Montenegro Summer 22
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 4:41 pmThogether with my Mom and Dad, I visited Montenegro with our caravan. We started on the 18. July and stayed there for almost two weeks. On our way there and back we made a few stops in Croatia to look for Herps.
The first two days we spent at the Vrana lake on the Dalmatian Coast. The weather was cloudy and later it also started to rain. So not too bad for herping in Summer. Although, we didn't find that many Reptiles during the day, we were very lucky at night.
We continued our journey and finally reached the Montenegrian broder. In the next two weeks we visited the Lustica Peninsula, Sutomore, Ada Bojana, Lake Skadar, Biogradska Gora NP, Durmitor NP and a short stop at the Prokletije Mountains. In total we could find 29 species and we were very happy to find so many species during the hot summer days. Here are some pictures of our finds.
On our way back we made a little stop on the croatian island Krk and after a short time we found a big Four lined.
So that was a nice ending of a great and also very hot herping trip.
Greets from Salzburg
The first two days we spent at the Vrana lake on the Dalmatian Coast. The weather was cloudy and later it also started to rain. So not too bad for herping in Summer. Although, we didn't find that many Reptiles during the day, we were very lucky at night.
- Testudo hermanni
- Zamenis situla
- Telescopus fallax
We continued our journey and finally reached the Montenegrian broder. In the next two weeks we visited the Lustica Peninsula, Sutomore, Ada Bojana, Lake Skadar, Biogradska Gora NP, Durmitor NP and a short stop at the Prokletije Mountains. In total we could find 29 species and we were very happy to find so many species during the hot summer days. Here are some pictures of our finds.
- Vipera ammodytes (Ada Bojana)
- Lacerta trilineata (Lustica Peninsula)
- Hyla arborea chilling in 43 °C midday sun (Ada Bojana)
- Pseudopus apodus (Lake Skadar)
- Pelophylax shqipericus (Lake Skadar)
- Dinarolacerta montenegrina (Prokletije Mountains)
- Habitat of Dinarolacerta montenegrina and my Dad
- Montenegrian streets, a dream when you are travelling with a big caravan;)
- Apollo (Biogradska Gora NP)
- Dinarolacerta mosorensis (Durmitor NP)
- Vipera berus bosniensis (Durmitor NP)
- Vipera ursinii macrops (Durmitor NP)
On our way back we made a little stop on the croatian island Krk and after a short time we found a big Four lined.
- Elaphe quatuorlineata (Ponikve, Krk)
So that was a nice ending of a great and also very hot herping trip.
Greets from Salzburg
