It is a Greater Green Snake (Cyclophiops major, used to be called Opheodrys major), a non-venomous species said to be uncommon on Hong Kong Island and stated in the books to be primarily diurnal.
Also on show that night last week was an Asian Common Toad (now Duttaphrynus melanostictus apparently but usually seen as Bufo melanostictus), the first wild animal of any description I saw within minutes of arriving in Hong Kong in 1965.
Finally some more views of the porcupines:
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