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Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Alexandre Roux » Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:25 am

Hi there,

I'm looking for something about monitoring reptiles via camera traps. We're about to check out a special wildlife passage (bridge) over a road here in France and we are interested in seeing, with these camera traps, if reptiles do use it or not.
Does anybody here already did such a thing or knows about what kind of camera trap can do it? We want to be sure it will turn on if a snake is passing by.

Thanks a lot in advance
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Martti Niskanen » Tue Feb 21, 2017 4:13 pm

Graham Alexander's group in Witwatersrand Uni. SA has used camera traps, and Xavier Glaudas has recently got a lot of attention from his cool videocamera footage of puff adders.
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Frédéric Seyffarth » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:09 pm

Hello Alexandre,

I have to look but if i remember well, it was used in Netherlands for Vipera berus...
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Bobby Bok » Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:58 pm

Frédéric Seyffarth wrote:Hello Alexandre,

I have to look but if i remember well, it was used in Netherlands for Vipera berus...


You mean this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrmyRM_CTc
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Alexandre Roux » Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:43 pm

Bobby Bok wrote:
Frédéric Seyffarth wrote:Hello Alexandre,

I have to look but if i remember well, it was used in Netherlands for Vipera berus...


You mean this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrmyRM_CTc


This might fit our requirements if you have more informations as we do not speak dutch :lol:
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Mario Schweiger » Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:51 am

Christoph Leeb from the University in Vienna did it with Salamandra salamandra near Vienna.
https://medienportal.univie.ac.at/uniview/forschung/detailansicht/artikel/ueberwintern-im-wienerwald/
text in PDF format:
hibernationWienerwald.pdf
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english paper with description of trap construction:
http://vipersgarden.at/literatur/database/details_page.php?PDF_Nr=10880
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Frédéric Seyffarth » Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:36 am

Bobby Bok wrote:
Frédéric Seyffarth wrote:
Hello Alexandre,

I have to look but if i remember well, it was used in Netherlands for Vipera berus...


You mean this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrmyRM_CTc


+1

Yes, thank you Bobby...!
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Ronald Zimmerman » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:01 am

Alexandre Roux wrote:
Bobby Bok wrote:
Frédéric Seyffarth wrote:Hello Alexandre,

I have to look but if i remember well, it was used in Netherlands for Vipera berus...


You mean this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvrmyRM_CTc


This might fit our requirements if you have more informations as we do not speak dutch :lol:

He tells that the camera trap is proven to be efficient with mammals and birds.

Disadvantages for his research:
- Infrared-system is good for warm blooded animals (and not for cold blooded)
- No detection right in front of the lens (from 3m to 4m)
- Prone to theft

The solution is that he designed his own camera trap. He does not explain what he did.
Then he shows the results and describes what you can see.
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Alexandre Roux » Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:03 am

Build our own camera trap will not be an option as the study we're about to do is a short term one and first, we do not have a lot of money for the equipment, then, build our own will take time we don't have (as every minute here is part of a financial plan and we must not use our time to do things that are not included in).

Thanks a lot for your answers.
The Mario's answer gaves me a lot of ideas for future projects, so thanks again !
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Re: Camera trap for reptiles

Postby Alexandre Roux » Fri May 19, 2017 11:20 am

We're currently using a MOULTRIE M-990i (IR, 940 nm) to check if some Common toad are passing by our road underway.
It's working pretty well with toads and we had a pretty good surprise these days with a Western whip snake. Quality's not so good but good enough to id.

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