This spring in march/april I had the chance to join an excursion to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan for three weeks. Unfortunately for herpetology-related stuff we had an onset of winter par excellance. But -- it was absolutely amazing to experience a trip and weatherconditions like this:
Besides herpetology wasn't the main goal, more to get an overall impression of nature, country and people, and share it with lots of cool participants.
Full "report" can be found there (which is i think more interesting than the animals only; click on "me" should do it):
https://thxalot.net/v2/index.php/de/toc ... tan-2015-1
https://thxalot.net/v2/index.php/de/toc ... tan-2015-2
https://thxalot.net/v2/index.php/de/toc ... tan-2015-3
And now for the questions/asked confirmations; unfortunately there was usually only a small amount of time for photgraphing, so the pictures were mostly clicked for quick documentary reason:
And the hightlights (except for the grammica all pics in Kyrgyzstan, was warmer then again)
Pics partially (c) A. Klamm
Can anyone plz confirm or determine the upper 6 animals (and correct everything else if neccessary); or provide me with contacts?
thx
Gerald
PS: That is something you really don't expect somewhere in the nowhere of middle-asia (..never saw it before... and never again afterwards)