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by kevinb
November 22nd, 2022, 9:49 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Northern Italy
Replies: 1
Views: 1550

Northern Italy

With 1 week available between work schedules I chose to visit Northern Italy for the 4th time with a target list of 5 species including my personal nemesis, Strinati's cave salamander. I left my girlfriend's house in plenty of time and began the long drive to the airport, an hour later I found the m...
by kevinb
June 17th, 2017, 9:04 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Romania 2017
Replies: 8
Views: 4980

Re: Romania 2017

I am trying to slowly work my way through all the European herp species and the Steppe runner lizard only lives in Europe on the black sea coast of Romania so basically that's where we had to go. An expensive lizard for sure but the few other new species for us offset the cost and the thought of vis...
by kevinb
June 17th, 2017, 12:12 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Romania 2017
Replies: 8
Views: 4980

Re: Romania 2017

Thanks for the replies, I am very pleased with the t-shirts, they are made of a good quality material and available in many designs (European herps). They are also in various styles of t-shirt and Hoodies plus posters of the snakes,frogs and newts. Here is another pic of my wife exiting the hole. ht...
by kevinb
June 9th, 2017, 9:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Romania 2017
Replies: 8
Views: 4980

Romania 2017

The planning for this holiday began in the summer of 2016 when we booked our flights via a cheap booking company. In December we received an email asking us to contact the company to confirm things as our flight times had been changed. Suzanne was having medical treatment and we were unsure if we co...
by kevinb
June 25th, 2016, 4:34 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Corsica
Replies: 3
Views: 3927

Corsica

Our Corsican adventure began on the evening of Friday 27th May when I realised that I didn't actually know the location of the house we had rented.I had seen it advertised on a few websites and the map showed the same house every time, however a look on google earth street view didn't match the phot...
by kevinb
November 10th, 2015, 8:22 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: SurfinHerp's Hawaiian Summer Vacation 2015
Replies: 6
Views: 4434

Re: SurfinHerp's Hawaiian Summer Vacation 2015

Looks like you had a great trip, those chameleons were amazing.
by kevinb
November 7th, 2015, 3:30 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Peloponnese, Greece
Replies: 4
Views: 3026

Re: Peloponnese, Greece

Cheers Jeff, didn't spend much time taking lots of pictures as we had seen some of them previously but here are a few extra. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/044_zpsaszptkod.jpg Juvenile Glass lizard Psuedopus apodus http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/022_zpstvw8f5gu.jp...
by kevinb
November 5th, 2015, 12:34 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Peloponnese, Greece
Replies: 4
Views: 3026

Peloponnese, Greece

Feeling the need for some autumn sunshine and having visited a few Greek islands we decided to try the mainland and so after reading a few trip reports and seeing that ten new species were available to tick, we rented a house in the North west of the Peloponnese. Saturday 24th October It was a cold ...
by kevinb
December 6th, 2014, 2:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Milos 2014
Replies: 8
Views: 3630

Re: Milos 2014

Thanks for the kind remarks, it was a great trip and a lovely location. Don't worry Shredsteban, I was holding the shoe and not wearing it.
by kevinb
June 11th, 2014, 10:06 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Milos 2014
Replies: 8
Views: 3630

Milos 2014

After a series of potential disasters and reprieves we finally arrived at our apartment in Pollonia , Milos. After unpacking and eating we had a walk around town looking for geckos, I quickly found a Turkish gecko Hemidactylus turcicus on a wall but did not bother to photograph it as I thought we wo...
by kevinb
November 12th, 2013, 9:47 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Checking traps in New Mexico
Replies: 5
Views: 4110

Re: Checking traps in New Mexico

Nice report and some good pictures
by kevinb
November 4th, 2013, 11:14 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Kefalonia, Greece
Replies: 7
Views: 4317

Re: Kefalonia, Greece

Thanks Martii, I have used the scientific name for all the species, I just didn't write them again for every time I mentioned them.
by kevinb
November 4th, 2013, 4:52 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Kefalonia, Greece
Replies: 7
Views: 4317

