Swiss

[Pierre-Yves Vaucher]

porn thread indeed !

[Daniel Kane]

The females of the mountain rattlesnake species don`t store the sperm. They start with the development after the mating during the summer.

Apologies if that was incorrect regarding willardi and other mantane species. I guess that shows when the book is 10 years old and references are not as prolific as they are in many more recent publications. I guess that it would make sense for the montane forms to begin development asap if their active season is so short; it wouldn't make evolutionary sense to limit their reproductive output by unnecessarily dragging a single gestation out over three active seasons!

[Laura Bok]

Hey Andre,

very nice, these are some beautiful photos! I love the first snake pic and the portrait of the melanistic adder. But my favorite is of course the slimy-atra-in-his-habitat-pic . Here is a recent photo with one of his German relatives:

Cheers,
Laura

[Andre Schmid]

Nice Photo ! Yes those little slimy black creatures with the big eyes are cute....but those with the cat eyes are are my favorites

[Sandra Panienka]

Nice pictures. I also enjoyed the trip report on your website. I love the habitat shot of the salamander and the portrait of the black aspis. Very beautiful.

[Peter Oefinger]

These black vipers... I have to admit they are cool!
Thanks for the report, Andre.