short trip to Sierrs de Gredos Spain

[miguel santos]

Hi everybody,
I went from the 29th of Aprl till the 2nd of May to Gredos in Spain. As usual I went with my wife and two kids but that does not limit the herp fun at all.
I will place my pictures in about 3 phases because of lack of time and I still need to sort out some pics.
I start with the snakes: All were found as we walked in the area mountain of near the river Termes.
Only the Natrix natrix was found under a wood board next to a lot of litter near Navarredonda de Gredos.
Enjoy,

Miguel

[Mario Schweiger]

Nice,

are all these Coronellas girondicas?
the brown one looks like austriaca (dark stripe runs from the eye to the nasal region and not to top of head).

Mario

[Borji Heras]

Third one is austriaca

[miguel santos]

I agree, the third is austrica. When I saw her I though it wad also a girondica (just because I had seen the big male just before) but asbI was taking the shots I realised that it was not. But were seen at about 19:00

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

The shape of the rostral scale gives them away much more reliably than pattern.

[Gerald Ochsenhofer]

That are really nice findings!

[Gabriel Martínez]

I agree 100% with Mario, Borja and cia. Girondica/Girondica/Austriaca

It´s a pity that the grass snake was shedding because some Gredos individuals are really nice!

Cheers and congrats for your findings

[miguel santos]

Just a few more pics, this time "non-herp", I'll try to be original and will n ot post any wild goat ( there are so many of them ).

[Mario Schweiger]

The shape of the rostral scale gives them away much more reliably than pattern.

Oh, didnt remember Coronella a. acutirostris MALKMUS 1995

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

The shape of the rostral scale gives them away much more reliably than pattern.

Oh, didnt remember Coronella a. acutirostris MALKMUS 1995

Well, "acuti" (= sharp) or not, the triangular rostral scale goes for austriaca in any case. As I'm sure (at least) you now, of course (silly me...).