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Last month I took a short trip to the south of France in the surrounding of Avignon, in order to find some amphibians and the french Vipera ursinii.
The trip was quite succesful, so I´d like to show some pictures to you.

First stop was in the Jura mountains for two hours. Found a small aspis and a lot of Podarcis muralis.



After this break, the Mistral blew my VW Bus down to southern france (120km/h is quite good for the smallest T4 engine) . The following three days were full of hiking and search for amphibians in the late evening.
































Cloudy day, 15°C on the mountains so I decided to drive up, to search for my first Ursinii, after about 2 hours I found this nice little beaty.





Really happy I drove down the mountains and back to Germany.
All in all one of my best short trips, even the "Mistral" couldn´t spoil my good mood

Good job dude! Much of very nice herps

Dominik,

The ursinii is wonderful, I can imagine how happy you were after this finding. While you were visiting this nice region close to Avignon, I was investigating your domain (viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1861), maybe you can even recognize some animals

Great findings, Congrats!!!

A successful short trip indeed! Pelobates cultripes I would also love to see, and the habitat of the Alytes obstetricans et al. looks so beautiful! The picture of Tarentola mauritanica on the wooden door is also a special and very nice one!
Regards,
Laura

Thanks! Sadly through the picture shrinking they all became a little bit grainy.

Dominik, you had a good trip, love the Alytes and Pelobates!! Did you visit the spot next to that river?

Very nice Dominik !