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Palawan Stink Badger
<i>Mydaus marchei</i>
Irawan, Palawan
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Palawan Stink Badger Mydaus marchei Irawan, Palawan

palawan stink badger

  • October 2010<br />
Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon<br />
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Tonji, Franco, Sylvia, Nicky Icarangal in front of the lodge at Mt. Kitanglad.
  • October 2012<br />
Candaba, Pampanga<br />
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Note: Take with a grain of salt when the locals tell you the road is "ok".
  • Philippine Green Tree Skink 
<i>Lamprolepis smaragdina philippinica</i>

endemic skink
  • Philippine Green Tree Skink 
<i>Lamprolepis smaragdina philippinica</i>
Makiling, Los Baños

endemic skink
  • <i>Dendrelaphis cf. luzonensis</i>
Makiling, Los Baños

non-venomous snake
  • January 2009<br />
Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon
  • Green Crested Lizard
<i>Bronchocela cristatella</i>

This is known as the "chameleon of the Philippines". The local name for it is <i>hunyango</i>. Like chameleons, they change their color by opening and closing their cells called melanophores. I am told that this is the most common and widespread lizard in the Philippines. I don't know if that includes house lizards.

This lizard shows that it is threatened by the reddish-brown color, stiffened tail, and extended dewlap. Usually, the legs are also the same color. This one may have white legs because of a "stuck shed". 

Thanks to the people in Philippine Biodiversity Net on Facebook for the info! Especially Drew Galano, John Ronel Gil, and Wally Suarez.
  • January 2009<br />
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Ferns on Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon.
  • click on the picture to see some happy jumping birders
  • The moon, shot through some clouds.<br />
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14 February 2013 <br />
Valencia, Dumaguete, Philippines
  • This is the lodge at Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon.
  • January 2009<br />
This was in Mt. Kitanglad in Bukidnon.
  • Iwahig Prison and Penal Farm
  • Sailfin Lizard<br />
Malasag, Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, Philippines
  • Two escapes in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. This was at the parking lot of Badjao Seafood Restaurant.
  • Argiope<br />
local names: Gagambang Ekis, Gagambang Hari
  • Asian Palm Civet
<i>Paradoxurus hermaphroditus</i>
<i>musang</i>
Sabang, Palawan
  • Palawan Stink Badger
<i>Mydaus marchei</i>
Irawan, Palawan
  • Palawan Stink Badger
<i>Mydaus marchei</i>
Irawan, Palawan
  • Palawan Stink Badger
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