Kefalonia, Greece

Saturday 26th October Suzanne and I arrived on Kefalonia at midday and following a brief look in the airport car park where we observed several Balkan wall lizards Podarcis tauricus we collected our hire car and headed for lunch in the capitol, Argostoli. We walked to the harbor and in amongst the ...
by kevinb
June 15th, 2013, 1:14 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Opportunistic Mediterranean cruise herping
Replies: 28
Views: 23137

Re: Opportunistic Mediterranean cruise herping

Congratulations, for somebody that was just walking around in spare moments you certainly saw some nice species.
by kevinb
June 6th, 2013, 2:20 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Northern Spain
Replies: 3
Views: 2203

Northern Spain

A planned trip to the south of Spain for a friends birthday was cancelled and so other holiday plans had to be made, we had never visited the north coast of Spain before and a cheap week away was soon booked. We had no local contacts and previous trip reports did not seem to cover our intended area,...
by kevinb
April 18th, 2013, 2:53 pm
Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
Topic: sheltopusik - european legless lizard
Replies: 12
Views: 5890

Re: sheltopusik - european legless lizard

I have no captive care advice to give but I did catch a few in Monte negro last year and so here are a few pics. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/596-1_zps50f90f74.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/597-1_zps0d80784d.jpg This one has clear teeth marks on its body fr...
by kevinb
November 27th, 2012, 10:36 am
Forum: News
Topic: Burmese in the Everglades
Replies: 7
Views: 4341

Re: Burmese in the Everglades

Click where it says comments at the bottom of the article
by kevinb
June 14th, 2012, 1:47 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Monte negro
Replies: 3
Views: 1726

Re: Monte negro

Thanks, it was the most beautiful country that we have visited, very friendly and the food was very good and cheap. I am definately going back and I would recommend it to anyone, but not in August as the temperature reaches 50 degrees C.
by kevinb
June 13th, 2012, 7:13 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Monte negro
Replies: 3
Views: 1726

Monte negro

After reading many trip reports from Monte Negro, my wife and I decided that it would be a great location for our next herping adventure. She works in a school and so our trips are governed by the school term times.We had never been there before and had no local contacts so relied on a mixture of ta...
by kevinb
March 26th, 2012, 1:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UK spring morning
Replies: 3
Views: 1304

UK spring morning

Finally on Friday I managed to get out in the field and visited a reasonably local hot spot for reptiles. The sun was shining and it was a beautiful spring mornng as we headed south.I was hoping to see many Adders sunning themselves amongst the gorse bushes but was surprised to only find 4, I am usu...
by kevinb
March 20th, 2012, 2:38 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Making Lemonade in New Mexico & Arizona - lots of pics
Replies: 60
Views: 33066

Re: Making Lemonade in New Mexico & Arizona - lots of pics

Phew! that was an epic post.
by kevinb
December 16th, 2011, 5:36 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: why you should like Europe
Replies: 38
Views: 14489

Re: why you should like Europe

Nice post Jeroen.
by kevinb
July 10th, 2011, 5:33 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: If you could herp anywhere in the world
Replies: 55
Views: 10108

Re: If you could herp anywhere in the world

Greece
by kevinb
June 29th, 2011, 3:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UK afternoons
Replies: 16
Views: 3325

Re: UK afternoons

I have yet to see to see a Natterjack toad Bufo calamita in the UK but have seen them in France and I have not seen a Pool frog Pelophylax lessonae . There are a few small populations of non natives that I yet to catch up with.
by kevinb
June 24th, 2011, 1:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: UK afternoons
Replies: 16
Views: 3325

UK afternoons

Finding myself unemployed and with time on my hands, I have been out herping some new sites this week. The first was an afternoon visit to a long grassy limestone bank where my friend Ben had heard reports of Adders Vipera berus being present.My friend always "jokes" that he can never find...
by kevinb
June 6th, 2011, 9:22 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: THEME: Herp PORN in the field
Replies: 32
Views: 10187

