Vipera latastei

[Peter Oefinger]

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

[Pablo Deschepper]

This makes me want to go back, like immediately. Last year a friend and I spend like 5 days looking for this species without any result.

[GertJan Verspui]

Nice trip you did Peter, didn't know you like lizards soo much...

Great photos!

[Thomas Bader]

Dear Pedro,

congratulations for the viper!
very interesting lizard story, for sure something for Gersfeld?
maybe also for Vienna?

g's
Th

[Jürgen Gebhart]

Congrats Viperman!

[Matthijs Hollanders]

Nice post. Really jealous of the Pelodytes. Jaen produces more olives than all of Greece. Those agricultural deserts are nuts... really impressive when driving up to that upper Guadalquivir Valley vista!

[Ronald Zimmerman]

Great report Peter!
The tail of the Podarcis hispanicus Albacete-Murcia type is absolutely beautiful !
Congratulations with the Vipera latastei.

Also compliments on your website. It is a great source of European lizard information (incl. maps, detailed photos etc.)

[Peter Oefinger]

Thanks guys.
@Matthijs: I'm not sure about Pelo punctatus. Bobby told me that maybe it is something else.

@Thomas: you know I love talking about lizards. Be it in Gersfeld or even Vienna...

[Mario Schweiger]

Great report, Oefinger's
But something went wrong with you (maybe to hot in the south?)
You started your report with a viper - and not with its food

I'm not sure about Pelo punctatus. Bobby told me that maybe it is something else.

What else it should be?

Mario

[Peter Oefinger]

What else it should be?

Don't remember exactly. I think it there was some splitting...