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Tony Phelps Forum Specialist Joined: 09 Mar 2003 No. of posts: 575  View other posts by Tony Phelps |
Posted: 22 Sep 2003 Am off to Italy this friday and although the priority is V.aspis and V.ursinii, I have been asked to help out with a programme re C.girondica. It lives in stone piles in fields and is rarely seen, but one of guys from Rome has put out some refugia within and around the stone piles. The stones are big and not really moveable. We will be taking blood and doing the usual data gathering stuff. Anyone else had experience with this species? The area we are working is around the Tolfa Forest area. Tony |
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Tony Phelps Forum Specialist Joined: 09 Mar 2003 No. of posts: 575 View other posts by Tony Phelps |
Posted: 22 Sep 2003 PS will take some photos with my new digi camera, so can post later Tony |
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Matt Wilson Member Joined: 25 May 2003 No. of posts: 38 View other posts by Matt Wilson |
Posted: 22 Sep 2003 Tony, Costa Dorada, N-E Spain 2001 i saw a single juvenile Coronella girondica. This was the only snake along with DOR Malpolon and live Natrix maura i saw during my week there. It was not a serious herping trip due to July heat sending most herps into hiding. The snake was found freshly killed on a dirt-track, the habitat either side was Med Pine Forest, not a typical habitat for the species. It measured about 20cm, and i am 99% sure it wasn't austriaca. As my knowledge at the time was far lesser than at present. I hope to do some work in Sicily with herps when i go with University in 2004. But next week i'm off to Corfu on a far more seriously taken field trip than the one in Spain, its been wet there this week so should be good as i have lots of new localities to try out. I would be very interested to see your pics from Italy on the forum, V.ursinii would be a great snake to have photos of. I know someone who had a trip there this June, and a comnined 15 hours searching only produced a single Orsini's viper, but it was v.hot and you'll have exact locality sites i'd imagine. He also saw few N.natrix and C.viridiflavus, as well as lacertids. Matthew Wilson |
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