Breaking news from the "Balkan" corner as well: The first
Vipera berus bosniensis (or, as one should say nowadays,
from the Balkan
clade) have been seen today, at our monitoring site in the vicinity of Zagreb. Two
black males,
of course, they are always the first to appear, at least here.
The lucky winner was, alas (!), not me, but my friend Ivo Peranić, who has the privilege to live
amidst the habitat,
some 2.5 kilometers from the "hotspot" (or, in other words, the "poor" guy does not live in the centre of Zagreb,
as you like it...)
Regarding the "
"Balkan" corner", Zagreb officially (geographically) belongs to Central Europe (it lies north of the northern
border of the Balkan peninsula - as defined by geographers), but we are not in the least offended by being ascribed to
that region, especially if it's meant in the biological sense.