What happens if all Wild Snakes go extinct?
This is just an opinion — thus, subjective; thus, likely flawed. But in my view, there exists a dissonance between people who kill Snakes and those who how... Read More...
Wally Suarez
The problem with Facebook Herp pages (Part 2 of 2)
HOW SNAKE BITES HAPPEN
Snake bites happen mostly because of three reasons.
PEOPLE BEING CARELESS IN AREAS WHERE VENOMOUS SNAKES LIVE
This is easily so... Read More...
The problem with Facebook Herp pages (Part 1 of 2)
I’ll get this out of the way right at the onset: Facebook is not meant to be a forum. One can think of the now defunct and obsolete forums as a library where t... Read More...
10 SNAKES YOU MIGHT FIND IN YOUR GARDEN
A sanctuary. That is what I think a garden is – or should be. And not just for myself, but also for the animals who use it as a place to hunt, hide, or simply pass through... Read More...
The mythical Dahong-Palay
Tagalog legend tells us that Bathala once summoned all snakes to partake in a jar full of venom so that they could arm their fangs with the toxic soup with whi... Read More...
Serpents in the sky
Flying snakes. Serpents that climb trees and launch themselves to the sky to chase their prey - these are an ophidiophobe's nightmare. And while the name conju... Read More...
The elusive elapid: Getting to know Hemibungarus Calligaster
Four terrestrial elapid genera are from the Philippines, two of which are cobras (Naja and Ophiophagus) and two others from what has been loosely referred to a... Read More...
Bent-toed geckos: Observations from the wild and in captivity
The genus Cyrtodactylus consists in the neighborhood of 250
species and stands out as the most species-rich in the entire Gekkonid family.
These geckos are imm... Read More...
The mystery of the Laguna monitors
I remember the time when our varanid fauna was understood to
be composed only of two species, Varanus
olivaceus and V. salvator, along
with three subspecies, V... Read More...
Tagalo mantis manillensis
Mantids, some would argue, represent the highest pinnacle of
insect predatory body plan. With extremely good eyesight perched on a rotating
head and a pronotum... Read More...
Wally Suarez
Wally Suarez is a self-taught orchidologist who is involved in the description of about 20 new plant taxa, but his interest in animals stretch back to his pre-school years. He has a deep interest in herpetology and ecology, and frequently goes into forests and mountains to search and study not just reptiles and amphibians, but also fishes, crustaceans, arachnids, and a wide range of insects including butterflies and phasmids.