Corsica 2012

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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Bobby Bok » Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:43 pm

Wauw, that last lizard is stunning. Great pictures both!
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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Peter Oefinger » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:48 am

Carl Corbidge wrote:Just for you Peter some wall/rock lizards below

Thanks, I enjoyed ;-) - the tiliguerta with the blue spots is remarkable!
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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:30 am

I'm wondering if both Euproctus montanus wouldn't be males. The spurs are not always as pronounced (as e.g. in platycephalus), especially in non-breeding and/or subadult males. It's especially the broad head (or jaws) that makes me wonder. If you see my 2009 report, there's a full grown female, which shows the narrow head typical for females.
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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Sandra Panienka » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:37 am

Great trip reports. I've already admired the grass snakes in Jeroen's report last year, very stunning animals. Sorry to see that this really nice looking blue specimen got run over by a car. And I have to say, that I really like the Brook Newts, they look pretty cool.
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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Carl Corbidge » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:58 pm

Maybe you are right Jeroen there is a hint of a spur and a bit of a bulge as seen on the pic below and the head on your 2009 specimen is certainly relatively smaller to the body.
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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Jeroen Speybroeck » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:04 pm

Hmmm...... Don't know for sure, as cloacal swelling seems quite "malish" ;) After all, I haven't seen 10s of them either, so just a hunch.
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Re: Corsica 2012

Postby Matt Wilson » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:07 am

The reason I labelled that one a female was because when I disturbed them with the torch they appeared to be interacting, but I guessing without checking the cloaca it is hard to tell apart with this species (which I foolishly didn't)..
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