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by **Peter Engelen** » Tue May 24, 2016 7:51 pm

We had 2 weeks holiday so my girlfriend and I decided to go to Greece. Target for me was Eryx, a snake a never found by myself. And for Anniek, of course the usual quatuorlineata. So we decided to do some island-hopping. We hired a car on Mykonos and we will return it back in Santorini. We did Mykonos, Naxos, 1 hour Paros, Antiparos, Ios and only 1 night Santorini. The weather conditions were just perfect and we found 60 snakes alive. 41 of those were Eryx. 1 basking at daytime, 2 at night (nights were cold, 14-16°C) and all the rest under stones.

by **Neil Rowntree** » Tue May 24, 2016 8:55 pm

Congrats on the Eryx!
60 snakes is an impressive total - which island was your favourite/most productive?

by **Pablo Deschepper** » Wed May 25, 2016 10:08 am

Damn, impressive numbers!

by **Jeroen Speybroeck** » Wed May 25, 2016 12:37 pm

Well done! Now we know where to go for boas!

by **Bobby Bok** » Wed May 25, 2016 1:13 pm

Puah, very impressive numbers! Interesting species list also!

by **Matthijs Hollanders** » Wed May 25, 2016 6:12 pm

Sweet!

by **Berislav Horvatic** » Wed May 25, 2016 6:14 pm

41 of those were Eryx

My favourite snake, which I've never seen in nature. What should I say... words fail me,
I'm just soooo terribly envious...

by **Peter Engelen** » Thu May 26, 2016 10:51 am

My favorite island was Ios. But the island where we found the mosted snakes was Naxos (28 pc = 24 Eryx). We couldn't find a Natrix on Naxos and on Mykonos and Antiparos all the Natrix we found were black. Als one very blackisch Elaphe and a very black Vipera.

by **Berislav Horvatic** » Thu May 26, 2016 11:04 am

...and a very black Vipera.

And you mention it just like that, en passant??!! Never mind black or blackish N. natrix,
but a black or "very blackish" V. ammodytes is a FIND ideed, a once-in-a-lifetime find...
The "very blackish Elaphe" is also a FIND, so don't be so modest... Man, you had luck.