Easter in Liguria... & first Pelobates fuscus!!!!!

[GertJan Verspui]

I spend the easter weekend in the North West of Italy, the girlfriend wanted to come as well, so I had to make a deal, 3 days for me, one day shopping, guess which day was the worst day of the trip.....

We started south of Torino, went to the Cottian Alps, after not being able to find what I was looking for we went to Liguria, I hope you like the photos as much as I liked making them!!

Bufo viridis

Rana latastei

Looks like a Pool frog to me...

Cottian Alps

Rana temporaria

Rana Italica

Hyla meridionalis

Hyla meridionalis

Hyla meridionalis

Bufo bufo / Hyla meridionalis

Salamandrina perspicillata

Nice view in the morning and Speleomantes strinatii walking under the hammock at night..

Anguis fragilis

Podarcis muralis

Hierophis viridiflavus

Salamandra salamandra

Salamandra salamandra

Speleomantes strinatii

Where are those Bombina's......

Ichthyosaura alpestris

Ichthyosaura alpestris

Speleomantes ambrosii

Rana italica

Speleomantes ambrosii

Speleomantes Italicus

For the people who like to see a painted woman, or like to draw or paint them!!

Triturus carnifex

Thanks to 1, I was able to find what I found, I will say "thank you" friday the 27th of april!!!!


Last night I went for the 5th time to look for my Most Wanted, finally I was lucky and found 2 beautiful Dutch toads and a pretty green girl....

Pelobates fuscus, my first ever.....

Device for looking around....

Female Ichthyosaura alpestris.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!!!!

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Congrats, great findings!!

and yes, I like your photos!!!

[Niklas Ban]

Very nice pictures!

We started south of Torino, went to the Cottian Alps, after not being able to find what I was looking for we went to Liguria, I hope you like the photos as much as I liked making them!!

For what do you actually went to Liguria?

[Peter Oefinger]

For what do you actually went to Liguria?

shopping!

[Laura Bok]

As I already told you - very nice! You may guess that I am especially fond of the Speleomantes - The S. italicus looks cuter than any puppy .
But you invented the part with salamanders walking around under the hammocks, didn´t you? If not I might begin to fancy a camping trip...

so I had to make a deal, 3 days for me, one day shopping

That is really a noble gesture and fair-minded compromise (seen from the perspective of your girlfriend!). I guess you really can´t complain here...

For the people who like to see a painted woman, or like to draw or paint them!!

Nice of you to think of those twisted people too !

[Dominik Hauser]

Real nice finds, congrats.
Now I think I should have gone to Liguria, too , in which regions have you been (of course I mean not the exact locality, I mean coastal or inland...)
Dominik

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

What a colourful series... I like the chocolate treefrog. And the Speleos, of course...

[Bobby Bok]

Aaaarghh, that Salamandrina! Very cool weekend you had!

[GertJan Verspui]

Thank you...


Niklas, I went there to photograph these lovely herps.

Peter, the shopping turned out to be a disaster......she almost had to go to the airport by train......


Lauren.. the speleomantes was really there, actually I did find more strinatii outside then inside a cave (15-3), 2 off the were just walking around in daylight..
So start planning that camping trip, use a hammock, you've never slept better....
Twisted people------> Yessss

Dominik, the places we've been to were most of the time inland, but it was never very far from the coast...


Jeroen, the chocolat treefrog was in a large bucket with very brown water, so maybe its a very dirrrrty one.

Bobs, really, I think it called your name when I found it!!!!

[Thomas Bader]

very nice phoos, what a successful trip!