Up Close with Nature

In March 2016, I spent 3 nights herping at a montane forest of Sabah with 3 guests of mine. Because of the extremely dry weather, we didn't find many species of snakes despite looking hard. However, finding a Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis more than made up for all these! More pictures of this stunning lizard later! If you are interested in joining me on either a herping trip or macro photography

Plan a herping / macro tour with us. More details here on Orion Herp Adventure Travel website. Montane forest, Banjaran Bintag, Perak, Malaysia. Jan 3 to Jan 5, 2014. All images taken with a Canon 40D, Tamron AF 60mm f/2.0 , Canon 270EX II   , and DIY Diffuser. Mostly taken at night. The first herp we found was this little Mock Viper (Psammodynastes pulverulentus) The only other species of

This has got to be the coolest gecko I have ever seen (and touched) in real life! I was scanning a tree trunk for any potential macro subject(s) when, from out of nowhere, this amazing Kuhl's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli), landed onto the very same tree in front of me! Look at the cool patterns, shapes and colors on this gorgeous gecko! It was wagging its tail much like a puppy too at first.

Gonocephalus grandis is a diurnal species that is native to primary rainforests and good secondary forests They occur mainly along streams of all sizes.  More tropical reptiles and herps here. A male adult Gonocephalus grandis,  Great angle head lizard in all his glory. A full body shot showing how long its tail is! A female, adult. She wasn't shy and let me got really close!