Czech republic

[Konrad Mebert]

Dear all,

one does wonder, why we sometimes work for years and no one seems to bother or note it. After 4 years in the making, the Mertensiella about the dice snake Natix tessellata was released last autumn. And some contributors in this thread either know about it, or are even co-author in that volume. Hey, Mario, have you posted it somewhere?
see the link:
http://www.dghtshop.de/epages/62955709. ... D=37055900

Of course, there is also a quite detailed article about the Prague Zoo populations to download as a 200 dpi version for a few Euros.
http://www.dghtshop.de/epages/62955709. ... ownload-18

For a free small version of the article you would need to contact me.

best greets, Konrad

[Tomas Klacek]

Just adding some new pics...

Bombinas in a puddle



Juvenile grass snake, I found him basking in the reeds roughly 1.6 meters above ground when I was looking for tree frogs...unsuccessfully


pretty L. agilis female


younger one

all pics are InSitu

and some carabids from local woods...
C. auronitens

C. violaceus



P.S. If you are looking for some info about the Prague population of N. tessellata, Kondrad's article is really great!

[Sandra Panienka]

Nice pictures. That female agilis looks really massive. And I totally love those beetle pics, just beautiful. How did you convince them to hold still?

[Tomas Klacek]

Temperature was about 13°C, there was no need to convince Thanks!

[Tomas Klacek]

Friend of mine called me, that he had adders on his garden and have no idea what to do with them. He had a little children.
So here are those "adders" (3 individuals)









Excuding them, we find a huge grass snake lady (115cm) and hundreds of little toads.



I always wanted a garden like this

[Niklas Ban]

The passportimage of the Coronella is really great!

[Bobby Bok]

That basking Natrix that high up is really cool!

[Tomas Klacek]

Well, I did not have much time since summer. Here are some shots form last week, surroundings of our cottage in Eastern Bohemia. I was able to see just one male of L. agilis, S. Salamandra and R. temporaria.

[Niklas Ban]

The agilis is great ! How is the temperature in Czech republic? Maybe it is worth to go out for searching them

[Tomas Klacek]

5°C at nights and day temperatures are max. 12°C . Last week was a little bit better. End is near, next couple of days it should freeze at nights.