SOLOMON ISLANDS the wilderness lodge  8° 47´S ° 14´E

 

 

terrestrial critters

 

 
 

 

 
 

tupe - the endangered coconut crab - the world's largest land invertebrate

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

erebachi [monitor lizard] Varanus indicus

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

puko [grasshopper]

 

 

 
 
 
 

 

tumajeluku [sago gecko] Gecko vittatus

 

 

 
 
 
 

noki kopu [Pacific ground boa] Candoia carinata

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

moth - summit of Mt Mariu

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Insect bat - pupulu

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Solomons Tree Snake - noki charava - Dendrelaphis salomonis [brown variety]

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Solomons Tree Snake - noki charava - Dendrelaphis salomonis [green variety]

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Insect bats - pupulu - on vaho leaf - photo courtesy of Barbie Muller

 

 

 
 
 
 

noki kopu [Pacific ground boa] Candoia carinata

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

millipedes on vasara log - pic courtesy of Barbie Muller

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Steve and Winey with kameje - freshwater crayfish - caught with traditional leaf snare - headwaters of Kavolavata River

 

 

 
 

 

 
 

mystery freshwater critter - Bukiana Creek - water scorpion?

 

 

 
 
 
 

Emerald Tree Skink - kokobutongo - Lamprolepis smaragdina

 

 

 
 

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