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by keyz on April 5, 2006
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Hi everyone just a quick post to tell you all that myself and my son Jake went out for a mini herping trip, Well I caught 2 Slowworms male and a female, both under seperate metal sheet!, and sighted 3 common lizards basking, and caught one juvenile female common lizard all in one day!! they have really switched on and im so happy its quite amazing, anyway hope you all have sucess in the coming summer, kieron.
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by keyz on April 7, 2006
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Alex im sorry to say that I haven't been fortunate enough, YET! They are mainly very isolated and small populations in southern England, but I belive they are been studied in the wild right now, In some form of park, wildlife haven, I am going to Cornwall s/w England and I belive that there are some Smooth snakes around that general area but will look up more, By the way went out again yesterday and found 4 Common Lizards, we never get Sand lizards unfortunately, I am marking captures with a Short term water based spray paint to save any re-captures to avoid stress, Strangely all the Common Lizards found are all female so far, ive seen many more but am getting to slow, to quickly, lol, I will keep posting my sightings on this thread to save writing/starting another thread, please feel free to ask for any info collected Alex, and good luck on your Snake venture over there, hope you pull it off, Going out again today as its still as warm but overcast so might find more Slowworms under my boards, keep in touch Alex, keyz.
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by Snake18 on April 8, 2006
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Hi,
Don`t worry about not finding smooth snakes.
They live in almost all areas of Romania but I haven`t been able to find a live one yet. Even thow I traveled threw-out this country since 2000 in search of them. The thing is that they are not even rare here. I was just missfortuned. Sand lizards are the most common reptile species here, you cand find them almost anywhere, even in the heart of Bucharest.
I`ll keep you posted on my findings.
Take care and happy herping!
Alex S.
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by Snake18 on April 8, 2006
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Actualy, Kieron, here is a list of reptile species that I have seen in the wild in Romania.
-Emys orbicularis (european pond terrapin)
-Trachemys scrypta elegans (red eared slider)
-Testudo hermanni boetgeri (hermann`s tortoise)
-Testudo graeca iberea (mediteranean spur-thighed tortoise)
-Lacerta agilis (ssp. agilis, chersonensis & euxinica - sand lizard)
-Lacerta viridis(ssp. viridis & meridionalis - green lizard)
-Lacerta trilineata dobrogica (balkan green lizard)
-Anguis fragilis(ssp. fragilis & colchicus - slow worm)
-Podarcis muralis(wall lizard)
-Podarcis taurica(balkan wall lizard)
-Natrix natrix(ssp. natrix & persa - grass snake)
-Natrix tessellata(dice snake)
-Coronella austriaca(smooth snake - only one dead specimen)
-Zamenis longissimus(ex. Elaphe longissima)(aesculapian rat snake)
-Elaphe sauromates(Blotched snake)
-Dolichophis(ex. Coluber) caspius (caspian whip snake)
-Vipera berus (european adder)
-Vipera ursinii moldavica(moldavian meadow adder)
-Vipera ammodytes(ssp. ammodytes & montandoni - Nose-Horned Viper)
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by keyz on April 8, 2006
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Thanx for the list Alex im amazed at how many species you have seen there, Its gone a bit colder here the last day or so, but i still managed to catch a Male Common Lizard, and sighted 2 more! just getting to old to catch them! hope all is well for you mate, keyz.
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by Snake18 on April 8, 2006
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Yep, it has gone cold here too.
Actualy, it snowed in my town(situated in the N-E region of Romania) yesterday, bt it wasn`t cold enough for the snow to settle so it all melted.
Hopefully, it will get warmer soon so I can continue my herping.
Alex S.
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by keyz on April 12, 2006
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Well we had a freeze 2 nights back and it has definitely upset the balance of the reptiles, as I went out yesterday and could only find a single Slowworm that was desperatly trying to get some warmth from under my metal sheet, I didn't see any other signs of lizards,If it warms up quickly enough I dont think there should be a problem,Although the slowworm I caught was a re-capture so it seems the numbers are still quite low. hope it gets better.
keyz
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