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Peloponnese 2016

Postby Julius Zidorn » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:49 am

Γεια σας !
Just back from my second trip to the Peloponnese. We visited Mani peninsula, Messinia and the Stimfalia area.
As expected, it was hotter than in April two years ago, so real herping was only possible in the morning and evening hours.
Nevertheless we were even more successful with finding more than 30 species of amphibians and reptiles in one week ... quite good I think :D

Many thanks to Peter Oefinger, Bobby Bok, Frank Deschandol and Benny Trapp for their help!

Hope you´ll enjoy!
Julius
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Life under stone I
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Life under stone II
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Hellenolacerta graeca
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Salamandra salamandra larvae
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Bufo bufo
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Rana graeca
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Bufo viridis
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Mediodactylus kotschyi
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Hemidactylus turcicus
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Algyroides moreoticus
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Podarcis peloponnesiacus
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Podarcis peloponnesiacus
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Podarcis tauricus
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Lacerta trilineata
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Podarcis muralis
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Anguis cephalonica
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Pseudopus apodus
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Pseudopus apodus
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Testudo hermanni
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Testudo hermanni
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Testudo marginata
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Mauremys rivulata
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Emys orbicularis
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Typhlops vermicularis
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Natrix tessellata
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Natrix tessellata
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Hierophis gemonensis
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Hierophis gemonensis
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Hierophis gemonensis
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Vipera ammodytes
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Vipera ammodytes
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Natrix natrix
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Natrix natrix
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Zamenis situla
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Zamenis situla
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:43 pm

Thanks, spectacular N. natrix!
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Peter Oefinger » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:10 pm

Well done. Congrats to the Zamenis.
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Thomas Bader » Mon Jun 06, 2016 1:43 pm

Fantastic picturata Natrix!
The first picture of peloponnesiacus look strange.
Great, thank you!
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Mario Schweiger » Mon Jun 06, 2016 3:01 pm

Thomas Bader wrote:The first picture of peloponnesiacus look strange.


Why? typical male and female :lol:

great: the picture life under a stone: Scorpio and Xerotyphlops
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Mon Jun 06, 2016 4:16 pm

Nice ammo, but the Natrix ... WOW!!!
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Frédéric Seyffarth » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:04 pm

+1 for the Natrix natrix!
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Ruggero M. » Tue Jun 07, 2016 5:27 am

Watching at your aberrant Natrix natrix, I think I've seen a "probably" similar blackish specimen on the island of Cres this year. I have pictures, but they are taken from great distance with a small compact camera, and you cannot see the details of the snake: however, my impression was that of a black Natrix natrix with somewhat strange over the body: "whitish" spots which at first I interpreted as "dirty spots" (algae or other things), but which have could well been white/hell spots just like those of your specimen. If you are interested, I'll post the pictures on my 3D about Cres (hoping the system will not crash as usual).
Other observations.
No sand boas?
Strange thing that, on some greek islands, the sand boas are very common, and that on Peloponnese you have not found any. I was in Peloponnese too (many years ago), and I've travelled in Greece, but I've never seen sand boas at all! :cry:
A question about the situla (yes: I'm a leopardsnake fan :lol:): in which time of the day and on what occasion did you find the snake? Have you in situ pictures?
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Julius Zidorn » Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:14 pm

Thank you for your nice replies!

Ruggero, yes I´d be interested to see the Natrix from Cres ;)
Sadly no sand boa this time - we tried to find them but no luck; In 2014 we found two.

Haha, the Zamenis was my luckiest find ever - it was the first random stop of the way from Athens to Mani, found at 1 pm under a stone.
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Re: Peloponnese 2016

Postby Ruggero M. » Wed Jun 08, 2016 7:11 pm

Julius Zidorn wrote:Thank you for your nice replies!

Ruggero, yes I´d be interested to see the Natrix from Cres ;)
Sadly no sand boa this time - we tried to find them but no luck; In 2014 we found two.

Haha, the Zamenis was my luckiest find ever - it was the first random stop of the way from Athens to Mani, found at 1 pm under a stone.


Thanks for all, Julius! ;)
I've posted the pictures of the black Natrix!
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