Herping in Switzerland 2013

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Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Bastien Comment » Mon May 13, 2013 8:02 pm

Hi everyone!

First of all, thanks and congrats for all your previous posts and pictures (special tribute to the Oman and Montenegro reports ;) ), it helped me supporting the frustration of a pretty bad start of the year. Indeed, I've had to wait until the 25th of April to see my first snake! What a pain, especially when you live close to Stéphane Aubry and see his pictures on his website :lol: More seriously, I've cumulated bad luck by working a lot in March and missing all the correct days (any day off was rainy and cold). And in April, on the best week I was in Shanghai in China (not that I complain though, it was absolutely fabulous) where I finally had no opportunity to go in the wild. So here's a selection of my herping trips in Switzerland in the past days. Enjoy!

Vipera aspis

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In-situ.


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Closer.


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In-situ.


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Closer.


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A baby in-situ.


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A beautiful orange male.


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A young specimen in-situ.


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Closer.


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In-situ.


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And closer.


Hierophis viridflavus

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In-situ.


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Lacerta bilineata

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In-situ.
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Niklas Ban » Mon May 13, 2013 8:19 pm

Oh great great great in the end of the next week I will start my trip to Switzerland :)
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Tue May 14, 2013 7:32 am

Great! I like these "in Situ" pics very much!

But Lacerta viridis?
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Guillaume Gomard » Tue May 14, 2013 10:58 am

2 Hierophis on the same in situ picture, well done!
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Bastien Comment » Fri May 17, 2013 9:08 am

Thanks for your feedbacks!

Guillaume: Yes indeed, that was quite a nice shot ;)

Jürgen: What is actually your question with the Lacerta viridis? Sorry but I didn't get it... :?:
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Fri May 17, 2013 9:33 am

I think it`s Lacerta bilineata
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Alexandre Roux » Fri May 17, 2013 12:31 pm

Jürgen Gebhart wrote:I think it`s Lacerta bilineata


For sure it is !
To my knowledge, Lacerta viridis is not present in Switzerland.

Take a look here, it's a good website:
http://lacerta.de/AS/Verbreitung.php
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Bastien Comment » Fri May 17, 2013 2:30 pm

Ok, well the spot where I took this picture is known for having a population of introduced "lézards verts" and I just realized that I mixed up the two species (viridis and bilineata) because of the french translation but you're right, sorry for the mistake, I correct it ;)
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Bastien Comment » Sun Dec 08, 2013 1:31 am

I didn't take much time to post my sessions this year so here's already a first round of the 2nd part of my season.

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Rana temporaria.


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Lacerta bilineata in-situ.


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Natrix tessellata.


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Natrix maura.


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Natrix natrix.


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In-situ.


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Hierophis viridiflavus.


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Zamenis longissimus.


Some asp vipers pictures will follow...;)
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Re: Herping in Switzerland 2013

Postby Bastien Comment » Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:00 am

So, here are the vipers. First, some in-situ pictures.

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Vipera aspis atra.


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Vipera aspis.


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And the rest.

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Vipera aspis atra.


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Vipera aspis.


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