About half an hour after we saw our first snake at Ranomafana, this was our second. After lunch break was over, we met our local guide Theo at the park entrance, where he was waiting for us with a smile on his face and this snake in his hand. I used the time-honored calm-the-snake-by-cupping-your-hands-over-it-for-awhile technique to get it to pose, which was then appreciated by a friendly German tourist who joined in the photography fest.

Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2007 trip to Madagascar.

Somebody, and I'm not saying who, has been chowing down recently, based on the very visible bulge.

Here is a list of all the reptiles and frogs I saw on this 2023 trip to Madagascar.