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Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:14 pm**

Hallo
Some photos from a short trip at the 28. April 2012 in the hills in the Canton Lucern.
In this area 80% of Vipera berus are black. We found 4 black females of V. berus.
Best regards
Urs and Heidi Jost

: Salamandra atra

: Bufo bufo

: Rana temporaria

: Zootoca vivipara

: Cincindela campestris

: Pieris broyoniae

: Viprea berus

: Viprea berus

: Viprea berus

Posted: **Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:59 pm**

Lovely salamandra- maybe pregnant due to stoutness, I hope to see some this year. This R. temporaria is var. striata.

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:28 am**

Well done sir, well done!

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:07 am**

Nice! The salamander looks like she's going to blow

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:21 am**

Yes, Urs and Heidi should have waiten for some minutes to take the pictures.
Would have been the first in situ nature pics of giving birth in Salamandra atra

Mario

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:22 pm**

Black herps rock! Great pictures!

Posted: **Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:45 pm**

Great photos Urs and Heidi, especially the first adder. Seems this place may be Jurgens dream land, all those black vipers and salamanders! If only there were melanistic palaestinae...

Posted: **Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:53 am**

Cool little trip report. I really like the first berus shot, it has some great scenery in the background.

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