Andalusia / S-Portugal 2015

[Julius Zidorn]

Hi,

with a delay of some weeks, here is my report from the trip to S-Iberia (March 30th - April 11th).
Most of the time we had great weather (sunny with 20 to 28 degrees), and the two rainy days we used to reach our amphibian targets.
We were very successfull with finding 32 species of reptiles and amphibians.

I haven´t written a trip report yet, so here are just the pics. I will start with the amphibians and other nice findings.
Many thanks to Benny Trapp, Mathijs Hollanders, Jeroen Speybroeck and Pablo Deschepper for their useful help!

Cheers,
Julius

[Julius Zidorn]

... and here are the reptiles

Species seen but not photographed:
Timon lepidus
Chalcides striatus

[Guillaume Gomard]

Best for the end, very nice find! I really like the Macrothele calpeiana too. Would you have pictures of both habitats?

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Well done, especially with the mythical gaditana in the mix! That timing probably works better than going later in that area. I sure remember how hard (adult) amphibians were in the 2nd half of April. But maybe you were also lucky with the weather...

[Ruggero M.]

The two babies Malpolon are male (the first specimen) and female (the second one): sex differences in colour/markings are present already from birth, even if they become more evident with age.

P.S. At first I didn't notice the maura courtship/mating under water!

[Peter Oefinger]

Nice read-headed algirus!

[Mario Schweiger]

nice collection of herps in great shots

mario

[Rémon ter Harmsel]

great shots, love the latastei

[Kristian Bell]

Very nicely done, and a beautiful latastei to finish off. You have done better in one trip than I have done in a dozen!

[Pablo Deschepper]

Impressive list and some nice shots! Beautiful latastei