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Hi @ all,

we (D. Bohle, F. Reimann, M. Gebel, M. Glass, S. Möller and me) made a trip to the cyprus island to search for some big vipers, with success

Here are a few Photos from our trip, I hope you like it.



Laudakia stellio



Dolichophis jugularis



Hyla savignyi



Malpolon insignitus



Phoenicolacerta troodica



Ophisops elegans



And the main target of the most guys ....a big viper Macrovipera l. lebetina


If you want to see more (to much Photos to post here) please check my personal trip report on my website (only in german):

http://www.viperas.de/Zypern2012.html

Best regards

Andre

Super Bilder..... und dann gleich 2 Ringelnattern.
Der Trip hat sich wohl wirklich ausgezahlt.

Sorry, wrong language!
Super pictures ..... and two Grass Snakes.
must have been a nice and successful trip

Mario

Mario Schweiger wrote: ..... and two Grass Snakes.

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Daniel Bohle wrote:3

For sure, 3 grass snakes and wet shoes for two days

Top!! Very cool!!!

Awesome photos, I also enjoyed your trip report. I've already admired some of the pictures taken by Markus. Great to see more. The grass snakes are real beauties. I can't help it, but the Dolichophis jugularis really reminds me of an American black racer. Kinda cool. My favorite is probably the Malpolon. Which were the species that you wanted to find but couldn't?

Hierophis cypriensis
Hierophis nummifer - alive
Malpolon insignitus - not milky or slower

Great photos and finds, especially the Grass Snakes. What is the situation with the Cypriot Grass snakes. Are they afforded any sort of protection on the island now ?

Really phantastic, Andre! Great species list (no Ablepharus?) and fine art picture quality!

First thanks

@Ray

I think their situation is critical..on the one side they build protection and info shields like this



And on the other side they directly destroy the last good habitats....difficult to say which way it goes.

@ Peter

For sure we found a lot of these but (I was) still are to lazy to photograph this little freaks