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Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:00 pm
by Rok Grzelj
Daniel Kane wrote: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

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:03 pm
by 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 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
(please notice use of mojito-coloured smilies!)

No newts, Rok?

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:05 pm
by Jeroen Speybroeck
Rok Grzelj wrote:with my stereo at nearly full volume playing hyla "songs"


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

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:54 pm
by Rok Grzelj
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:
Rok Grzelj wrote:with my stereo at nearly full volume playing hyla "songs"


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


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

neighbours?....they are strange people

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:22 am
by Michal Szkudlarek
In my garden two small ponds are present, thus common toads reproduces here each year.
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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. :(
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Moor frogs are sometimes observed, frequently in pond.
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Once grass snake and green frog- likely from neighbour's pond above -visited my garden.
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Common frogs are relatively abundant here, they even have special spot for hunting.
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Green toads are reproducing in my neighbourhood, therefore this species of often found in front of my house and in garden.
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Summarizing I can admire seven herp species in my own garden. It is great to feel such herp vicinity.

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 6:57 am
by Peter Oefinger
Amazing! I'm just wondering which species I could introduce on my balcony :lol:

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:54 am
by Jeroen Speybroeck
I'm jealous for sure......

Re: the most trivial kind of herping joy

PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:23 pm
by 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.
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Is it male?

Tongue flickering :P
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