Taiwan – Page 2 – Flora and Fauna of Tropical Asia

17 September 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

The Heliconiaceae family of plants is characterised by a large variety of astonishingly beautiful flowers of improbable shapes. The False ...

27 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 3 Comments 3 tags

In Taiwan money grows on trees. Perhaps not in the literal sense, but many inhabitants of the island believe and ...

21 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

Ixora is a genus of a flowering shrub from the Rubiaceae family. There are hundreds of species and cultivated varieties ...

20 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

Seeing a wild animal advancing rapidly through its habitat is nothing unusual. But watching a plant perform rapid evasive movement, ...

16 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag

Witnessing the behaviour of animals in nature and their relationships is never short of astonishing. The case of the rescued ...

14 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 2 Comments 2 tags

Typhoons can cause enormous damage not only to plants and farms, but also to wild animals. One of the victims ...

13 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

One of the less pleasant aspects of living on islands or in the coastal areas of climatically warmer zones is ...

10 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags

High drama in the aviary for the past two days. On Monday evening, when I walked into the shed which ...

9 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags

Southern Taiwan is an extraordinary place in many ways. With a hot and humid climate, colourful coral formations, sandy beaches, ...

8 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags

Yesterday was my lucky day. Kikuchi’s habu or Taiwan mountain pit viper (Trimeresurus gracilis) is an endemic species of snake ...