BACK FROM THE ISLANDS

I'm back from a fantastic island-hopping spree, with a refreshed work ethic, a new fascination for birds of paradise, and a humbling ankle wound inflicted by a lowly millipede. I visited Taiwan, Borneo, Singapore, Bali, Flores, Rinca, Pulau Bidaderi, Pulau Kalong, Gili Montang, Komodo, Gili Lawa, Gili Banta, Sumbawa, Flores, Sulawesi, Ambon and New Guinea. Right now I have to focus on catching up on my painting schedule, and in lieu of ending my hiatus with a more sophisticated post, I've simply put up some composite images of some of the more interesting photographs I took while away
Small Mammals: Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) Silvered Langur and young (Trachypithecus cristatus), Ebony Langur (Trachypithecus auratus), Crab-eating Macaque (Macaca fascicularis), unidentified Hipposiderid bat , flying foxes (Pteropus vampyrus), Colugo (Cynocephalus variegatus), Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), and a large (about 18cm from head to toe) blurry bat that roosted alone inside of a culvert beneath a road through montane forest in NW Bali. Do any of you smart people have any ideas as to what this might be?
Non-skink Lizards: Flying Lizards: Draco fimbriatus, D. sp., D. cristatellus, Clouded Monitor (Varanus nebulosus), Sail-tailed Lizard (Hydrosaurus amboinensis), Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella), Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko), Frilled Gecko (Cosymbotis sp.), Garnot's Gecko [with Tree Sparrow] (Hemidactylus garnoti), House (Hemidactylus frenatus), Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus sp.), Komodo Dragons (Varanus komodoensis).
Artiodactyls: Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus), Red Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjac), Sambar Deer (Cervus unicolor), Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), Banteng [domestic] (Bos javanicus), Timor Pig (Sus scrofa).
Non passeriform perching birds: Collared Kingfisher (Todirhaphus chloris), Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda), Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha), Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea), Red-naped Trogon (Harpactes kasumba), Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis), Blythe's Hornbill (Aceros plicatus), Bar-pouched Wreathed Hornbills (Aceros undulatus), Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaultii), Bushy-crested Hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus), Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris), Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis), Sacred Kingfisher (Todirhaphus sanctus).
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Cartoon map and all photographs by CPBvK