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  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man_2.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_1.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_man_30.jpg
  • Nyshi rice paddies<br />
Yazali Village<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141107_Nyshi_rice_paddies_6.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141107_Nyshi_man_25.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man_26.jpg
  • Nyshi man's backpack<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man's_backpack_3.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man_13.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man_19.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man_6.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_man_4.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_82.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_79.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_87.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_71.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_27.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_9.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_18.jpg
  • Nyshi woman & child<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_&_child_8.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_5.jpg
  • Nyshi woman<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_3.jpg
  • Nyshi woman & child<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_&_child_4.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_man_26.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_man_25.jpg
  • Nyshi woman & basket<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_&_basket_22.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_man_12.jpg
  • Adi Gallong children<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_children_63.jpg
  • Nyshi Long House<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141106_Nyshi_Long_House_58.jpg
  • Nyshi woman<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_15.jpg
  • Nyshi woman & basket<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_&_basket_26.jpg
  • Nyshi woman<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_woman_7.jpg
  • Nyshi man<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_man_26.jpg
  • Nyshi child & puppy<br />
Nyshi Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141103_Nyshi_child_&_puppy_19.jpg
  • Sapphire-vented puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)<br />
Yanacocha Nature Reserve<br />
on slopes of Pichincha Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Range: Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Venequela
    20160720_Sapphire-vented_puffleg_3.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_woman_92.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_26.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_14.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman & child<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_&_child_8...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_woman_3.jpg
  • Adi Gallong pole house<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe village<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_pole_house_32.jpg
  • Adi Gallong pole house<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe village<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_pole_house_8.jpg
  • Adi Gallong pole house<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe village<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_pole_house_5.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_cane_hat_23.jpg
  • Adi Gallong pole house<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe village<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_pole_house_35.jpg
  • Masked flowerpiercer (Diglossa cyanea)<br />
Yanacocha Nature Reserve<br />
on slopes of Pichincha Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Range: humid montane forest and scrub in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia
    20160720_Masked_flowerpiercer_1.jpg
  • Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)<br />
Yanacocha Nature Reserve<br />
on slopes of Pichincha Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Range: mostly above 2500 meters in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
    20150301_Sword-billed_hummingbird_17...jpg
  • Tyrian metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)<br />
Yanacocha Nature Reserve<br />
on slopes of Pichincha Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Range: Subtropical or tropical moist montane forests of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia & Venequela
    20160720_Tyrian_metaltail_6.jpg
  • Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)<br />
Yanacocha Nature Reserve<br />
on slopes of Pichincha Volcano<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America<br />
Range: mostly above 2500 meters in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
    20160720_Sword-billed_hummingbird_8.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_woman_94.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_76.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_75.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_74.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_woman_59.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_50.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong pole house<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe village<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_pole_house_28.jpg
  • Adi Gallong pole house<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe village<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_pole_house_10.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_woman_91.jpg
  • Adi Gallong woman<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_woman_87.jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141102_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141101_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Adi Gallong man & cane hat<br />
Adi Gallong Tribe<br />
Arunachal Pradesh<br />
North East India
    20141031_Adi_Gallong_man_&_cane_hat_...jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22293_Giant_anteater.tif
  • White-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) They seem to enjoy close contact with each other. Part of possibly the largest known single herd of this species.<br />
Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America
    24207_White-lipped_peccaries.tif
  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot or Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Cerrado and Caatinga palm groves. e Brazil - Maranhao and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina.
    23010_Turquoise-fronted_Parrot.tif
  • Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) - Aggression / threat behaviour<br />
Seen in the open grasslands and fields usually in the heat of the day feeding on insects and small vertibrates.<br />
Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America
    22239_Red-legged_seriema.tif
  • Brazilian tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Male. WILD<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America. RANGE: South America, E of Andes from n colombia to s Brazil, n Argentina and Paraguay, including Amazonia and Orinoco tropical forest basins.  They habit lowland rain forest and lower montaine forest from sea level to 1,700 meters (5,600 ft). <br />
Over hunting by humans and forest destruction is causing their numbers to decline dramatically and they are now classified as near threatened. They are predictable as they use well defined paths to water, where they spend large amounts of time either fully submerged or mud-wallowing. They live on average of 30 years with the female giving birth on average of 1 young every two years. These are the heaviest wild land mammals in South America.
    23013_Brazilian_tapir.jpg
  • Turquoise-fronted Parrot or Blue-fronted Parrot (Amazona aestiva)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America<br />
RANGE: Cerrado and Caatinga palm groves. e Brazil - Maranhao and Pará to Rio Grande do Sul, Bolivia, Paraguay and n Argentina.
