It's always worth it to go out (for Salamandra) ;-)

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Have you been doing mark-recapture analysis on your data?

I am still looking for the swiftest method to cross-check. Have been playing with a few software tools, but nothing really with satisfactory results yet. Still in the process of setting a code and a database that can be queried easily.
In the mean time, pictures/data keep piling up ... I intend to tackle this maybe rather after having written the book and when that baby pops up.

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Thanks. It would be indeed very cool if we could compare with a bunch of people across Europe the number of individuals per e.g. 100m transect...

I was thinking the same thing, but I would chose a 1000m transect which will then be split up within the territory to get the best result for the population. This would be a similar appraoch to the FFH random sample monitoring of wall and sand lizards. Unfortuantely, I will have to wait until the second half of the year to give this a try, because I'm already working in two bigger amphibian projects.

My transect is 1200m. I meant that you can compare between areas by standardising to e.g. 100m. Of course, CMR is always better, but not feasible for most volunteers, I imagine (look at me - already drowning in data).

What's FFH?

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

What's FFH?

I guess that's the German abbreviation for the Habitat Directive?

[Liam Russell]

I am still looking for the swiftest method to cross-check. Have been playing with a few software tools, but nothing really with satisfactory results yet. Still in the process of setting a code and a database that can be queried easily.
In the mean time, pictures/data keep piling up ... I intend to tackle this maybe rather after having written the book and when that baby pops up.

Yes can be tricky, with my Lacerta agilis stuff I found the easiest way was to do it manually, but then I had fewer photos per site...

[Sandra Panienka]

What's FFH?

I guess that's the German abbreviation for the Habitat Directive?

Yes, it is the abbreviation for the Habitats Directive. Sorry, I didn't think while typing it.

And yeah, it is very easy to drown in data. I have the same problem. Lots of stuff that could be done, here and there data already but not enough time to really get something good out of it.

[Kenny De Boeck]

Last month I was out for Salamandra to (Belgium).

In a good hour I found 43 adult specimens. 41 being females depositing larvae, only 2 males were found running over leaflitter.

6 old females were found (fading the black coloration into a greyish/brownish..uniform color, not fragmentated.)

[Michal Szkudlarek]

Welcome on board Kenny

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Another Belgian salamandrophile ? We need to talk!

[Kenny De Boeck]

:shock: Another Belgian salamandrophile ? We need to talk!

For sure! We got some mutual herpfriends to I guess...

@Michal: Thanks.

Peter Engelen showed me the way to this board last year. I will post some more stuff I found last months. (Be, Nl, Ger)

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

For all those 'mander lovers out there - the action is still/already(?) on in Flanders (Belgium) - 72 beasties in 1200 m.
Here's a shy one that didn't want the typical picture-with-lens-cap that I tend to take