Herping Holland!

[Sjuul Verhaegh]

Last past weeks Tim Leerschool and I went out in the field for 3 days. On 16 August we found 9 Adders (Vipera berus) and 2 small Smooth snakes (Coronella austriaca). Also a lots of Viviparous lizards, Sand lizards and Slow worms. On 3 September we went out again, this time with the Herpetologic studygroup Limburg. It was a bit to hot for snakes, after turning woods we found a Smooth snake and a Natterjack (Bufo calamita) witch was new for me as specie. Yesterday on 9 September the weather predictions where good, so we went out. This time we found 22 Smooth snakes and 8 Adders. We found several juveniles of both species!

Some pictures!

16 August:

Anguis fragilis



Coronella austriaca



Habitat



Vipera berus









Lacerta agilis



Vipera berus



3 September:

Bufo calamita



9 September:

Coronella austriaca



We found 8 of these little ones in a radius of 20 cm! Some already shed.







Adult





Vipera berus



Coronella austriaca



Vipera berus







A note, we have the permits to handle these snakes for research and a permit to enter this area.

Hope you enjoyed!

Sjuul Verhaegh

[Jürgen Gebhart]

the pic with the two little coronella in situ is great!!

I`m not much interessted in viperas, but they are also very nice!

[Tim Leerschool]

I`m not much interessted in viperas, but they are also very nice!

For somebody who just recently traveled 4 hours to see viperas this is an odd statement. I'm guessing you like Vipera aspis better then Vipera berus.

Nice Pictures Sjuul, Some photo's are almost identical to some of mine only from a slightly different angle

Kind regards,

Tim