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Back home in comfortable 19 degrees and rain after two weeks vacation in Turkey. Managed to spot some reptiles around the hotels garden´and surroundings.

At the hotels garden there were some agamas, and plenty lacertids.

My guess is Anatololacerta oertzeni, but please correct me if I´m wrong.


Stellagama stellio


Trionyx in the river


Rented a car and drove towards Oymapinar to search for Chameleons.
Despite frantically looking for them I didnt find any Cham´s, but found some other nice critters.

Pelophylax bedriagae


Anatololacerta?



And the following morning another trip when the temps were lower.

Stellagama with nice blue crest


And while searching for Chameleons I stumbled across this critter, which really made my day.



First ever Testudo in the wild!

/Jimmy

Some nice finds there, congrats on the tortoise. The second Anatololacerta looks like Ophisops elegans.

The 2nd lizard IS Ophisops elegans

nice memories ! very difficult to find herps in summer there...
but I have had a unique chance in my life:
http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/chamaeleo.htm

Thanks for ID the Ophisops!

Yes the heat was incredible so I went out around 05.30 the second day, and at least i payed of with the Testudo. Hopefully this was not the last trip to the area and next time I´ll hope to see some other herps.