Herping in Vaud (Switzerland)
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Herping in Vaud (Switzerland)
by Bastien Comment » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:26 pm
This Sunday, I've been to one of our best spots in state Vaud in Switzerland with my friend Yannick to search for Vipera aspis and Hierophis viridflavus. It had rained in the morning and the afternoon was rather sunny with clouds here and there and a temperature between 21 and 23 degrees when we were there at around 4 pm. We've found 5 asp vipers plus 2 escaping too fast for a picture and a Hierophis viridiflavus! So we were quite happy with this day
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- 1st viper.
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- In my opinion, the most beautiful specimen found that day. A dark brown female (and a gravid one by the way) with black lines that almost look blue!
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- 2nd viper.
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- 3rd viper.
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- 4th viper.
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- Back home.
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- And finally, the 5th viper!
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- On this picture, you can see well that this viper has a scarf on the back.
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- And to finish the day, the Hierophis viridiflavus!
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- It was a pretty big specimen, probably close to 1.50 m.
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- The habitat.
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Re: What a day!!
by Bastien Comment » Mon Aug 08, 2011 6:29 pm
The day before, Yannick had already gone to another place not far away (I was working on Saturday...) and he made nice pictures of this very clear asp viper.
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Re: What a day!!
by Guillaume Gomard » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:03 pm
A lot of asp vipers, that's what I like to see The last one in particular is really great! Thanks for sharing.
The last one in particular is really great! Thanks for sharing.-
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Re: What a day!!
by Mario Schweiger » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:04 pm
All these asps are great!
I have to visit them in next spring - not only and the every year "atra" in Berner Oberland.
Mario
I have to visit them in next spring - not only and the every year "atra" in Berner Oberland.
Mario
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Re: What a day!!
by Jürgen Gebhart » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:22 pm
I have to plan a new trip to Switzerland, immediately!!! I love these asp vipers!!
Congrats!!!
Congrats!!!
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Re: What a day!!
by Tim Leerschool » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:49 pm
Excellent photo's. What bright colours on those vipers. Three weeks ago I was in Switzerland (Lugano and Grindelwald) but although my daily efforts I saw no vipers 
Really enjoyed the photo's!
Best regards,
Tim
Really enjoyed the photo's!
Best regards,
Tim
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Re: What a day!!
by Bastien Comment » Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:06 pm
Thanks for your feedbacks guys. To be honest, I hadn't been so lucky for quite long now and July has been simply awful (only saw a few Tesselata at my lake spot but no vipers). Usually, I see between one and three snakes when I go fieldherping there, much less than when I was a kid...
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Re: What a day!!
by Bastien Comment » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:12 pm
Some more pics from this week-end 
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- 1st viper hidden under a stone.
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- 2nd viper.
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- A green lizard hiding in the bushes.
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- In situ shot of a beautiful orange-brown male.
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- This is where we found it.
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- Same dark brown female that we found a week ago.
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- This is where the 1st and the last vipers were found, under the last stone on the left.
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Re: What a day!!
by Mario Schweiger » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:43 am
On the first male picture I thought, oh there are two individuals together!
But on the second one there is the orange-brown male with the silvergrey head -- great!
Mario
But on the second one there is the orange-brown male with the silvergrey head -- great!
Mario
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Re: What a day!!
by Bastien Comment » Mon Aug 15, 2011 8:01 am
Yeah this stunning male was really the highlight of the week-end!
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