We were waiting for the primary school pupils to come at the Visitor Centre. Having nothing to do, we went near the pond to see if we cold find anything. As we walked, a slight movement from the bushed beside us forced us to look closely at what had made it. At first look I didn't see anything, but in a few seconds my friend screamed 'Snake!' I moved in closer to check it out. The next few words that came out from his mouth was 'Paradise Tree Snake' and that forced me to run to him and photograph the snake. It was a beautiful snake, a Paradise Tree Snake, one with the Red Flower Pattern on its back. Just after taking my first shot I zoomed in to notice that it was actually feeding on a House Gecko!
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I immediately took a few more shots of the snake with the gecko in its mouth. Here's one of my best.
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The gecko was soon swallowed whole and I took my opportunity to photograph the snake as the gecko passed down its throat. If you look carefully at these two pictures, you should be able to notice the bulge at the snake's neck.
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It soon moved around the bush slowly, hoping to lose itself from our sight. But we were really focused that we could not possibly miss the snake. I got this picture of the top of its head clearly visible. Although it does have the Red Flower Pattern, this pattern does not stretch all the way to its head or tail.
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The Red Flower Pattern can be seen on its body through this shot.
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I still had not managed to get a full-body shot of the snake. I tried to agitate it so as to make it move its head the other side. Slowly, it slithered towards the other end, and just in time, I got a perfect shot of it with its whole body nearly visible.
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But that was not to be, though. It started to coil around the palm leaf it had slithered onto and it gave me one nice pose which allowed me to take a superb photograph of it. I did take a number of shots but this seemed to be the best.
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Soon, it seemed to have had enough of the flashlights and it slithered up onto a tree. I did keep a look out if it was attempting to glide from the tree to another, as it could be possible. But as soon as it was high up on the tree, it disappeared into the high canopy and very soon I lost sight of it. I didn't see any snakes flying in the air after that, so i assumed that it should have made itself at home on one of the trees. It was an awesome find though, a Paradise Gliding Snake.
4 comments:
Agree it is a beautiful snake and lucky you. :-) This is one snake that still eludes me.
Yes it is a ver colourful snake, thus making it very attractive. I can't really call myself lucky just spotting this because this snake is very common in Singapore, and can even be found in urban gardens.
You should easily be able to find one in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, as it is said that this species is very common there.
It may be common but not that easy to see. I for one have that problem common creatures evade me.
Well, thats a problem for me too. I have long been waiting to spot an Oriental Whip, but I still have not found one, despite having searched for so many years.
On the other hand, how lucky am I to have spotted a very rare Blue Bronzeback???
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