Some more pictures I didn't upload so far.🙂 I think it was a spontanous three days trip to Italy and we found species I really wanted to see: Vipera aspis (Aspisviper/asp viper), Algyroides nigropunctatus (Prachtkieleidechse / blue-throated keeled lizard) and Hierophis viridiflavus (Gelbgrüne Zornnatter / western whip snake).
Algyrioides nigropunctatus and Lacerta sp. (Adriatic lineage of viridis/bilineata-group)
Lacerta sp. (Adriatic lineage of viridis/bilineata-group) and Hierophis viridiflavus
As mentioned before, because of my CFS condition I am limited to uploading old pictures – and that at very slow pace.
This time they're from an excursion to the surroundings of lake vrana in Croatia, back in 2010, which I did with some fellows from the Austrian Herpetological Society (ÖGH, the majority also belonging to the herpetofauna.at-Team).
I cannot remember much, but these ÖGH field trips are usually nice and relaxed, with a good balance of searching/photographing animals and relaxing together over a beer or coffee. And based on the excursion participants it can only have been a very nice time 🙂
The big highlight of a Balkans trip, and usually very hard to find: Zamenis situla / Leopardnatter / leopard snake
A quite common find in Croatia: Euscorpius sp., a group of small, +/- harmless scorpions
One of the typical lizard species for the coastal regions of Croatia: Lacerta trilineata / Riesensmaragdeidechse / Balkan green lizard. Here a juvenile specimen with the three stripes that give it its latin name.
And here a heap of other pictures from that field trip 🙂
As you can see, I haven't posted in a long time. The unfortunate reason is that I am sick with CFS, have been struggling with it for over a year now, and am still very limited in my activities.
Because of that, excursions are not possible and therefore I cannot provide new stories or pictures.
So, the only thing left is to sometimes post old pictures that I haven’t uploaded so far. I’m actually doing this also for myself, because then I can happily look back to those nice moments.
Let’s start with a picture that’s 19 years (omg) old. One of the animals I always wanted to see in its natural habitat – the meadow viper / Wiesenotter / Vipera ursinii. Here from the subspecies macrops, photographed in Croatia. Back then I was, well, less worried about things, and luckily that speciemen had a quite calm disposition.
And a panorama picture of the habitat where it was found.
I hope I can give you an update soon, may it be something old or new. ☺️
Algyrioides nigropunctatus and Lacerta sp. (Adriatic lineage of viridis/bilineata-group)
Lacerta sp. (Adriatic lineage of viridis/bilineata-group) and Hierophis viridiflavus
Vipera aspis, Podarcis muralis
The big highlight of a Balkans trip, and usually very hard to find: Zamenis situla / Leopardnatter / leopard snake
A quite common find in Croatia: Euscorpius sp., a group of small, +/- harmless scorpions
One of the typical lizard species for the coastal regions of Croatia: Lacerta trilineata / Riesensmaragdeidechse / Balkan green lizard. Here a juvenile specimen with the three stripes that give it its latin name.
And a panorama picture of the habitat where it was found.