Some herps of Germany

[eisentrauti]

Hi,

here are some herps from Germany, hope you like it:

Laecerta agilis, hatchling 09 and an adult female:

Natrix natrix natrix, small and fragile hatchling 09, last pic playing death ;-):

Rana temporaria, common gras frog:

Bufo bufo bufo, a more red and a more brown one, both probably from this year:

Bombina variegata, normally rare amphibians but at my place very easy to find:

Best regards
Benny

 

[Chuck G]

Very nice pics!

 

[eisentrauti]

Thanks Chuck ! I walked with the dogs and try to do my best finding some native herps, I'll post some more later

 

[jannb]

Very interesting! Nice pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[celine]

hey very beautifull natrix natrix
in my country tou can find natrix: maura, natrix; rhinechis scalaris,malpolon monspessulanus....

 

[Cainschams]

Great pics and awesome looking herps, Benny!!!

 

[Linda]

Wonderful pics. Thank you so much. Love the frogs.

 

[haleybobl]

I like all the different frogs. Nice pics!

 

[Vampire.queen]

Nice pics!
I can't imagine walking my dogs and taking pics of wild herps- how come your dogs didn't scare them?

 

[eisentrauti]

Thank you all !

@ Alzbeta: I just fix the leash at a tree or other things where they can't run away and/or scare the photoobject

 

[eisentrauti]

hey very beautifull natrix natrix
in my country tou can find natrix: maura, natrix; rhinechis scalaris,malpolon monspessulanus....

Yes, I know, in your country there are much more species It's warmer, especially in the south and that's what reptiles love

 

[jusmebabe]

When I lived in Munich I didn't think there were any herps lol.
I spent 3 years missing them til we came to Ca.
I guess I didn't look hard enough on the Volksmarches which were great..
Nice pics..

 

[AJA]

Great photos, thanks for sharing with us. My dogs would have eaten the photo subjects given a chance.

 

[PardalisGirl]

Thanks Benny

Thanks for the pictures Benny I love the frogs and toads. I LOVE toads. My love for reptiles started as a young child collecting and keeping common toads in the midwestern part of the USA. Many fun hours were spent in a local slow running stream at a big park looking for toads. They are actually pretty fascinating.

 

[merumontanus]

Beautiful Lacerta, Benny! I kept Timon pater & Timon lepidus and they are by far the most interesting group of lizards apart from chameleons and varanids. I can't imagine seeing them in the wild!

Keep the photos coming!

Cheers,

Fabián

 

[SoCaliSon]

Good Stuff Benny!! I have been dying to get out and do some field herping.

Based on your awesome pics...I would assume that the dogs did not scare away any of your awesome finds. Do you have your dogs trained to sniff out cool little herps?

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rocky]

Thats really cool Benny.

Check out this site http://www.birdsandherps.com/trips.htm
It's a guys photos of his field herping trips in Texas (where I'm from). My particular favorite is the south texas trip. There are some really cool looking herps over here as well

 

[eisentrauti]

Thanks for all the nice comments:

@Catherine: I will search some more toads for you, we have here also a very rare species, Bufo calamita

@Fabián: I'll make some more pics this week, including agilis males which have a very nice coloration

@Joe: As I said before, I fix the leash up at a tree etc. so that they don't scare my "prey" They are two big Huskeys who are just interested in animals with rabbit size or bigger

@Dustin: Very nice pics, you have much animals there which are famous in our hobby !

 

[eisentrauti]

Some new ones:

again small agilis:

Triturus cristatus on land:

The pattern on the belly is unique like a finger print:

Again Bufo bufo bufo, hope you like it Catherine again a specimen with very nice coloration:

Hope you like it. Going to search a few more newt pics from my hard drive

 

[davider]

Very cool pics thanks for sharing.