the most trivial kind of herping joy

[Rok Grzelj]

Rok, 7 species in your garden! That must increase the value of your house to any herper looking to move

I just hope that this little thing will not be reflected on house taxes ...

@Jeroen:
once I managed to attract a Hyla arborea male with my stereo at nearly full volume playing hyla "songs"...he stayed around the pond for a month or so

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

That reminds of that one time I lured pretty girls with free mojitos, but they stayed around for far less than a month
(please notice use of mojito-coloured smilies!)

No newts, Rok?

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

with my stereo at nearly full volume playing hyla "songs"

I bet you had lots of friends in school
No neighbours, ey?

[Rok Grzelj]

with my stereo at nearly full volume playing hyla "songs"

I bet you had lots of friends in school
No neighbours, ey?

actually I spent my juvenile stage jumping around ponds looking for snakes and amphibians...with friends!...a lot of them (2 or 3)

neighbours?....they are strange people

[Michal Szkudlarek]

In my garden two small ponds are present, thus common toads reproduces here each year.

Last year in slope sand lizards were found. Unfortunately this year no one has been observed. Maybe I accidentally overwhelmed their burrows or winter was too frosty.

Moor frogs are sometimes observed, frequently in pond.

Once grass snake and green frog- likely from neighbour's pond above -visited my garden.


Common frogs are relatively abundant here, they even have special spot for hunting.

Green toads are reproducing in my neighbourhood, therefore this species of often found in front of my house and in garden.


Summarizing I can admire seven herp species in my own garden. It is great to feel such herp vicinity.

[Peter Oefinger]

Amazing! I'm just wondering which species I could introduce on my balcony

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

I'm jealous for sure......

[Michal Szkudlarek]

Hi
In my garden sand lizards are present on a pile of boards, wheras they are not present on the slope- previous presence spot- because of shadow. One female and two smaller lizards were observed, sometimes even at one moment. Yesterday morning (about 9 a.m.) the longest one was sunbathing at temperature about 17*C. Today afternoon- 18*C, cloudy and little rain- I found probably same lizard sunbathing. I managed also to observe lizard hunting. There are around a lot of common toads that morphed this year.
Photographs below- all in stiu.













Is it male?

Tongue flickering