Many, many, many thanks everyone! Very glad you all like the report
This must have been one of the perfect trips I have done; we were lucky with the weather in most cases, our planning matched the weather most fittingly, planning half a year to arrange the permits and everything else paid off and thanks to the huge effort put in by the team we were able to see almost all our main targets and so much else. I can only say that Iran is a fantastic country to go to and as so often it is depicted mostly negatively in the media. A reputation the country doesn't deserve. The only negative thing about this country is its lack of chameleons
Oh, and two weeks without beer was also special.
Neil Rowntree wrote:Don't suppose it was doing its tail thing when spotted?
Sadly not, wish we could have had more time in this area to see that though! Need to go back for sure!
Robin Duborget wrote:Have you some pictures of Iranian Flora ?
How were people ? If I'm asking it's because I'm really tempted with Iran.
No, too many herps to distract me from photographing anything else
The people were amazing, it's all in the report
Thomas Bader wrote:Unbelievable what you have seen during this short period of time. Congratulations.
We also just came back from our Iran trip and I can just underline everything you wrote about this country.
I am also really jeallous...
Thomas
Can't wait to see your tripreport as well Thomas, I am sure you have seen loads of inetersting species as well!
Mario Riedling wrote:I really do understands Joachims wish to see Paradactylodon
Joachim wasn't the only one crawling half naked through batshit trying to find this beauty, only the spider-tailed viper was higher on my wishlist, shortly followed by this amazing Hynobiidae
Thomas Reich wrote:Not being a salamander man myself, I must say I love these beautiful salamanders and newts. It's deplorable to hear - but not surprising at all - that nature is being destroyed there, too.
Yes, sadly this of course happens everywhere and luckily at least in the case of Iran, there are plenty of people working on protecting the special nature within the national parks and several key-species such as the spider-tailed viper and the gorgan cave salamander.