Colin's adventure; Herpetology Field Course

Colin's adventure; Herpetology Field Course Colin's adventure; Herpetology Field Course

These photographs were all taken on a 10 day Field Herpetology Course (organised by Wildlife Conservation Society) that I went one just before Christmas (while Duncan went to Cambodia with his sister). The course was in Kaeng Kachan National Park (about a 3 hour drive South of Bangkok), which is on the Thai/Myanmar border (at one point I was only about 16km from Myanmar (Burma). During this trip we (me, the instructors and approx. 35 "students" from Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos) caught 66 species of reptile/amphibian and saw many more interesting animals, these photographs are some of the most interesting.

Park Sign
The sign for the National Park that the field course was conducted on. outside of bungalow
The bungalow that I stayed in for half of the field course

Inside of bungalow
This is the inside of the bungalow and my room.
This is the park resteraunt.

view from resteraunt
This is the view from the park resteraunt, you can see the pond and the reservior
Malayan Snail-eating Turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga); I found this pretty little Terrapin on the road just at the side of the reservoir (near the resteraunt)

close up of turtle head
This close up shows the amazing markings of this species of terrapin turles-eye view of a turtle
Here is a terrapin's eye view

underside of the turtle
The underside of the terrapin, from the photograph you can also get an idea of its size.
A cute little squirrel seen near the resteraunt

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus); this interesting bird was seen near the park resteraunt and HQ. sleeping bird
We found this bird while out surveying near the park HQ at night, it is fast asleep on the branch and you could walk right up to it (and fire a camera flash right at it)

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The sign for the National Park that the field course was conducted on.	The bungalow that I stayed in for half of the field course
This is the inside of the bungalow and my room.	This is the park resteraunt.
This is the view from the park resteraunt, you can see the pond and the reservior	*Malayan Snail-eating Turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga); I found this pretty little Terrapin on the road just at the side of the reservoir (near the resteraunt)*
This close up shows the amazing markings of this species of terrapin	Here is a terrapin's eye view
The underside of the terrapin, from the photograph you can also get an idea of its size.	A cute little squirrel seen near the resteraunt
*Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus); this interesting bird was seen near the park resteraunt and HQ.*	We found this bird while out surveying near the park HQ at night, it is fast asleep on the branch and you could walk right up to it (and fire a camera flash right at it)