tuskany, liguria and a bit of ticino

[Dominik Hauser]

For your winter madness . Some photos from a trip to tuskany, liguria and a short stop on the way home in ticino this may. The atras at the end are from a 3 day trip to ticino this september for hiking.
I hope you enjoy.

or Bufotes balearicus ;)

k-Bufo viridis tuskany.JPG (41.27 KiB) Viewed 6435 times

k-C.austriaca tuskany.JPG (70.37 KiB) Viewed 6431 times

k-P.m.nigriventris tuskany.JPG (38.06 KiB) Viewed 6429 times

k-T.h.h. tuskany.JPG (123.3 KiB) Viewed 6421 times

k-Landscape Liguria.JPG (62.93 KiB) Viewed 6430 times

k-P.m.nigriventris Liguria.JPG (77.84 KiB) Viewed 6430 times

k-Podarcis m.n. Liguria.JPG (100.59 KiB) Viewed 6421 times

northern tuskany not liguria

k-S.italicus Liguria.JPG (58.7 KiB) Viewed 6431 times

k-S. ambrosii Liguria.JPG (74.42 KiB) Viewed 6418 times

k-Rana italica Liguria.JPG (43.69 KiB) Viewed 6430 times

k-Landscape Ticino.JPG (96.88 KiB) Viewed 6421 times

k-L.bilineata Ticino.JPG (98.21 KiB) Viewed 6419 times

k-Hierophis v. Ticino.JPG (96.92 KiB) Viewed 6427 times

k-V.a. francisciredi Ticino.JPG (89.41 KiB) Viewed 6429 times

k-V.a.francisciredi Ticino 2.JPG (63.28 KiB) Viewed 6432 times

k-V.a.francisciredi Ticino.JPG (110.5 KiB) Viewed 6423 times

k-Vipera berus Ticino.JPG (85.7 KiB) Viewed 6422 times

k-Mountain path Ticino.JPG (120.76 KiB) Viewed 6423 times

k-V.a.atra Ticino.JPG (122.17 KiB) Viewed 6420 times

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k-V.a.atra Ticino2.JPG (77.1 KiB) Viewed 6427 times

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Oh yes, I enjoyed!

Beside all the aspis pics and the Testudo pic, the muralis, the bilineata pic and the Bufo pic I enjoyed most the landscape pics. They wake up the desire to go south!

80 Days = 01.03.2014

[Dominik Hauser]

Thank you Jürgen, I know what you mean . I´m so fascinated by the variability of P.m.nigriventris from tuskany to liguria.
And of course thanks again for your berus tip, I enjoyed so much seeing one of my favourite Vipers also there.

[Mario Schweiger]

nice pictures!
Bufo viridis in Tuscany is now Bufotes balearicus

[Niklas Ban]

I like!

[Dominik Hauser]

Thank you! Bufo balearicus, I´m not up to date .

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Bufo viridis in Tuscany is now Bufotes balearicus

Says you.

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Mario et al., a case can be made for the genus name change (debatable like they usually are, as genus delimitations comes down to calibrating against related taxa rather than applying solid criteria, imho). Yet, as I have argued before, there is only evidence for a sufficient degree of reproductive isolation between balearicus/viridis/variabilis on one hand and siculus/boulengeri on the other. A split within either cluster is so far based solely on mtDNA clades = not enough. Or did I miss something?

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Dominik, S. italicus in Liguria? Shouldn't that be strinatii?

[Mario Schweiger]

Dominik, S. italicus in Liguria? Shouldn't that be strinatii?

or ambrosii - depends on distribution

Mario