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So after some research i decided to visit Slovenia and Croatia last summer in hope for some herps. I actually ended up going there twice but i actually never found too many herps. Nevertheless the trips were amazing and at least there were a few herps.
Heres the pictures (along with some landscapes), enjoy :

1st stop: Triglav National Park in Slovenia:

The first herp: Bufo bufo, not too exciting, but still beautiful

The first snake: Natrix natrix (in shed)

After asking around a bit, locals told us to visit a small mountains near Solcan for vipers. I couldnt find a single snake:D but at least we found a few lizards:
Algyroides nigropunctatus

Lacerta sp. :


Next up was Krk

Again we couldnt find a single snake, but at least we found the infamous hemidactylus turcicus in Omisalj, lots of Podarcis sicula and Euscorpius :




Next stop: Velebit

I guess we were a bit too late in Velebit, as we had no luck at all with reptiles, a bat and Mantis religiosa were the highlights there.


After a few days we decided to go to warmer areas, so we left for Pasman and Uglijan. We found a few more herps there, but again not that many.
Hierophis gemonensis:

Testudo hermanni:

Mantis religiosa:

Podarcis melisellensis? :

Habitat:


In the end i have to say, the trip was amazing, but i hoped for a few more herps, but you never know, how next year will turn out

Again we couldnt find a single snake, but at least we found the infamous hemidactylus turcicus in Omisalj,...

If I'm not mistaken, that's the same photo & find we've already seen and discussed here... So, since you gave
no dates, was it for the THIRD time, or just a summary of the two previous visits?

This is a summary of the whole trip. We saw the geckos twice AND ive sent you a PM where exactly it was, which you never responded to

Sorry, Paul, I've missed your private message as well as some others.
There used to be an automatic alert by e-mail that a PM arrived, but
now no more. Have no idea why, but it doesn't help to communicate.
Mario, ADMIN?!

I enjoyed your photographs very much! If you got more and like to show it, please do it!

@Berislav, no problem, just let me know if you got the message and have any mor specific questions about the locality. I also talked to the owners of the apartment we found the geckos at again and they said that the geckos have been there for quite some time now, but they dont know how many they are, as they (of course) dont care.

@Niklas, thanks , I do have some more, but its mostly landscapes, so it wouldn't fit in here. I really like your photography by the way, ive been to your website several times now, absolutely amazing!

Yes, of course I found the message, but only today... Thanks a lot.
And my question regarding the automatic alert remains...

Berislav Horvatic wrote:Mario, ADMIN?!

No need to shout.

It took me less than 5 seconds to find that in your profile you can specify what you were asking under "Board preferences".

Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:

Berislav Horvatic wrote:Mario, ADMIN?!

No need to shout.
It took me less than 5 seconds to find that in your profile you can specify what you were asking
under "Board preferences".

I had a look and found the following: "Notify me on new private messages: YES No".
Just in case, I resubmitted that option, although I've never changed it myself in the
first place. I hope it settles the matter. Thanks.
I also apologize to some other people whose messages I've "overlooked" (not ignored!)
for the same technical reason.

Some stunning photography... shame you missed out on some of the snakes, but a Bufo always makes my day