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Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:15 pm
by Michal Szkudlarek
Hah I did not know you have Natrix tessellata in Russia. :oops:

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:53 am
by Evgeny Kotelevsky
Michal Szkudlarek wrote:Hah I did not know you have Natrix tessellata in Russia. :oops:


We have plenty of them along the Volga river :)

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 4:28 am
by Evgeny Kotelevsky

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:01 pm
by Niklas Ban
Well, this is nice!

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 12:50 pm
by Mario Schweiger
a nice specimen :)

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Mon Aug 14, 2017 3:02 pm
by Thomas Bader
Interesting substrate on sand? Don't they live in meadows?

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:32 pm
by Evgeny Kotelevsky
Niklas Ban wrote:Well, this is nice!


Mario Schweiger wrote:a nice specimen :)


Thanks, guys :)

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:43 pm
by Evgeny Kotelevsky
Thomas Bader wrote:Interesting substrate on sand? Don't they live in meadows?


Here, in the province of Saratov, soil is mostly sandy, and our reptiles live in sandy habitats. If you look through my photos you'll see that many of them were taken on sand.

Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:29 pm
by Evgeny Kotelevsky
New photos of Natrix natrix from my last trip

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Re: Reptiles and amphibians of the Province of Saratov

PostPosted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:04 pm
by Evgeny Kotelevsky
On Sunday I found Natrix tessellata with unusually pure black upperside

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