Up Close with Nature

Lampyridae firefly (Lamprigera sp. - ID credit: Michael Geiser, Gene Mesher) attacking and later eating a Giant African Snail (Achatina fulica. ID credit: Tan Siong-Kiat, Marcus Ng) that it killed earlier. Selangor, Malaysia. I first spotted the firefly because of its glow in the dark. You'll see the time stated above each image 8:36pm 8:36pm 8:36pm. The snail tried to escape! 8:

Polypedates discantus (Malayan Slender Tree Frog) is a new species described in 2013. This species was previously confused and thought to be Polypedates leucomystax (Four-lined Tree Frog). Polypedates discantus (Malayan Slender Tree Frog). In fact, when I look through all my previous shots of Polypedates leucomystax, I found a couple that are like Polypedates discantus. Like this one:

Plan a herping / macro tour with us. More details here on Orion Herp Adventure Travel. Tours in and around Peninsular Malaysia as well as Borneo are available. Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam too in the near future. Snakes of Malaysia: These are all the snakes that I have photographed, mostly from within Peninsula Malaysia. Although far from complete, it should still be good for identification

Amphibians of Malaysia: Frogs of Malaysia / Amphibians of Malaysia. Frog Symphony. White Spotted Tree Frog / Cinnamon Frog (Nyctixalus pictus). Selangor. White Spotted Tree Frog / Cinnamon Frog (Nyctixalus pictus). Selangor. White Spotted Tree Frog / Cinnamon Frog (Nyctixalus pictus) amplexus. Selangor. More bugs (mainly) porn here. Spiny Wart Frog (Theloderma horridum). Selangor,

Lizards of Malaysia Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus), Selangor. Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus), Selangor. Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus), Selangor. Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus), Selangor. Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus), Selangor. Beautiful Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus elok). Malaysia. Beautiful Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus elok). Malaysia.

Plan a herping / macro tour with us. More details here on Orion Herp Adventure Travel website. My second herping trip of the year. January 20th, 2014. It was one of the best herping trips ever! Just look at our haul and I am sure you'll agree. Note: the color profiles of these images are in AdobeRGB and may appear washed out/pale in certain browsers. A baby Striped Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis

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