Italian ursinii

Italian ursinii

Postby Rémon ter Harmsel » Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:19 pm

Since the weather is now sh*t and herping is minimized, I've finally found the time to sort through a bunch of pictures from 2015.

In June I spent a week in Italy to be at a friends wedding. Since the wedding happened to be in the middle of Italy, near Ancona, I decided to stay for a few days longer and give finding Vipera ursinii a try, having failed horribly in Montenegro a month earlier. Very short trip so not really worthy of a huge report, but.....

FOUND IT! :mrgreen: And the scenery was absolutely stunning, also worth mentioning.

While cruising around a bit in the wedding area, also found Speleomantes italicus, Anguis veronensis, Hierophis carbonarius and of course the usual lizard bunch. The wedding will always be remembered as the Ursinii-wedding :lol: Some pictures below.

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V. ursinii


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V. ursinii


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V. ursinii habitat


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V. ursinii habitat


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V. ursinii habitat


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S. italicus
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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Tim Leerschool » Wed Dec 30, 2015 6:46 pm

Congrats! Still very high on my wish list I do envy the pictures of the Vipera!

I really dig the Speleomantes in-situ shot!

Thanks for sharing.

With all the best,

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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Berislav Horvatic » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:11 pm

... having failed horribly in Montenegro a month earlier.

How come?
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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Rémon ter Harmsel » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:03 pm

Thanks Tim!

Berislav: only a few hours on a search site with not so good weather conditions (viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2279)
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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Berislav Horvatic » Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:48 pm

Rémon ter Harmsel wrote:Berislav: only a few hours on a search site with not so good weather conditions (viewtopic.php?f=13&t=2279)

I understand, shit does happen. But everything else was terrific. I do envy you.
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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Bobby Bok » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:17 am

Very special little viper, must have been a great wedding :D
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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Tom Hoogesteger » Thu Dec 31, 2015 12:51 am

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Italian ursinii

Postby Maarten Gilbert » Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:41 am

Great to see an ursinii from this part of Europe! Nice habitat shots as well :)
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