Northern Greece May 2014
Posted:
Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:45 pmby Rob Andriessen
Here the link to a report my friend Maykel wrote about our trip to Northern Greece last year:
http://maykelfieldreports.blogspot.nl/2 ... -2014.html
Re: Northern Greece May 2014
Posted:
Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:58 pmby Jeroen Speybroeck
Note there a number of outdated scientific species names in there
+ the young Montpellier snake is a young Caspian whip
+ Bufo spinosus only occurs in SW Europe
Nice and green(!) report! Many familiar views...
Re: Northern Greece May 2014
Posted:
Mon Feb 23, 2015 6:19 pmby Maykel van Gent
Thanks for pointing out the mistakes. I corrected the species I.D.'s
Is there somewhere that I can find out about the recent scientific name changes?
Re: Northern Greece May 2014
Posted:
Mon Feb 23, 2015 10:02 pmby Jeroen Speybroeck
It's of course not a scientific paper, but at least I'm trying to present a critical take on things here =>
http://www.hylawerkgroep.be/jeroen/index.php?id=47 
Re: Northern Greece May 2014
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:23 amby Mario Schweiger
nice report and pictures!
but the "spanish terrapin" is Mauremys rivulata
Mario
Re: Northern Greece May 2014
Posted:
Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:56 pmby Rob Andriessen
I enjoyed this part of Greece so much that I decided to return a month later with my girlfriend. Although herping was lower on the priority list this time, I still could add Hardun (Stelagama stellio) and Dahl's whip snake (Platyceps najadum ) to the list. And I was surprised to find masses of Kotschy's geckos while one month before we only found 1.
On neither trip did I find Vipera ammodytes ; has anyone advice on how to find them? Do they avoid temperatures above 20 degrees?