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Posted: **Sat May 03, 2014 5:50 pm**

Here is some pictures from my herping the spring of 2014 in the eastern part of Norway (mainly around Oslo) and a trip to Strömstad, Sweden

This year my first find was on 08.march, about 45km north of Oslo

The week after, I got the chance to get out again - and again I found adders. Some of them around the snow

Then my trip to Turkey interruptet the local herping, but when I got back again I found some real stunners. First these in Oslo

And the small bonus, Zootoca vivipara

Then came Easter, and I got the chance to take two trips to Strömstad, Sweden to have a look at the relict location of Lacerta agilis - probably the northern most population of these lizards

At the same trip I also saw the years first Anguis fragilis

And off course some beatiful males and a female Vipera berus

And last week, on the yearly herp trip with Norsk Herpetologisk Forening (Norwegian Herpetological Society) we found this adorable Smooth snake juvenile - a rare find in Norway

Posted: **Sun May 04, 2014 8:55 am**

Great shots, Thor :!:

Posted: **Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:39 am**

A small update :

May was a very slow month, with much work and very little herping - only one good trip

Zootoca vivipara, male - 10.may 2014
Oslo, Norway

Vipera berus, melanistic - 10.may 2014
Oslo, Norway

Anguis fragilis, male - 10.may 2014
Oslo, NOrway

Then when june came, it was time for a long planned trip back to Sweden to find some nicely colored Lacerta agilis - and it was a success

Lacerta agilis, male - 02.june 2014

Lacerta agilis, female - 03.june 2014

Posted: **Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:07 pm**

That slow worm looks like he fought a few battles in his time.

BTW, on your first post - that thick next to the adder's eye, was it stuck there? Seems rather inconvenient for the the poor snake...

Posted: **Sat Jun 21, 2014 7:12 pm**

Yes, that slow worm really looks like a battle scarred veteran !

As for the tick, it crawled over the adders head, and did not stop.. I have a series of pics of it passing over

Posted: **Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:54 pm**

Great photography

Posted: **Mon Jul 07, 2014 7:13 pm**

Another update, 2 weeks ago a was again a short trip over the border to Sweden to check out one of the other herps we don't have in Norway - but 50km from the border they are in Sweden - the Natterjack (Bufo calamita)

But first, I found some common Toads (bufo bufo)