Best of 2016

It is the time of the year to round up some of my favorite images taken in the year of 2016. Again, lots of herps (amphibians, reptiles) this year. However, unlike last year, not many species added to my photo collection. Also, most of the images you see here are taken with my new favorite lens - Laowa 15mm 1:1 wide angle macro.

Snakes

#1 Beautiful Red-headed Krait (Bungarus flaviceps), Selangor, Malaysia.


#2 Specklebelly Keelback (Rhabdophis chrysargos), Peninsula Malaysia.

#3 A smallish Blue Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris)  I found one night, Peninsular Malaysia.


#4 Really stoked to have found this cute little neonate Scarce Wolf Snake/Dusky Wolf Snake (Lycodon effraenis). Even though it's not a lifer for me, it's still the first juvenile I have ever seen. Peninsular Malaysia.


#5 Up close with a Malayan Bridle Snake (Dryocalamus subannulatus). Selangor, Malaysia


#6 Griswold's Reed Snake (Calamaria griswoldi). One of the prettiest reed snakes ever! Montane forest of Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo).


#7 Beautiful White-spotted Cat Snake (Boiga drapiezii) from the Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.


#8 Cuteness overload! White-fronted Water Snake (Hebius flavifrons / Amphiesma flavifrons), Sabah, Borneo.


#9 A stunning reed snake I found a few nights ago up on a highland in Pahang, with my friend Monty. An exceptionally beautiful Macrocalamous gentingensis


#10 Vertebral Slug Snake (Asthenodipsas vertebralis). ,Pahang, Malaysia.

#11 Malayan Slug Snake / Dark-necked Slug Snake (Asthenodipsas malaccanus), Peninsula Malaysia.


#12 Kopstein's Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis kopsteini), Selangor, Malaysia.


#13 Aww, look at this little cutie, Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake: Mirkwood Forest Slug Snake Asthenodipsas lasgalenensis), montane forest, Pahang.

#14 Juvenile White-bellied Rat Snake (Ptyas fusca), Peninsula Malaysia.


#15 Adult White-bellied Rat Snake (Ptyas fusca), Selangor, Malaysia


#16 Neonate male Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri). Warm green version.


#17 Neonate male Wagler's Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri), West Malaysia. Cool green version.


#18 Up close with a hatchling of Bornean Keeled Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus subannulatus)


#19 Juvenile Black-headed Cat Snake (Boiga nigriceps)


#20 Up close with a gorgeous Jasper Cat Snake (Boiga jaspidea), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


#21 Siamese Peninsular Pit Viper (Trimeresurus fucatus), from the highlands of Pahang, Malaysia.


#22 Check out this stunning Elegant Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis formosus). Gorgeous colors and huge eyes. Too beautiful, too cute, Selangor, Malaysia


#23 Up close with a grey form Brown Kukri Snake (Oligodon purpurascens). Selangor, Malaysia.


#24 Hagen's Pit Viper (Trimeresurus hageni), West Malaysia.


#25 Cameron Highlands Pit Viper (Trimeresurus nebularis), Pahang, Malaysia.


#26 A gorgeous Red-tailed Racer (Gonyosoma oxycephalum) I found some time ago, West Malaysia.


#27 Stunning little juvenile Red-tailed Racer (Gonyosoma oxycephalum) from Peninsula Malaysia.


#28 A rather small Malayan Krait / Blue Krait (Bungarus candidus)


#29 A really beautiful juvenile Triangle Keelback (Xenochrophis trianguligerus), West Malaysia.


#30 Oriental Whipsnake / Asian vine snake (Ahaetulla prasina), Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.


#31 My first melanistic Dog-toothed Cat Snake (Boiga cynodon), Peninsula Malaysia.


#32 Malayan Banded Wolf Snake (Lycodon subcinctus), Selangor, Malaysia.


#33 I think this is the prettiest juvenile Slender Wolf Snake (Lepturophis albofuscus) I have ever seen. Malaysia.


