Pics from Thursday:
1. My first find of the day. Always a sad sight.
2. Smooth snake taking a nap.
3. Beautiful Slow worm
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5. My first juvenile sand lizard of the year.
After I discovered the sand lizard it got too hot and I went back home.
Friday - morning
On Friday I went back to the same area ...
1. ... and found the same little sand lizard.
2. ... and another dead Slow worm. During the last four days I've found four dead ones. When people ride their bikes, they're just not looking.
Friday - noon
After discovering my first sand lizard I decided to do some mapping for a field report and went to have a look in another area close to where I live to search for juvenile sand lizards and wall lizards. I was successful with both species. Although I only found about two juvenile wall lizards that must have been a couple of weeks older compared to the sand lizards.
So here are some sand lizards, wall lizards and a yellow-bellied toad.
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14. Also found a dead grass snake. Haven't seen one in a while, so sad to only find a dead one.
Friday afternoon
I could go herping all day long. ;O) So, I was curious about our invasive wall lizards and went to see if they also reproduced. They share their habitat with sand lizards, too. Both species reproduced successfully this year. Found about 10 juveniles from each species and I assume there were many more.
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6. An incredibly beautiful male.
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Some herps from last weekend:
Thought I'd share a couple of pics from last weekend, too.
1. Slow worm
2. Fire salamander larva
3. Fire salamander larva
4. Alpine newt larva
8. Alpine newt larva
Thanks for looking!
