Tunesia in Spring of 2013

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Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Urs Jost » Sun Dec 07, 2014 2:43 pm

Hallo everybody

We spend from 01. to 10. April 2013 a nice time in Tunesia. We are a team of ornithologists, enthomologists an me (Urs) as the only herpetologist. Me wife Heidi was the photographer.
From the 1. to 5. April, we are in North of Tunesia, in Bizerte. We try to make nice photos of animals an plants in the areas of Lac Ichkeul, Cap Negro near Nefza and Ghar el Mehl. On the 5. April we make a flight to the Oasis of Tozeur. In the middle of the Sahara dessert, we found a very different fauna and flora than on the coast of the mediterranean sea.

We hope you enjoy the photos
Urs and Heid
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Lac Ichkeul
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Chalcides ocellatus
DSC00345 - Natrix maura Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Natrix maura
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Natrix maura
DSC00400 - Bufo mauretanicus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Bufo mauretanicus
DSC00461 - Pelophylax saharica Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Pelophylax saharica
DSC06588 - Chalcides chalcides Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Chalcides chalcides
DSC06620 - Podarcis vaucheri  Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Podarcis vaucheri
DSC00502 - Tarentola mauretanica Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Tarentola mauretanica
DSC06823 - Psammodromus algirus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Psammodromus algirus
DSC02101 - Timon pater Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Timon pater
DSC00594 - Mauremys leprosa saharica Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Mauremys leprosa saharica
DSC00603 - Buthus occitanus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Buthus occitanus
DSC00636 - Natrix natrix astreptophora Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Natrix natrix astreptophora
DSC00469 - Tomares ballus - Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Tomares ballus
DSC00487 - Pararge aegeria aegeria.jpg
Pararge aegeria
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Garrigue near Ghar el Mel
DSC00705 - Testudo graeca nabeulensis Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Testudo graeca nabeulensis
DSC07588 - Hemidactylus turcicus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Hemidactylus turcicus
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Hemidactylus turcicus
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Tarentola
DSC08060 - Hemorrhois hippocrepis Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Hemorrhois hippocrepis
DSC03114 -Testudo graeca nabeulensis  Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Testudo graeca nabeulensis
DSC09133 - Dromedar Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
In the dessert near Tozeur
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River in the North of Tozeur
DSC00827 - Ischnura saharensis female Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Ischnura saharensis female
DSC00838 -Ischnura fountaineae male Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Ischnura fountaineae male
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Ischnura saharensis male
DSC02381 - Blauwangenspint Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Merops persicus
DSC00797 - Mesalina olivieri Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Mesalina olivieri
DSC00791 - Androctonus australis Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Androctonus australis
DSC00809 - Acanthodactylus  maculatus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Acanthodactylus maculatus
DSC08587 - Sphenops boulengeri Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Sphenops boulengeri
DSC08724 - Bufo viridis Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Bufo viridis
DSC08770 - Crocothemis erythraea Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Crocothemis erythraea
DSC08901 - Psammophis schokari Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Psammophis schokari
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Psammophis schokari
DSC08871 - Arbeitskopie 2_Stachelige_Kugeldistel_Echinops_spinosus.jpg
Area near the Selja-Canyon
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Cerastes cerastes
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Cerastes cerastes
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Cerastes cerastes
DSC09285 - Blepharopsis mendica Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Blepharopsis mendica
DSC09771 - Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus
DSC09799 - Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Tropiocolotes tripolitanus
DSC09184 - Walzenspinne Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Galeodes cf. caspius
DSC02582 - Rotkopfwürger Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Lanius senator
DSC09402 - Tarucus rosacea Arbeitskopie 4.jpg
Tarucus rosacea
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Sandy dunes on the road Tozeur - Chebika
DSC08936 - Acanthodactylus  dumerilli Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Acanthodactylus dumerilli
DSC09569 - Lytorhynchus diadema Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Lytorrhynchus diadema
DSC09595 - Lytorhynchus diadema Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Lytorrhynchus diadema
DSC09634 - Tarentola deserti Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Tarentola deserti
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Tarentola deserti
DSC02805 - Wanderfalke  Arbeitskopie 2.jpg
Falco peregrinus
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Andre Schmid » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:58 pm

Awesome, the cerastes looks great ! Thanks for sharing this nice photos.
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Matthijs Hollanders » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:22 pm

Awesome stuff.
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:01 pm

Beautiful! Somehow I really like that Lanius shot.
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Pablo Deschepper » Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:27 pm

Awesome cerastes!
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Francesco Tri » Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:15 am

Photographs masterstroke!
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Mario Schweiger » Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:58 am

great shots!
I love those macro pictures of dragonflies, small geckos, ..........
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Pierre-Yves Vaucher » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:21 am

GOOOOOOOOOD JOB !!!!
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Bobby Bok » Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:22 am

Great trip you had, very much enjoyed seeing pictures from that corner of the African continent! Congratulations on finding Natrix n. astreptophora there, I believe it is not all that common.
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Re: Tunesia in Spring of 2013

Postby Peter Oefinger » Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:06 am

Amazing stuff. With European herpetofauna and African species.
Thanks for sharing.
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