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The Netherlands. Not exactly the richest country in Europe herpwise. "Fortunately", some people introduced a bunch of stuff.

Here's what we found.

Triturus cristatus
Triturus marmoratus *
Ichthyosaura alpestris *
Lissotriton vulgaris
Pelobates fuscus
Bufo bufo
Hyla arborea *
Rana temporaria
Rana arvalis
Pelophylax ridibundus
Pelophylax lessonae
Pelophylax kl. esculentus
Podarcis muralis *
Zootoca vivipara
Anguis fragilis
Elaphe schrenckii *
Natrix natrix *+
Vipera berus
(*: non-native population, *+: native and non-native)

With some more "luck", we could have even added non-native Bombina variegata, Alytes obstetricans and Rana dalmatina.


a little who-is-who of some NW European herpers, starring GJ Verspui & his wife Cynthia, Bobby Bok, Laura Tiemann, myself, Wouter Beukema, Paul Lambourne, Trevor Willis, and Birgit Oefinger - (c) Peter Oefinger


boys and flowers. and a russian rat snake.
















new evidence supports the hypothesis that the sirtaki was in fact invented by Dutch herpers looking for Rana arvalis

I invite my companions to add more.

A question for all - ever seen such a checkered marmoratus belly?

nice pictures

Hyla arborea is not native to the Netherlands?
Triturus marmoratus: I now specimens/populations with uniform black bellies (Miranda, Bejar, Spain) and with creme coloured bellies (S France). But never seen such marbled ones.

Mario

Mario Schweiger wrote:Hyla arborea is not native to the Netherlands?

Sure it is. Muralis and alpestris too. Just not to the area where we were.

Wonderful Pelobates fuscus !

ah yes, the internationally famed/shamed Dutch zoo of herpetofauna! Stunning marmoratus none the less...

The Leucorrhinia dubia is a dream! For sure the herps are nice too, seems you had a nice time.

Here are some more pictures revealing Dutch secrets: