Hello everyone,

Very impressed with this site so far!

I do not keep snakes but am looking forward to using this site as a source of information and contacts, and also to share understanding, experiences and photography. I have been snake catching in Namibia, South Africa (inc. a few stays at Khamai Reptile Centre), and bits of Europe. I plan to visit Sri Lanka next year and also spend a few months volunteering with The Gerry Martin Project in India, before postgraduate research...

Cheers,
John
UK

Hi John welcome to a great ofrum

Regards

Graeme

Hiya John. i am new on here too. everyone seems real friendly.

Thanks Graeme and Dave! Its true, people seem very helpful and polite here, the same cant be said for some other forums. And wonderfully organised, some very interesting topics!!

Hi and welcome John,
you are right, here is a good source to collect information from all over the world and I hope you will suppoprt us with nice shots too. Like the one in your avatar. It looks like an H. hypnale from India to me.

But, with this name, I think in the future, when you dicide to keep a venomous, you has to keep a Bitis worthingtoni ;-)

Have fun!

Good one Peter, I was thinking the same.

Welcome!

Cheers, Ro.

Thanks Peter and Ro! And yes, it is indeed H. hypnale, though I must confess to having pinched the photo from Ashok Captain and Rom Whitaker's fieldguide I have not been to India yet, but am going next year and this little beauty it high on the hit-list!!! As is B. worthingtoni when I make it to East Africa...

Thanks Ro,
but such a name indicate such a post

@ John - I hope you will find a lot of intressting species there in India or in Sri Lanka, this are two Locations where I have to go to .... when the times has come....

welcome to the forum

Welcome to this great forum John, hope you enjoy it here.
Cheers,
Brian.

Thanks guys!

And thanks Peter, I am looking forward to going next year and will be sure to report here with photos etc...

welcome John!!!