Dear all,
In early September I did another trip to south-eastern Spain. It was mainly about lizards – so I limit myself on a short note:
Vipera latastei has been the only Iberian snake I hadn’t seen before. Hence, at the beginning of the trip I went to the province of Teruel which is – if you believe the internet – a good place for latastei. I don’t know anyone who has been in that area before, so I didn’t have any concrete spots. I justwent to the next place which looked promising: a rocky slope with some Juniperus bushes at over 1000 m osl.. I got out of the car – and succeeded: within 10 minutes I found an adult basking in the morning sun. Congrats to myself!
This is what for me herping is about: sometimes you search for hours at a well-known spot and don’t find your target species – sometimes you just get a lucky shot…
For the few among you which are interested in lizards, you can find my report on my pages: http://www.bpo-natura.de/en/index.php?id=659
Cheers
Peter