    23010_Turquoise-fronted_Parrot.jpg
  • Buff-necked ibis (Theristicus caudatus)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: E Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, se Brazil (Mato Grosso), sw Brazil, E Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and n Argentina.
    22298_Buff-necked_ibis.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22293_Giant_anteater.tif
  • Cowboy, Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sur Province. BRAZIL.  South America
    22331_Cowboy_Serra_da_Bodoquena.jpg
  • Ocelot         ©<br />
Leopardus pardalis<br />
Amazoonico Animal Rescue Center<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: North, Central and South America. Texas south to n Argentina to 1,800 m elevation.
    D1X_5277_Ocelot.tif
  • Ocelot         ©<br />
Leopardus pardalis<br />
Amazoonico Animal Rescue Center<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: North, Central and South America. Texas south to n Argentina to 1,800 m elevation.
    D1X_5276_Ocelot.tif
  • Ocelot         ©<br />
Leopardus pardalis<br />
Amazoonico Animal Rescue Center<br />
Amazon Rain Forest<br />
ECUADOR.  South America<br />
Range: North, Central and South America. Texas south to n Argentina to 1,800 m elevation.
    D1X_5261_Ocelot.tif
  • Tiger (Panthera tigris) male. Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests and grasslands up to 3,000 meters elevation and mangrove swamps of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh.<br />
Tigers are mainly nocturnal but do move around at dawn and dusk. They tend to be shy and retiring and are usually solitary but during breeding times are found in pairs. Cubs stay with their mother for up to 3 years. Tigers are territorial and communicate through scent marking and vocalisation. They may roar, growl, moan or resonate 'aonnh'. They feed on deer, wild boar, monkeys, peafowl and livestock. They can take animals as large as adult Gaur, water buffalo and calves of Indian Rhinoceros. However they do also take smaller mammals, reptiles and amphibians. They hunt by stalking and ambushing but when deer, monkeys or peafowl see or smell them they give loud alarm calls which alerts which all other animals.<br />
ENDANGERED SPECIES. They are hunted for the illegal export of their skin and bones to the Far East for medicinal purposes.<br />
Ranthambore National Park is known for its good tiger sightings as it appears to have tigers that are more diurnal than other areas
    20181123_Tiger_1.TIF
  • Hanuman Langur or Black-faced, Common or Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) Ranthambhore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests, from plains up to 3,600 meters elevations in the Himalaya, open areas, villages and towns of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and N. Pakistan. In Ranthambhore they are often found around the Fort area.<br />
They are more arboreal than the Rhesus Macaque that inhabitats similar areas. They do however spend a considerable time on the ground foraging and visiting salt licks. Hanuman langurs are diurnal although most active early mornings and late afternoons. They walk and run on all four feet, leap with hind limbs and land on fore and hind limbs. They fequently  associate with chital deer and Rhesus macaques. Feed on shoots, leaves, flowers, buds and fruit and occasionally raid crops.<br />
STATUS: Abundant but Protected in the Hindu regions as it is regarded as the Monkey-God, Hanuman, from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, hence the name.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    IND963_Hanuman_Langur.tif
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND866_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND855_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Spectacled Cobra (Naja naja)<br />
Rajasthan. INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
These snakes measure about 1,5 meters. They are extremely variable in colour and markings. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Cobras have a varied habitat. They do not occur in arid deserts  or in elevations above 1,800 meters but found in heavy jungles, open cultivated land and even populated areas where old masonry forms ideal refuge. Throughout Indian subcontient to southern China in the east, Philippines in the south as well as the Andamans and Sri Lanka.<br />
They are usually non aggresive and often exceedingly timid but become aggresive if disturbed. Young are much for dangerous than adults and strike repeatedly with determination.  When alarmed they adopt the well known pose with erect forebody and spread hood. The height to which the forebody is raised is approximately one-third of the total length of the snake.  While standing erect it sways backwards and forewards, hissing in an explosive manner.<br />
VENEMOUS and poison glands are active from birth.<br />
Cobras feed on rats, frogs, toads and invetebrates eggs but will also take birds, lizards and other snakes - even cobras.<br />
Cobras lay soft-shelled elongated eggs. The parents cohabit before pairing and one or both will guard the eggs and incubate.
    IND840_Spectacled_Cobra.tif
  • Amazon hognosed pitviper (Porthidium hyoprora)<br />
Pastaza-Amazon rain forest, ECUADOR,  South America<br />
Geographic range: Low elevation of Equatorial forests of Amazon Basin from Colombia, E Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and W Brazil.<br />
Habitat: Found on leaf litter of very humid tropical forest floors near water. They have a non-prehensile tail and are terrestrial.<br />
Venomous. Only hognosed pitpiver found in the Amazon
    20470_Amazon_hognosed_pitviper.tif
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