[quote:64b2bf9ab2="pchunchiu"]They are common rat snakes (Ptyas mucosus)[/quote]
Thank !!!!!pchunchiu Author: DanielCKChan Time: 2/05/2007 21:59
Agree with KK! I love the soft light too! Well capture! Author: tbob Time: 2/05/2007 22:12
[quote:34b5b22085="hkwongkit"]
The soft light works wonder here ...[/quote]
We may have to put up with this soft "polluted" light for years.
Bob Author: shey Time: 2/05/2007 23:00
very nice photo!
It seems to me that the two snakes were mating. Author: twing Time: 2/05/2007 23:43
Wonderful! Great Shot! Author: kmike Time: 3/05/2007 00:44
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.
Cheers
Mike K
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