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Re: UAE - a week of herping, a week of sightseeing

PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:48 am
by Mario Schweiger
great series of one of the best pictures i ever saw - especially the Varanus picture is stunning ;)
Jürgen Gebhart wrote: Some names changed:
Pseudotrapelus sinaitus – Pseudotrapelus jensvindumi
Bufo arabicus – Duttaphrynus arabicus
Ptyodactylus hasselquistii – Ptyodactylus orlovi

...and the genus name of the Arabian toad was changed again: Amietophrynus arabicus.
See Portik & Papenfuss, 2015: Historical biogeography resolves the origins of endemic Arabian toad lineages (Anura: Bufonidae): Evidence for ancient vicariance and dispersal events with the Horn of Africa and South Asia. òpen access or Pdf-8092 in DB

MLario

Re: UAE - a week of herping, a week of sightseeing

PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:22 am
by Pierre-Yves Vaucher
My God what a pictures !!!! :o soooooooo nice !!!!! almost perfect... one of the best... congratulations !

Re: UAE - a week of herping, a week of sightseeing

PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:12 pm
by Matthijs Hollanders
Holy shit, some amazing photos!

Re: UAE - a week of herping, a week of sightseeing

PostPosted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:47 pm
by Martin Ertner
Awesome photos!

Re: UAE - a week of herping, a week of sightseeing

PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:07 pm
by Mark Hanger
Fantastic pictures Kristian! Brings me back to my time in Saudi, 20 years ago. Did you find all the specimens you photographed in the wild in 14 days? If so, you are very lucky (or very talented!) How did you find the sand-boa?