Amboli – Night Trail

Amboli is one of the monsoon destinations of Maharashtra. Amboli village is a quiet place. Jungle in here becomes active at night. Most of reptiles and Amphibians are active at night. You should be very careful in night trail as its pitch-dark and only TORCH is your source of good sight.

If you haven’t seen our Amboli Day Trail then check this out:

Amboli – Day Trail

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We started our night trail from Botanical Garden at 6.00 pm in a decent day light. While searching for reptiles and amphibians we didn’t realized when it turned dark.

You can’t see them without light but

THEY CAN SEE YOU 🙂

After searching a lot, our guide Kedar Jadhav found this dude, searching for it’s prey.

Malabar Pit Viper – Brown Morph (Trimeresurus Malabaricus)

This is Deccan Banded Gecko

This Gecko has really nice looking pattern and eyes.

Deccan Banded Gecko (Cyrtodactylus deccanensis)

Closeup – Deccan Banded Gecko

This is Amboli Frog, yes it’s his name

Amboli Frogs make really a loud sounds(calls) during night.

Amboli Bush Frog

Closeup shot to show it’s design patterns – Amboli Bush Frog

This is Malabar Gliding Frog – Baby (Rhacophorus malabaricus)

Hey, how are you doing?

Are you going to eat me?

Alone in the wild

This is Prashad’s Gecko

Prashad’s Gecko (Hemidactylus prashadi)

Prashad’s Gecko (Hemidactylus prashadi)

Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)

Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)

This is Snail

Snail

Hanging around

These are one of the main attractions of amboli. These frogs also make loud mating calls in the night. Female Gliding frog is large in size than Male Gliding frog.

Calling for partner

Dancing in Rain

Lizard

Ornate Narrow Mouth Frog (Microhyla ornata)

Amboli Toad (Xanthophryne tigerina)

Amboli Toad (Xanthophryne tigerina)

For more details regarding location and things to carry, check this:

Amboli – Day Trail

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