At the start of June I spent a week in Pefkos (my other half needed a relaxing 'beach holiday') and as usual I spent the week as the lone herper. I'm not too sure what this fella was, but i'm sure you'll let me know!
Some of the other things that were creeping around the local area included;
These guys were everywhere - just waiting for you to walk into their webs...
and these were under most stones!
the usual suspects
Halfway through my week i'd given up on seeing any snakes - and then to my horror I found this DOR D.jugularis. The poor thing had managed to get off the road but had died on the verge. There wasn't much traffic in this area either, so this was just one very unlucky snake.
Following this, I spent the next 5 or so hours of that day walking the hills/wasteland hoping to find a live one - to no avail. However (and isn't this always the case), on my return to base (literally 10 metres from the apartment) I spotted this little fella by the road and was able to help it into some safer habitat.
Another local resident;
I did manage to take the bus to Rhodes Town for a day - where the old city walls are pretty good for reptiles. These included;
Some other critters from Pefkos;
and this may be the reason for the DOR snake; giant broomstick-riding weevils!
one last herp;
and finally, I know that renting a car and visiting more remote sites is the best way to find new species - but due to the euro crisis in Greece it seemed that Hertz car-hire was just not worth it this time...
Neil
