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This was once a mangrove estuary, it is sorrounded buy Taipei city. This is an example of how the bad stroms and floods, we get here protect wild life. I honestly don't know how the reptiles survive the water is very polluted, but there is quite a health population of snakes, turtles, frogs and lizards. I'v found about 15 snakes species here so far, all in good condition, amd some very large.
I havn't always go time to go to the mountians, This sopt is about 15 min from my house, 20 min away from Taipei 101 the tallest bulding in the world, and makes for unusaly good herping.

good photos and interesting info. That looks like carinata.
Best regards
John

That looks like an interesting herping spot! The second pic tells a story...........and I'd love to go flip through everything!

Those concrete drainages can produce some interesting finds. Once things get in there, they're pretty much stuck, at least until the next heavy rain washes them farther down.

On Okinawa, they use small (~20cmX30cm) concrete drainages along the sides of the road. Apparently the drains are death traps for the newts. The next time I'm there, I need to take a flashlight and walk along them. They're probably good at trapping small snakes and ranid frogs as well.

Shane
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Looks like a great spot. I'd love the opportunity to look for herps there. Hope you find many more and post lots more pics here. Thanks...

TC

I can barely tell in the picture, but are those Colorado plates?

Nope, that's sitting in our driveway. Those are MI conservation plates.

TC

>>I can barely tell in the picture, but are those Colorado plates?