Saving Snakes

Category: 4. Colubridae - TYPICAL SNAKES | Date: Nov 27 2007 | By: admin

It must be Bush Snake season in Watamu at the moment, for yet again we saved another one today. Late this morning Ferry and Walter Scherer from St. Lawrence University (USA), who is doing the Bio-Ken experience at the Snake Farm at the moment , took a snake call from quite near the snake farm. It turned out to be a very nice, blue colour phase of the Speckled Bush Snake Philothamnus punctatus. These snakes really have to be seen with your own eyes to believe how blue they really are. One of my favourites, I’m glad that we are still finding the odd blue one in Watamu.

The Snake was taken back to the Bio-Ken where it was inspected and found to be in a good condition. Joseph our senior guide recorded its location and released it into the bush at the back of the Snake Farm.

Photos by Royjan Taylor

Technorati : Blue Bush Snake, Philothamnus punctatus, Speckled Bush Snake

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Category: C. LIZARDS | Date: Nov 27 2007 | By: admin

Early this morning Ferry was called to a village in Kanani about 5km north of Bio-Ken. The local people there had cornered a Savanna Monitor Lizard Varanus albigularis in their chicken pen raiding eggs. Fortunately the Monitor was not hurt by anyone and so Ferry caught it and returned it to the Snake Farm where these pics were taken. The Lizard will be released near the Arabouko-Sokoke forest about 7km West of the Snake Farm this afternoon.

Photos by Royjan Taylor

Technorati : Savanna Monitor Lizard, Varanus albigularis, White Throated Monitor Lizard

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