I'm going to annoy people who hate pics of kids now. Be warned.
Before this summer, my son got of course already some essential species.
fire salamander Salamandra salamandra & Bas (1yr)
smooth snake Coronella austriaca and Bas (2yr)
admiring a Plethodon yonahlossee, I believe, last year, when he was 3.
same trip, Crotalus horridus
Lampropeltis triangulum
Hellbender!
gator!
After a successful but too short trip to see Vipera walser (http://www.hylawerkgroep.be/jeroen/index.php?id=80), I spent the summer in my home country. Not as exciting as touring the eastern US (http://www.hylawerkgroep.be/jeroen/index.php?id=79), but at least my 4 year old hero did some serious lifelisting.
Slow worms Anguis fragilis are always fun. Bike had to hit the ground fast, because those boards needed to be flipped.
Yellow-bellied toad Bombina variegata. The good thing about a kid of his age, is that he forgot he already saw this one two years ago, so fresh and wild enthusiasm again!
A baby natterjack Epidalea calamita.
Catching tree frogs should be a mandatory thing at school - the perfect poster frog to win a kid's (and people's) heart!
Smelly snake - grass snake Natrix natrix
Never drop the herp theme, even when it's cold and rainy!
Any other sentimental herper parents around here? Let's see those happy herper kids!