Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby GertJan Verspui » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:20 pm

Part 2 of our vacation and now only the Reptiles.



The Alps

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Podarcis muralis

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Zootoca vivipara


The Reptiles of the mainland of Italy.

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Podarcis muralis

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Lacerta bilineata

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Anguis fragilis


Sardinia started with a very hot day, looking for Testudo ended with finding Emys.
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Emys orbicularis

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The next stop was on a mountain


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Podarcis tiliguerta

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Podarcis tiliguerta

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae


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Guess who pointed out the first Rock Lizard...

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Hierophis viridiflavus, not dead yet, but cars still win on the road

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Algyroides fitzingeri

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Algyroides fitzingeri

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Algyroides fitzingeri

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Natrix maura

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Natrix maura

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Podarcis siculus

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Tarentola mauritanica

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Hemidactylus turcicus

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After dying in 2011, it came back alive 2 weeks before the summertime started...and it is still alive now!!

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Chalcide ocellatus

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Instead of Speleomantes genei.

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Testudo hermanni

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Euleptes europaea

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Euleptes europaea

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An other Euleptes europaea

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Euleptes europaea


From Sardinia to Corsica!

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Very green Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Emys orbicularis

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Emys orbicularis

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Trachemys scripta

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Podarcis tiliguerta

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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Podarcis tiliguerta eating my apple...


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Natrix natrix corsa

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Natrix natrix corsa


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Archaeolacerta bedriagae

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Podarcis siculus

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2nd Natrix natrix corsa


Back on the mainland, through the Alps
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And in the North East of France
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Vipera aspis

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Coronella austriaca



Hope you like the photos, thank you, Jeroen & Wouter!
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Laura Bok » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:44 pm

Not too bad either ;)! I especially like the gekkos, the feeding Archaeolacerta bedriagae and Natrix natrix corsa with the reflection on the water.
It´s really a great collection, congrats!
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Sat Aug 11, 2012 5:54 pm

Surprise, surprise, I prefer the second part! ;)

Natrix, aspis, hermanni, I love it!

Congrats on that family vacation! Very cool!!
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Mario Schweiger » Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:30 pm

Although these two fu....islands bear no vipers, I think its time go there soon ;)
Your pictures (all species) made me hungry :!:
Thanks for sharing, GertJan

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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Daniel Kane » Sat Aug 11, 2012 7:18 pm

Great selection of reptiles there GertJan, looks like you have had a very successful 'family holiday'! Can't help but notice how much more slender your Chalcides looks compared to those from southern Turkey. I like the underwater maura shot too, and of course the other Natrix are stunning!
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Andre Schmid » Sun Aug 12, 2012 5:49 am

Great ! Natrix n. corsa looks stunning...both examples ! (I´m more and more in love with those stinky snakes :lol: )
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Peter Oefinger » Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:50 am

Great - Archaeolacerta is phantastic. Also cool fitzingeri shots... congrats!
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby GertJan Verspui » Sun Aug 12, 2012 12:02 pm

@Laura, Thank you, the Euleptes are very cool to see for real, as a salamander lover, I must admit, that they are cooler then some manders...... ;) (but not all)

@Jurgen, Thanks, but it really was a family vacation, I just did not sleep a lot....

@Mario, Thank you, you should go there, you can do the Vipera's on the way to the islands and back!!

@Daniel, Thanks, the Chalcides ocellatus was a juvenile, maybe 9-10 cm total lenght.

@Andre, Thank you, Yes they were very good looking, I would love to see a N n Cetti like you saw also one day!

@Peter, Thanks, the Archaeolacerta's were great models, the Algyroides was 1 of the 2 I saw on Sardinia, I also saw 1 on Corsica, but that one was away quickly, and the whole afternoon I did not find an other one on that place.
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:44 am

Woaw again...!!!!
First Natrix wins the price for me...
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Re: Summer herping 2: Italia, Sardegna & Corsica, Reptiles

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:45 am

Mario Schweiger wrote:Although these two fu....islands bear no vipers, I think its time go there soon ;)

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