Provence/France 2008/2009

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Provence/France 2008/2009

Postby Jürgen Gebhart » Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:19 am

Hello everybody,

just a few pics of my Provence vacation´s August 2008 (hot and dry) and April 2009 (cold, rainy, but mostly sunny and windy).

August 2008

Anguis fragilis
k-1 Anguis fragilis.jpg


Pelophylax perezi ?
k-2 Pelophylax perezi.jpg


Lacerta bilineata
k-3 Lacerta bilineata.jpg


Hyla meridionalis
k-4 Hyla meridionalis.jpg


Podarcis muralis merremius
k-6 a Podarcis muralis merremius.jpg


Bufo bufo
k-6 bufo bufo.jpg


Chalcides striatus
k-5 Chalcides striatus.jpg


April 2009

Anguis fragilis
k-7 Anguis fragilis.jpg


Malpolon m. monspessulanus
k-8 Malpolon m. monspessulanus.jpg

k-9 Malpolon m. monspessulanus.jpg


Lacerta bilineata
k-12 Lacerta bilineata.jpg


Natrix maura
k-10 Natrix maura.jpg

k-11 Natrix maura.jpg


A very nice place is the Gardon river valley, 20 km west of Avignon
k-Gardon.jpg


The following species I found there

Podarcis hispanicus
k-13 Podarcis hispanicus.jpg


Podarcis muralis merremius
k-14 Podarcis muralis merremius.jpg


Lacerta bilineata
k-18 Lacerta bilineata.jpg


Timon lepidus
k-16 Timon lepidus.jpg


Pelophylax perezi ?
k-15  Pelophylax perezi.jpg


Natrix maura
k-17 Natrix maura.jpg


That`s it!!!
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Re: Provence/France 2008/2009

Postby Ilian Velikov » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:51 am

Thanks for the great photos! I love the Malpolon shots..beautiful little snake! :D
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Re: Provence/France 2008/2009

Postby Vlad Cioflec » Mon Jun 29, 2009 8:13 am

Well done! :D
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Re: Provence/France 2008/2009

Postby Peter Oefinger » Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:03 pm

Hi Jürgen,
the C. striatus looks great - I have never seen such a strongly striped specimen.
I think, the former P. hispanicus cebennensis should now better be referred to as Podarcis liolepis which occurs in medierranean France and north-eastern Spain.
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