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by **Grégoire Meier** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:11 am

I recently did a tour in Calabria and I finally watched the Vipera aspis hugyi ... including a very special specimen 8-)

First female

the second female:

by **Mario Schweiger** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:31 am

Yes, black rocks

by **Daniel Bohle** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:33 am

How many people, how many days and how many hugyis you found?

by **Andre Schmid** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:33 am

Btw. I never saw a hugyi in nature...but I also never saw a melanistic one on photo...cool found ! Congrats

by **Kenny De Boeck** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:39 am

I saw it on your facebook allready

GREAT find!

by **Mario Schweiger** » Fri May 04, 2012 9:54 am

Andre Schmid wrote:Btw. I never saw a hugyi in nature...but I also never saw a melanistic one on photo...cool found ! Congrats

Andre, you dont own the BRODMANN book on European vipers?

Mario

by **Andre Schmid** » Fri May 04, 2012 10:12 am

Yes I have the book but dont remember on that photo..so this is the second melanistic hugyi I saw on photo :oops:

by **Grégoire Meier** » Fri May 04, 2012 10:34 am

It was a great surprise to find a melanistic specimen!
I also believe that the only other specimen is photographed in the book by Brodmann!
3 days of research and 2 hugyi observed.

More photos are on my blog:
http://serpenti-del-ticino.over-blog.org/article-vipera-aspis-hugyi-104528257.html

by **Jürgen Gebhart** » Fri May 04, 2012 11:03 am

Big Congrats Greg!

Very nice!!

Yes, Black rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by **Sandra Panienka** » Fri May 04, 2012 11:31 am

The black viper looks indeed pretty awesome.

Vipera aspis hugyi