On the way down we stopped at mesocco castle to enjoy the view into the misox valley, the first lizards we found were wall lizards and green lizards of which we found a lot the next days...
Second day we made a trip on one of the mountains near Cannobio with a nice view over Lago Maggiore. We walked up on small streets, were I found a dead juvenile Aesculap, and lots of bilineatas on the path. After a short break on the top of the mountain we went back down. At a pond we stopped and I decided to search around a little bit, and really found a nice young Vipera aspis laying between some bushes although it was really hot already.
The third day we hiked up another moutain near Cannobio, this time nearly all the time in a marron forest. Between some lost stone houses we made a break and I made some bilineata and muralis shots again
The last day finally was my "herping day"
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Another black Viper, this time a young one followed after some minutes, sadly no good picture because between some bushes.
On the way back I found 3 other lighter Vipers what was really enough so I went back and we went down the valley again. We also found some slow worms, a dead Coronella and a young one in a wall near a street at this day.
So it went out to be a good holiday for both, sadly my search for Vipera aspis francisciredi on the way home wasn´t succesful, maybe it was already to hot when we arrived at 11:00 in this valley. All the Viper pics are in situ.
Regards
Dominik