When:  October 2015                Weather:  Hot 28C

Canon EOS500D         Leica Q

Not having been herping for a while, we set off for the forest late last night.  It was dry and an easy walk…it looked like it was going to be a very quiet night until J triumphantly called out with his find of the night…Boiga dendrophila or the mangrove cat snake or golden ring cat snake, a mildly venomous colubrid.

midnight in the forest

The gold ring cat snake…this was a big snake…prob about 1.5m long ..typicaly black with golden yellow rings

a beautiful snake

Here’s looking at you

scale detail

Beautiful even in black and white