Between 29.april and 05.may, men and 2 friends spent in the area east of Alexandroupoli for 4 days, and then two days close to Lake Volvi, outside Thessaloniki. We where lucky to encounter a group of german herpers and Marius and his sister from Rumania, who also where in the area, and we owe them all great thanks for both hints, tips (and beer) and and not least letting us photograph some of your findings. A great thanks to "ze germans" Michael, Alexander, Rainer, Hans Peter (and off course Jörg!! Really sorry I forgot to write you name) and the rumanians Marius and Olimpia. The trip would be a bit more boring without you.
A usual I will not bore you to much with writing. In Thrace our herping was done east of Alexandroupoli, and in Dadia Forest. And the rest was around Lake Volvi and surrounding areas.
Hope you enjoy the pictures
Bombina variegate, Dadia Forest
Bufotes viridis, Evros
Pelobates syriacus, Evros
Pelphylax ridibundis (?), Evros
Hyla arborea, Evros
Rana dalmatina, Evros
Emys orbicularius, Evros
Testudo greaca ibera, Dadia Forest
Lacerta viridis, Evros
Natrix tesselata, Dadia Forest
Natrix tesselata, Dadia Forest
Platyceps najadum, Dadia Forest
Malpolon insigitus, Mount Chortiatis
Elaphe sauromates, Evros
Dolicophis caspius, Evros
Zamenis longissimus (found by "ze germans"), Dadia Forest
Vipera ammodytes, Dadia Forest
Vipera ammodytes, Lagkadikia
Vipera ammodytes, Lagkadikia
Montivipera xanthina
The list of our findings was as follows :
1.Salamandra salamandra (larvae)
2.Lissotritin vulgaris
3.Pelophylax ridibundis
4.Pelophylax cf. bedriagae
5.Hyla arborea
6.Pelobates syriacus
7.Bufo bufo
8.Bufotes viridis
9.Bombina variegate
10.Rana dalmatina
11.Mauremys rivulata
12.Emys orbicularis
13.Testudo hermanni
14.Testudo greace
15.Pseudopis apodus
16.Laudakia stellio
17.Hemidayctylus turcicus
18.Lacerta viridis
19.Lacerta trilineata
20.Ophisops elegans
21.Typhlops vermicularis
22.Elaphe sauromates
23.Natrix tesselata
24.Natrix natrix
25.Dolichophis caspius
26.Platyceps najadum
27.Malpolon insignitus
28.Vipera ammodytes
29.Montivipera xanthina
1 species missing.. will come back with an update as soon as my brain start to coorperate