Hi fellows!
Last week I’ve been to Sardinia. As last year on Corfu I was alone and obviously in fall – so not the best conditions.
My main goals were Speleomantes but I’d be happy about every herp that crosses my way.
It wasn’t easy as it was quite dry the first days and it is high season for mushrooms so hundreds of italians literally dug through every forrest to collect (and sell) shitloads of mushrooms. It looked as they plowed though most forrests, even in very remote areas. So especially in Sette Fratelli National Park it was difficult to find anything – even during/after rainfalls.
The good thing is: I found all Speleomantes but imperialis, S. sarrabusensis und E. orbicularis in new locations (reffering to de Pous et al. 2012).
I only had 5 days and had my headquarter at the entrance of Sette Fratelli so my ways to S. flavus and S. supramontis were quite long but I managed to see them though.
I’ve been to perfect looking places at perfect weather but still had problems to find species I hoped to see (N. maura, Testudo spec., H. serda, E. platycephalus).
You can find my trip report in german here: http://www.ambystomatidae.de/ausfluege- ... -2015.html
Please have a look at the lizards, I’m not 100% sure if really all of them are Podarcis tiliguerta. I still hope there’s another species on the photos^^
Best regards,
Mario