Natrix tessellata & Vipera aspis by Leman Lake, Switzerland
Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:11 pm
16.05.2011
This a place where I come for more than 10 years near Lausanne by the Leman Lake with plenty of Natrix tessellata. I've known times when I could see more than 20 snakes in an afternoon but the last times I had come had not been very successful. Though it might also simply have to do with the temperature (the last times, it was at least 6 degrees hotter than this time, about 20 degrees), I've been very happy to see that this population is doing pretty well at least in the first place I visited. In the second, I haven't found any Natrix but...I've found an asp viper! This is really very surprising to me because I've come here in Spring, Summer and Autumn, mornings, noons and afternoons (and even begining of the evening when there's still some sun) and I had never ever found a viper there, so close to the water.
This a place where I come for more than 10 years near Lausanne by the Leman Lake with plenty of Natrix tessellata. I've known times when I could see more than 20 snakes in an afternoon but the last times I had come had not been very successful. Though it might also simply have to do with the temperature (the last times, it was at least 6 degrees hotter than this time, about 20 degrees), I've been very happy to see that this population is doing pretty well at least in the first place I visited. In the second, I haven't found any Natrix but...I've found an asp viper! This is really very surprising to me because I've come here in Spring, Summer and Autumn, mornings, noons and afternoons (and even begining of the evening when there's still some sun) and I had never ever found a viper there, so close to the water.