Caleidoscope of common species

[Peter Oefinger]

...but I haven't been out at my local playground for weeks - so the "commons" were a great pleasure for me, today!
As I know most of you are great butterly enthusiasts, here are some of them:

Nymphalis C-album

A female Lyceana tityrus

Polyommatus agestis

Bufo bufo

Nice coloured newt (Lissotriton helveticus, I guess)

Zootoca vivipara

A bold male of Anguis fragilis

Elegant slopes: Lacerta agilis

Decreasing late-summer colouration

This picture shows why I love that species!

A young Coronella austriaca

Adult Coronella

Another one

Note: in rainy summers the common things are great!
Regards
Peter

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Three snakes?? Congrats Peter, you are on the right way!!
How many times you get bitten?
The last agilis pic is very cool!

[Peter Oefinger]

How many times you get bitten?

How do you know that? It was a massacre!

[Jürgen Gebhart]

How many times you get bitten?

How do you know that? It was a massacre!

I love Coronella!!!

[Peter Oefinger]

So do I! It is a masochistic pleasure

[Sandra Panienka]

Great pics. I especially love the sand lizard pics. The last coronella that I've found was surprisingly docile. I've a question. I wonder if anyone has ever seen a smooth snake play dead similar to a grass snake. I know that quite a couple of American snake species play dead, so I wonder which European ones might also show this behavior except for the genus Natrix.