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1^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 13:50 Show author

What is the Name???Snake

1/5/2007
MPNR 米埔自然保護區

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2^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 14:39 Show author

They are common rat snakes (Ptyas mucosus)

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3^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 15:39 Show author

Great shots Frankie

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4^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 16:54 Show author

Excellent series of shots, Frankie!
The soft light works wonder here ...

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5^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 17:37 Show author

Find !!!enjoy !!!!!KK & tbob

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6^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 17:59 Show author

[quote:64b2bf9ab2="pchunchiu"]They are common rat snakes (Ptyas mucosus)[/quote]
Thank !!!!!pchunchiu

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7^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 21:59 Show author

Agree with KK! I love the soft light too! Well capture!

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8^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 22:12 Show author

[quote:34b5b22085="hkwongkit"]
The soft light works wonder here ...[/quote]

We may have to put up with this soft "polluted" light for years.

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9^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 23:00 Show author

very nice photo!
It seems to me that the two snakes were mating.

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10^# A A A Post at 2/05/2007 23:43 Show author

Wonderful! Great Shot!

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11^# A A A Post at 3/05/2007 00:44 Show author

These are wonderful shots of Common Rat Snake's mating display.

Apart from the Burmese Python(which is much fatter and very distinctively patterned), this is the only snake in HK which can be as long as a King Cobra. You can see in the first shot that the snakes flatten their necks, but the other way from a cobra.

I saw this display once at Mai Po in Pond 11 a few years ago, and more recently at Nam Chung, but it is not a common site in Hong Kong.

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