Hi Kurtles,
It's great experience that you have in Palawan and never to forget.
Malaria is number one sickness in Palawan. You are there at the amphidromus
country, Balabac Island and Bugsuk is still Balabac and I got there very
beautiful green with violet lips. The most colourful that I got is from
Balabac Island which I stay for long time and keep on coming back. I will
send you a picture attachment of the colourful amphidromus from differrent
places of Southern Palawan including the Giant yellow amphidromus.
The Place that you travel around with all this amphidromus but of course
higher mountain that we have to climb up up there. Higher part of the
mountain most colourful but it will take you 8 hours treacking.
Best Regards,
Tony
Antonio S. dela Cruz
l4 Esperanza st., Tinajeros,
Malabon City, Philippines l404
TEL/FAX (632) 288 3993
Website: http://www.tonyshells.bravepages.com
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>Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:12:18 -0500
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>Dear Antonio,
>Do you have Bartsch's treatment of the Palawan Passage
>Amphidromus?....Can't remember the full citation and my library is at
>home....he describes several new forms....all the same thing, of
>course. Many moons ago I took a small pumpboat (a little outrigger with a
>lawn-mower engine and barely wide enough for me to sit in) from Balabac all
>the way to Rio Tuba, Palawan (3 days of constant and very necessary bailing
>of water out of the "boat"..... no room for provisions so the "Captain" and
>I had rice and then rice for dessert 3 meals a day.....and got a 6-month
>long case of girardia on Bugsuk......the trip was a memory-maker)....I
>collected on many of the islands in the passage. Every island still with
>Amphidromus had several color forms which one would call distinct if they
>only had a few shells......
>
>I never got to Amphidromus country on southern Palawan Island, as there
>were some military issues when I was there. I can't comment on those
>populations.
>
>A. entobaptus was still fairly common on northern Palawan proper and in the
>Calamianes Group to the north.....very distinct, large, white to very, very
>faint yellow.....
>
>I'd like to see an image of your giant specimen from southern
>Palawan.....Sounds like entobaptus in size..... and as I said, that
>species does occur on Palawan Island, not just on the Calamianes. Your
>dealer might be off on the location....or since southern Palawan is so
>poorly know, there may be a population down there too.....who knows?
>
>Kurtles
>
>
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