#34 Cute little neonate Gold-ringed Cat Snake (Boiga dendrophila), Selangor, Malaysia.


#35 Common Malayan Racer/Black Copper Rat Snake (Coelognathus flavolineatus), Peninsula Malaysia.


#36 Sunbeam Snake (Xenopeltis unicolor), Peninsular Malaysia.


Lizards

#37 Awesome dragon! Kinabalu Crested Dragon (Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis)


#38 Awesome dragon! Kinabalu Crested Dragon (Hypsicalotes kinabaluensis)


#39 Green-eyed Gecko / Large Forest Gecko (Gekko smithii). About 6.5 inches from snout to vent. Not the largest I have ever seen. Negeri Sembilan, Peninsula Malaysia.


#40 Up close with a Smith's Gecko / Large Forest Gecko (Gekko smithii), Selangor, Malaysia.


#41 Up close with an Earless Agamid (Aphaniotis fusca).


#42 Beautiful skink - Sphenomorphus stellatus, Pahang, Malaysia.


#43 Bintang Lowland Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus bintangrendah), Bintang Range, Peninsula Malaysia.


#44 Backlit shot of a beautiful Kuhl's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli)


#45 Peters' Bow-fingered Gecko (Cyrtodactylus consobrinus), Peninsula Malaysia.


#46 Bell's Anglehead Lizard (Gonocephalus bellii) from the highlands of Pahang, West Malaysia.


#47 Up close with a Bell's Anglehead Lizard (Gonocephalus bellii), highland of Pahang, Peninsula Malaysia.


#48 Malaysia Bow-fingered Gecko / White-eyed Forest Gecko / Beautiful Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus elok)


#49 Another one of my favorite geckos - Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus). Too cute, too adorable! Peninsula Malaysia.


#50 Another image of the same gecko.


#51 Beautiful Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes cf. dorsalis) from Lupa Masa Jungle Kamp, Poring, Sabah (Borneo).


#52 Mocquard's House Gecko / Frilled Gecko / Frilly House Gecko (Hemidactylus craspedotus), Peninsula Malaysia.


#53 Up close with a handsome male Great Anglehead Lizard (Gonocephalus grandis), Selangor, Malaysia.

Amphibia

#54 Malayan Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta)


#55 Juvenile Malayan Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta)


#56 Golden-legged Bush Frog (Philautus aurantium), Sabah.


#57 Juvenile Mossy Bush Frog (Philautus macroscelis)


#58 Masked Tree Frog (Rhacophorus angulirostris. Montane forest of Sabah, East Malaysia, Borneo.


#59 Borneo Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla malang), Sabah.


#60 Lesser Rock Skipper (Staurois parvus). Sabah


#61 File-eared Tree Frog (Polypedates otilophus) from Lupa Masa Jungle Camp, Sabah (Borneo).


#62 Up close with a Norhayati's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus norhayatii), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


#63 One of my favorite frogs - Wallace's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus). Peninsula Malaysia.


#64 Up close with a Wallace's Flying Frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


#65 Mahogany Frog (Abavorana luctuosa), West Malaysia.


#66 Spotted Litter Frog (Leptobrachium hendricksoni), Peninsula Malaysia.


#67 Grumpy looking River Toad (Phrynoidis aspera)


#68 Twin-spotted Flying Frog (Rhacophorus bipunctatus) in amplexus, montane forest of Pahang, Malaysia.


#69 Harlequin Tree Frog (Rhacophorus pardalis)


#70 Dark-eared Tree Frog (Polypedates macrotis) in amplexus, West Malaysia.


Lepidoptera

#71 Beautiful moth: Erebinae, Erebidae, male Ischyja subreducta or Ischyja marapok?


#72 Record shot of a beautiful butterfly from Lupa Masa Jungle Kamp, Poring (Borneo). Taenaris horsfieldii


#73 Beautiful moth, Theretra nessus. Peninsular Malaysia.


