Dear Members,
If you like to see the herpeto result of my South Tanzanian safaria, see http://www.freanonherping.be/watisnew.htm
Friendly greetings
André
Triceros tempeli - Tubercle-nosed Chaleleon
Pablo Deschepper wrote:Thanks for sharing! Nice that you were able to see a black mamba!
André Van Hecke wrote:I have not observed the black mamba alive. I striped her on my list because I found her ecdysis. I used the key for the determination and our guide confirmed it. You can argue this notition but for me it is interesting to have a notice of the habitat and the scale counting.
Ruggero Morimando wrote:André Van Hecke wrote:I have not observed the black mamba alive. I striped her on my list because I found her ecdysis. I used the key for the determination and our guide confirmed it. You can argue this notition but for me it is interesting to have a notice of the habitat and the scale counting.
Thanks! I don't argue your notice: on the contrary, an ecdysis means the presence of at least one living specimen, while a dead specimen could be (theoretically) the last one of that area or even the last one of the whole world...
Michal Szkudlarek wrote:Ruggero Morimando wrote:André Van Hecke wrote:I have not observed the black mamba alive. I striped her on my list because I found her ecdysis. I used the key for the determination and our guide confirmed it. You can argue this notition but for me it is interesting to have a notice of the habitat and the scale counting.
Thanks! I don't argue your notice: on the contrary, an ecdysis means the presence of at least one living specimen, while a dead specimen could be (theoretically) the last one of that area or even the last one of the whole world...
It could theoretically also be that the snake which left the ecdysis is dead and there are no other snakes alive around
Ruggero Morimando wrote:In the books we couldn't then write: "in Italy lives Podarcis muralis" but only
"the last known observation of P.muralis in Italy was 2 days ago..."
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