sea-krait/ Wed, 12 Jul 2023 01:51:04 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=12669 Black-Banded Sea Krait, scientifically known as "Laticauda semifasciata," is a type of sea snake found in various regions of the Indo-Pacific Ocean, including parts of Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Japan, and Australia.

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]]> 12669 Andersons Crocodile Newt Encounter https://seawildearth.com/blog/andersons-crocodile-newt-encounter/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 01:44:31 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=10915 Andersons Crocodile Newt is pretty much a dinosaur. To be found during specific times of the year and in a few pockets of dense jungles in the Northern areas of Okinawa main island, it is sadly in decline due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade poachers.

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]]> 10915 Amami Odd-Scaled Snake https://seawildearth.com/blog/amami-odd-scaled-snake/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:26:45 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=10886 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.

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]]> 10886 There’s Silver in Them Thar Hills! https://seawildearth.com/blog/theres-silver-in-them-thar-hills/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:21:37 +0000 https://seawildearth.com/?p=10837 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.

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]]> 10837 Habu Snakes of Okinawa https://seawildearth.com/blog/habu-snakes-of-okinawa/ Thu, 02 May 2019 02:54:14 +0000 http://seawildearth.com/?p=1724 Ahh the Snakes of Okinawa, some love them, most hate them, or at least steer clear of them. Alas I’m unlike most people wherein I actively go in search of them for photographic opportunities. Heading north, it was the middle of March, almost a year and a day to a similar trek I made to the same location. I was looking to test a theory as to when the Himei, or ‘Princess’, Habu would emerge from their Winter sleep. I […]

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