End of a season

[Alexandre Roux]

Yeah... season is going to be completely conclude for me !
But there are still some days to enjoy !!! Some Asp vipers from here...
I've spend my weekend in Provence with a good friend and we didn't found a lot of things, but it was really incredible ! Some bats in sand caves, reptiles from the South of France with the unlikely find of a concolor form of Psammodromus edwarsianus !!!!


Vipera aspis aspis


Vipera aspis aspis


Plecotus austriacus


Rhinolophus hipposideros


Pelodytes punctatus


Malpolon monspessulanus


Concolor form of Psammodromus edwarsianus


Coronella girondica


Coronella girondica

[Aleksandar Simovic]

Some photos from last weekend, 24-25 degrees, snakes still active, next week will be the same

[Alexandre Roux]

I'm sorry I can't connect to the forum at Home and I don't really know why... So I come here from another place !
I think the season is going to be completly ended for reptiles so I'll show you the last pictures I took in the last month (last one is dated from november, 3rd).


Natrix maura


Hierophis viridiflavus


Vipera aspis


Hierophis viridiflavus


Aegithalos caudatus


Natrix natrix


Vipera aspis


Vipera aspis


Vipera aspis

[Stéphane Aubry]

Stunning pics, congratulations !

[Alexandre Roux]

Ok now I think reptile season is totally OFF !!!
But I've seen my last snakes last thursday !
About 8 Asp viper and 2 Grass.


Vipera aspis

Here's a little piece of the day:

[Guillaume Gomard]

The asp on the first picture is really nice! Do you make your observation near Miribel-J. ?

[Alexandre Roux]

Yes it's very close to Miribel-Jonage ! About 3km !

Ok this morning I've post these pictures saying "now reptile season is OFF"... I've lied !
I've been looking for Bubo bubo and then, the wind was very strong so the air was cold to me but not too much when there were no wind (9,3°c).
The ground was hot (19°c) and I said "OK that's not because you're very congelated that Asp vipers will be !
And it was the real truth !
I found 7 Asp vipers in a place were the wind can't come (that's the good thing with this place). The truth is that 99% of my Asp vipers pictures come from this place.
If the pictures are not excellent I'll share you two of them because I love these snakes !


Vipera aspis


Vipera aspis

[Guillaume Gomard]

Did you already find other asp population in the direct surroundings? Apart from this place, I had a lot of difficulties to find V.aspis in the Beaujolais for instance, unlike viridiflavus which are basically everywhere! Anyway, those specimens are really nice and finding asp vipers in mid-November is really cool. 2 years ago in Mid-December there were still many lizards out at your place

[Alexandre Roux]

Lizards were out in the end of 2012 (I've found 5 on december, 26 !).
I've found Asp vipers populations in some places around Miribel-J. There is a population inside the park and some located populations all around.
Asp vipers are very common in Beaujolais (especially in the higher parts) and you can also fid C.austriaca but it's a very uncommon snake out there. But everywhere you go in Beaujolais, snakes are not so easy to find (except for H.viridiflavus).

[Gerald Ochsenhofer]

I'm a littlebit jealous.. really nice pictures!