Dear Forum,
I think it´s time to give something back to you. For that reason I give you a short summary of my experiences at the Lycian Coast.
I´ve been there 4 times. 3 times in autumn (2005,2006 and 2008) and this year around easter.
it turned out (not surprisinly) that the easter-season is much better for herping.
Not even the herps, exspecially the Stone-turner appreciates the lower temperatures.
At first: - I´ve never been there for an exclusive herping trip. It´s always been an Family Holiday with more or less herp-interested members
The places I visited are:
Area around Kas
Patara
Xanthos
Letoon
Pinara
Cirali
The species I found and identified at easter-time:
Testudo graeca ibera - everywhere
Testudo graeca terrestris - Cirali
Mauremys rivulata - Letoon
Caretta Caretta - Patara, Kas
Blanus strauchi aporus - Kas, Pinara
Laudakia stellio daani - everywhere
Cyrtopodion kotschyi ciliciensis - Around Kas
Hemidactylus turcicus turcicus - Around Kas, Patara
Analololacerta oertzeni finikiensis - Around Kas, Pinara
Ablepharus budaki anatolicus - Around Kas
Ophiomorus puntatissimus - Around Kas
Trachylepis aurata - Pinara
Dolichopis jugularis jugularis - Pinara, Around Kas
Eirenis modestus - Around Kas, Patara
Zamenis hohenackeri - Around Kas
Natrix persa - Patara
Natrix tesselata - Patara/ Esen River
Typhlops vermicularis - Patara
Bufo variabilis
Pelophylax ridibundus
Species only observed in Autumn:
Ophisops elegans macrodactylus - Patara
Lacerta trilineata - Xanthos
Dolichopis caspius - Around Kas
What I misses:
Chameleo Chameleon
Montivipera xanthina
Eryx jaculus
What was striking:
Very few Anatololacerta oertzeni finikiensis around Kas in 2008 and 2014.
Eirenis modestus was the most frequent snake, found mainly by turning Stones.
Sorry for that:
I just recognized, that my pictures are in wrong order and unfortunately went unsharp while uploading (believe me, they are sharp).
I´m pretty sure to go back to the Lycian Coast.- It´s really recommendable.
My next trip is going to the North of Toscana, Italy;- The Garfagnana to be more precise.
I´d appreciate to get ans Information for an succesful Family and herping trip.
Yours,
Frank