Naxos

[Andre Schmid]

Thanks for th pictures Mario ! Exactly what I want to find

[Guillaume Gomard]

10 years ago I´ve been to Naxos which left me a pretty good impression although the island was indeed quite touristic (again, it was in summer). Much more interesting to me was the visit to Amorgos easily reachable by boat from Naxos. This island is much wilder and also has some interesting snakes to offer (-stripeless- E.quatuorlineata, E. jaculus).

Some info at:
http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/HER_20_1_2_0094-0096.pdf
http://www.jstor.org/stable/1441914?seq ... b_contents

P.S: As far as I know, there should not be any ammo on Amorgos (see e.g.: http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_52_0161-0163.pdf)

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

As far as I know, there should not be any ammo on Amorgos (see e.g.: http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_52_0161-0163.pdf)

Indeed. These are the Cyclades with ammodytes: Andros, Dilos, Epano, Ios, Iraklia, Koufinisi, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Antiparos, Sikinos, Stroggylo, Syros, Tinos. If not, let me know asap, because the curtain will drop soon on our book.

The anti-Naxos lobby seems to forget that Peter's main goal is probably the ubiquitous erhardii, though.

[Peter Oefinger]

The anti-Naxos lobby seems to forget that Peter's main goal is probably the ubiquitous erhardii, though.

I want to see erhardii from any central Cyclades Island - not particular on Naxos.
But I also want to see L. trilinieata citrovittata: Now, Tinos, Syros, Andros, Naxos and Ios remain.
Among these, Naxos is the one with Eryx and quatorlineata: Two species - shame on me - I haven't seen so far.

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

The anti-Naxos lobby seems to forget that Peter's main goal is probably the ubiquitous erhardii, though.

I want to see erhardii from any central Cyclades Island - not particular on Naxos.
But I also want to see L. trilinieata citrovittata: Now, Tinos, Syros, Andros, Naxos and Ios remain.
Among these, Naxos is the one with Eryx and quatorlineata: Two species - shame on me - I haven't seen so far.

I understand - as not everyone here probably knows a surprising link was made between citrovittata and Lacerta pamphylica (Sagonas et al. 2014, that Peter brought back to (my) memory).

Well, for those snakes, Amorgos sure seems better.

[Mario Schweiger]

I understand - as not everyone here probably knows a surprising link was made between citrovittata and Lacerta pamphylica (Sagonas et al. 2014, that Peter brought back to (my) memory).

PDF-6595 in DB

[Guillaume Gomard]

Indeed. These are the Cyclades with ammodytes: Andros, Dilos, Epano, Ios, Iraklia, Koufinisi, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Antiparos, Sikinos, Stroggylo, Syros, Tinos. If not, let me know asap, because the curtain will drop soon on our book.

I guess you partly rely on Chondropoulos 1989 checklist, right? I was just wondering if V.ammodytes was recently reported on Paros? Any picture?

[Mario Schweiger]

I was just wondering if V.ammodytes was recently reported on Paros? Any picture?

recent?
this one is from July 1988, NW of Paros town in the hills

[Guillaume Gomard]

Cool picture, Mario! Your ammo-gallery should be huge Although by recent I rather had in mind t>2000. It´s anyway interesting to see a picture of a viper from there. I think that for a herper, there are still a lot of opportunities to have some nice expeditions in all those small islands. Peter, Andre, we rely on you guys

[Mario Schweiger]

btw, does anybody know, from which (probably greek) publication these drawings are:

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Found them in

case_3623_en.pdf

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