by Etienne Littlefair » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:13 pm
Hi all,
I am new to this forum and in fact any field herping websites so hopefully this post will work ok and you will enjoy my photos.
Unfortunately due to it being a family holiday I did not have the chance to search for amphibians particularly - hopefully next time. I did see one Epidalea calamita but no photograph.
It seems like the pictures have not uploaded in quite the order I intended (my error no doubt) but the 6 'middle pictures' were all taken at the same site, on that day I saw 3 adult V. berus, 1 very large Natrix natrix which unfortunately I missed, and 2 others, both around 65cm. I also saw 9 Lacerta bilineata, of which only 2 were female, 3 Anguis fragilis and finally 2 Coronella austriaca.
Not bad for a family holdiay!
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- First herp of the trip, Vipera berus, seen in the UK in between home and the ferry terminal in Portsmouth!
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- On the final day I thought I would take a walk to a site next to the town I was staying in that I had located on google earth, despite very hot weather I managed to find 2 more Vipera berus and also a freshly shed Vipera berus skin.
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- Anguis fragilis - male.
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- On the walk back to the car I checked out the site where I had seen the first 2 berus, and low and behold a third had joined them!
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- Coronella austriaca - a first for me! And one of 2 observed on the day!!!
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- Natrix natrix
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- Lacerta bilineata - male.
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- Vipera berus - Gravid female on the right and underneath (I think).
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- Zootoca vivipara - female. Same site as the previous berus.
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- The next reptile was also a Vipera berus, this time a female around 40cm. I came accross her unexpectedly at a bird reserve in Brittany.