#74 A beautiful moth that was attracted to the light at night, Selangor, West Malaysia. Dysphania malayanus


#75 Far from colorful, but still very beautiful and elegant. Geometrid Moth (Naxa sp., Orthostixinae, Geometridae - ID credit: John Horstman). From Lupa Masa Jungle Camp, Poring, Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo).


#76 Sphingidae, Smerinthinae - Amplypterus panopus panopus(?), lowland forest, Peninsular Malaysia.


#77 Newly eclosed female Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), Selangor, Malaysia.


#78 A male Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas), a sight to behold! Peninsula Malaysia.


#79 Beautiful Autumn Leaf butterfly (Doleschallia bisaltide pratipa) we found at night, Selangor, Malaysia.


#80 Big and beautiful orange moth, Antheraea sp., that was attracted to the light at night, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.


Orthoptera

#81 Newly molted female Raspy Cricket / Leaf-rolling Cricket (Gryllacrididae), Selangor, Malaysia.


#82 A Leaf-rolling Cricket (Gryllacrididae) in her rolled-leaf home. Selangor, Malaysia.


#83 Unidentified Katydid nymph. Selangor, Malaysia.


#84 Dragon Head Katydid (Lesina sp.) Sabah.


Arachnida

#85 Awesome Trapdoor Spider (Liphistius malayanus) from Pahang, Peninsula Malaysia.


#86 Trapdoor Spider (Liphistius desultor?), Peninsula Malaysia.


#87 Tarantula. Lyrognathus robustus? Southern part of Titiwangsa Range, Peninsula Malaysia.


#88 A big female tarantula (Coremiocnemis hoggi) we found on a fern leaf, eating a house centipede. We wondered if someone had lured her out of her lair and placed her on the fern. Malaysia.


#89 Crab Spider (Thomisidae). Phrynarachne sp.? From Lupa Masa Jungle Kamp, Poring, Sabah.


#90 Giant Forest Scorpion / Giant Blue Scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer), Malaysia.


#91 A huntsman spider with house centipede prey! Can't recall ever seeing a house centipede fallen as prey before! Peninsular Malaysia.


#92 Malaysian Black and Gold Huntsman Spider (Thelcticopis sp.) with a big red katydid prey. Selangor, Malaysia.


#93 House Centipede (Scutigeridae - Thereuopoda sp.) with a juvenile Malayan Horned Frog (Megophrys nasuta) prey. Malaysia.


Others

#94 Gray's Leaf Insect nymph (Phyllium bioculatum.) from the lowland forest of West Malaysia.


#95 Freshwater Crab enjoying an earthworm it caught. Peninsula Malaysia.


#96 A congregation of Jewel Bugs (Chrysocoris stolli?), Selangor, Malaysia.


#97 Big and beautiful cicada, Tacua speciosa?, Selangor, Malaysia.


#98 Parablepharis kuhlii kuhlii mantis (ID credit: dracus). Lupa Masa Jungle Camp, Poring, Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo).


#99 Beautiful (and gravid) female Banded Flower Mantis (Theopropus elegans). Selangor, Malaysia.


#100 Giant Malaysian Shield Mantis (Rhombodera basalis), Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.


#101 Nymph of a Dead Leaf Mantis (Deroplatys lobata?, female?), Peninsula Malaysia.


#102 Up close with a Malayan Softshell Turtle (Dogania suplana), Peninsular Malaysia.

#103 Velvet worm! Either Eoperipatus sp. or Typhloperipatus sp., Peninsula Malaysia.


#104 A mating pair of lanternflies / lantern bugs, Pyrops whiteheadi. Sabah


#105 Really cool stick insect from the montane forest of Sabah, East Malaysia (Borneo). Pseudodiacantha sp. - ID suggested by Bruno Kneubuhler.

#106 Gorgeous red Blister Beetle with muscular hind legs. Male Horia debyi, Meloidae, Selangor, Malaysia.


#107 Up close with a Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida muelleri). Taken with the Laowa 15mm. Peninsular Malaysia.



   
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