Field Herping Panama

[reptileexperts]

Hey guys,

I just flew back into the states, sorry for delays in responses the last couple of weeks it has been a crazy adventure! And it's just the start.

I went down to Panama to herp in the canal zone for a day, then up to the highlands to herp for the remainder of my time with my better half from Germany. Our goal was to photograph as many species as possible, and to find the elusive Eyelash Viper, Green and speckled phase exclusive to Panama, known as the "Palm" Eyelash. We were successful in many accounts, please check the link for full deployment of images, but here are some of the things I feel are well worth highlighting!

www.pbase.com/codyconway - click on Panama


Short-nosed Vine Snakes always put on a great show. Dodged a few bites, but ended up getting the shots we were after.


Giant Parrot Snake was a vicious creature with a pretty wicked bite. My partner was holding the snake during this shot, and about 30 seconds later took a lock on bite and a good bit of venom into her wrist. No worries though, slight painful reaction, but no damage aside from loss of blood :-)


Snail-eating Snake, I honestly did not expect to get this particular endemic to Panama. It is believed that this particular locale even is isolated enough that it is its own species separate from the other snail eaters in Panama. This was the first of 3 we captured, and a nice adult


The second that was found, was this nice hatchling. Caught from the tiptop of a tree by throwing a snake hook in the air and knocking it down to catch. Quite cool!

And lastly for this initial post - will add more later through the night - My eyelash viper :-)



and me with it



Cheers,