Hello everyone!

The admin would like to ask all our members to give a short introduction of themselves here - also please include a picture of yourself, so we will recognize you in the field.

Hello everyone!

Postby Mladen Zadravec » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:45 pm

Hello from another Croatian herper! When I found out Boris registered, I just had to join. :mrgreen:

My name is Mladen Zadravec, also a student of Biology. I've been working with Croatian herpetofauna (mostly snakes) since 2004. At first it was just something I did as a hobby- searching for herps around my vacation cottage NE of Zagreb. But that changed during 2007., when I met Dušan Jelić and Berislav Horvatić, my first two mentors when it comes to working with snakes (and other herps).

Edit: I'm a member of the Croatian Herpetologycal Society HYLA, Biology Students Association BIUS, Croatian Society for Biologycal Research HDBI and Croatian Mountaineering Society "Zagreb-Matica" (ecology section).

I also have two web sites- one about Croatian snakes and one about the biodiversity around my vacation cottage (links are in my signature).

Here are a couple of pictures of me with some of the most beautiful and fascinating creatures on Earth:
with N. natrix (2009.):
Image
with an 80cm long V. ammodytes (2009.):
Image
with P. muralis (2008.):
Image
with V. u. macrops (2009.):
Image

Looking forward to exchanging many stories from the field and learning something new! :mrgreen:
User avatar
Mladen Zadravec
 
Posts: 60
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: Zagreb
Hometown: Zagreb
country: Croatia

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Andreas Thorbeck » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:00 pm

Hi Mladen,

welcome here and congratulations on your websites which I`ve already had a look at! Well-structured, great pics and lots of information... Really well done!
I am looking forward to reading the reports on your herping tours!

Andreas
Andreas Thorbeck
 
Posts: 20
Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:03 pm
Hometown: Neumarkt i.d.OPf
country: Germany

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Mladen Zadravec » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:44 pm

Thanks! :D

I'm glad you like the site. There are some changes I want to do (hopefully for the better) because I'm not satisfied with how some of the things turned out and there are new pictures and videos I have to add. I already started preparing the material. The deadline I set for myself is March, 2010. (May at the latest), I hope that will be enough time. (if anyone has any suggestions/corrections, feel free to mention them :mrgreen: )

I am looking forward to reading the reports on your herping tours!

Since Season '09. ended, I can't offer any new material. But I'm going to post some of my older trips within the next week or so...
User avatar
Mladen Zadravec
 
Posts: 60
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: Zagreb
Hometown: Zagreb
country: Croatia

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:31 am

Hello Mladen,

Welcome!!! I also visited your snake site - good job!!!!
User avatar
Jürgen Gebhart
 
Posts: 1423
Joined: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:17 am
Hometown: Wiedergeltingen Bavaria
country: Germany

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Mario Schweiger » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:44 am

Hello Mladen,

welcome here!
I know your snake site since many month - very well done!
And I like your critical view on some (sub)species, especially on the more than questionable occurence of Typhlops in Croatia.

Mario
Mario (Admin)

Please visit also my personal Herp-site vipersgarden.at
User avatar
Mario Schweiger
Site Admin
 
Posts: 2230
Joined: Wed May 06, 2009 7:57 pm
Location: Obertrum, Salzburg, Austria
Hometown: Obertrum
country: Austria

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Mladen Zadravec » Sun Oct 25, 2009 9:44 pm

Thanks! :D

I know your snake site since many month - very well done!

Thanks again for the pictures you let me use.
User avatar
Mladen Zadravec
 
Posts: 60
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: Zagreb
Hometown: Zagreb
country: Croatia

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Peter Oefinger » Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:18 pm

very fashionable Natrix natrix around your neck :lol:
Regards
Peter
Peter Oefinger
 
Posts: 970
Joined: Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:28 am
Hometown: Duesseldorf
country: Germany

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Mladen Zadravec » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:45 pm

Hehe, yeah, that's a new trend we started- snake ties for men and snake scarfs for women (although, we have more pictures of the first than the second...) :lol:
User avatar
Mladen Zadravec
 
Posts: 60
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: Zagreb
Hometown: Zagreb
country: Croatia

Re: Hello everyone!

Postby Mladen Zadravec » Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:59 am

:lol: Because of the look...

As for the smell, this may sound strange, but I've actually grown accustomed to it, it doesn't bother me that much anymore. Even if it's like that day, when it attracted 50+ flies in less than 2 minutes... :lol:
User avatar
Mladen Zadravec
 
Posts: 60
Joined: Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:18 pm
Location: Zagreb
Hometown: Zagreb
country: Croatia


Return to Introduce yourself

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests