Night Adder - Curl of Color

An adult Night Adder in a pool of water with cloud reflections drifting around, creating an image of color and beauty. This snake is cyto-toxic.

comments (15)

Claire Hamilton

Lion

The species was there, you just needed to know which of the Causus this is. I have ID'd as the 'Common' Night adder, please change this if you feel differently. Posted 10 years ago
1. Living Wild
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks a lot Claire. I must admit, I am having a bit of a tough time identifying the species (I regularly get "unknown", although I have tried the scientific and common names. Is there a trick I am missing ? Thanks again for the help in resolving this species. Appreciated very much. Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I know you asked Claire, but I'll chip in. It may help to know that in case JungleDragon does not yet know the species (which is true in this case), it will look on english wikipedia.org for a match. So whatever you type in that search box, should match with the page name in Wikipedia, if there is any. Know that some Wikipedia pages have multiple synonyms, that all lead to the same page, so often multiple search queries can lead to success.
    
    The most reliable way to get a match is to use the binomial name, Causus rhombeatus in this case, since it is globally unique, unlike common names. On a development copy of JungleDragon, I tried "Causus rhombeatus" as a query, and it works. Not sure why it would not work for you, or what you searched for. Anyway, I hope this explains the mechanism behind the feature. Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. Living Wild
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks a lot Ferdy ... it sure helps. I searched for causus (in small letters), so now I would assume it would have worked if I had used Causus instead. Will keep on trying (scientific names). Thanks for the advice and clarification. It does help a lot. Posted 10 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        No problem. For the record, lowercase or uppercase should not matter for a match. Posted 10 years ago
  3. Claire Hamilton
    
    Lion
    
    What I usually do is search for it on Google, see what Wiki calls it and go for that! Posted 10 years ago
  4. 1. Living Wild
      
      Lion
      
      Thanks for that Claire. I will definitely give it a go next time I get stuck. Posted 10 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Oh, and not to forget, back on topic: incredible photo and species! Posted 10 years ago
1. Living Wild
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks a lot. Posted 10 years ago

abhitap

Lion

beautiful pic.. Posted 10 years ago
1. Living Wild
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you very much. Appreciate the comment. Posted 10 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Sorry, I forgot to mention that this is a beautiful photo of a very lovely snake. I didn't know they liked water! Posted 10 years ago
1. Living Wild
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks a lot Claire. Yeah, I loved the soft reflection of the clouds on the water, in combination with the snake's patterns. In the summer snakes love the water. They will go swimming just to cool off, not to mention that prey will be plentiful around the water sources. Posted 10 years ago

travismorhardt

Lion

Indeed a beautiful capture! Well done. Posted 10 years ago
1. Living Wild
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you very much, greatly appreciated. Posted 10 years ago