Hello,
I am Marius from Romania and for my first post here, I choose to tell you about my last trip.
August isn’t the best month for herping in my country but I was in a trip for one week.
The first target was Vipera ammodytes and to see it I was in Hunedoara County, one of the most beautiful counties from Romania.
The habitats are very beautiful but it was hard to find snakes because of the heat. In a few days spent there, I saw a lot of lizards and just one viper.
Habitat - Vipera ammodytes
Vipera ammodytes
Lacerta viridis
Bombina variegata
Plebejus argus
The next destination was Cluj County and in first day there I tried to find Vipera ursinii rakosiensis. In was in habitat in early morning but without success.
Habitat
This was the moment when I decided to try mountain habitats and I went with one friend in the Apuseni Mountains. There, pretty close to the cottage where I stayed, I found a beautiful glade. That glade looks like heaven of the Vipera berus.
Vipera berus
Melanistic Vipera berus
Bufo bufo
Vipera berus in situ
Lacerta agilis
Rana temporaria
Zootoca vivipara
For the last day, I went in the southern part of Romania and I tried to find Eryx jaculus.
I didn’t find Eryx jaculus but I found a very beautiful frog, Bufotes viridis.
Bufotes viridis