Re: THEME: Herp PORN in the field

Slow worms Anguis fragilis under some tin
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by kevinb
May 14th, 2011, 4:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Southern Sweden
Replies: 9
Views: 2688

Re: Southern Sweden

Where are the salamander pics?
by kevinb
April 29th, 2011, 8:52 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Coronella Austriaca
Replies: 3
Views: 1292

Re: Coronella Austriaca

Well done Nils, here is one I found last week
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by kevinb
April 21st, 2011, 11:24 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herps of Germany - Reptiles
Replies: 16
Views: 6602

Re: Herps of Germany - Reptiles

Beautiful pics Sandra, thanks for posting.Hope to see more from you.
by kevinb
April 20th, 2011, 11:08 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malta
Replies: 14
Views: 2858

Re: Malta

They are beautiful and every now and then you see one that just takes your breath away but after a couple of days you start to think "Oh no, not another ******* Wall lizard !!"
by kevinb
April 19th, 2011, 8:12 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malta
Replies: 14
Views: 2858

Re: Malta

Thanks guys, it was a great trip and a great location steeped in history with hundreds of fascinating places to visit all of which we ignored completely to go herping. There are 4 species of snake there (Cat snake,Western whip, Leopard snake and Algerian whip ) , I had already seen 3 of them elsewhe...
by kevinb
April 19th, 2011, 1:36 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Malta
Replies: 14
Views: 2858

Malta

Following a forum suggestion my girlfriend and I decided to spend our spring herping trip on Malta. Saturday 9th April We arrived on a clear but rather windy morning at 10:00 and drove north to Bugibba which was to be our base for the week, our rooms were not ready and so we went for a walk to Qawra...
by kevinb
April 4th, 2011, 4:01 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent UK pics
Replies: 19
Views: 3830

Re: Recent UK pics

A few more recent pics including this Adder with a facial scar http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/herps/107-Copy.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/herps/030-2.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/herps/036-2.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22...
by kevinb
March 31st, 2011, 10:08 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent UK pics
Replies: 19
Views: 3830

Re: Recent UK pics

Sorry EJ I don't understand what you mean when you say "That's differerent from most I'm aquainted with" There have been brief warm spells lately but only the usual spring sunshine for a few days followed by cloud and rain.l The Adders are emerging from hibernation now and have yet to shed...
by kevinb
March 31st, 2011, 8:50 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent UK pics
Replies: 19
Views: 3830

Re: Recent UK pics

South west of England
by kevinb
March 31st, 2011, 6:24 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent UK pics
Replies: 19
Views: 3830

Re: Recent UK pics

First 4 were from a quick trip to the local cemetery today, the others were a few picked from 2 trips to a favourite Adder site.
by kevinb
March 31st, 2011, 12:01 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Recent UK pics
Replies: 19
Views: 3830

Recent UK pics

I have been out a few times lately in the sunshine and so here are a few pics. Slow worm Anguis fragilis a legless lizard http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/061.jpg Slow worm and Common lizard Zootoca vivipara under a tin sheet http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/049-1.jpg...
by kevinb
March 17th, 2011, 3:31 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: First herps of the year, UK
Replies: 10
Views: 3032

Re: First herps of the year, UK

Robbie, I first visited the site in 2009, saw lots of Adders and a mating ball of Grass snakes which just blew our minds. I visit just a few times each year as it's an hour drive from home and so don't really have enough info to notice changes, apart from the Gorse bushes cut back last year. I tend ...
by kevinb
March 16th, 2011, 1:52 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: First herps of the year, UK
Replies: 10
Views: 3032

Re: First herps of the year, UK

Lovely pics Robbie, that black one looks like the same Adder I photographed on Monday, halfway along the track from the carpark, looks like the same site.
by kevinb
March 14th, 2011, 4:21 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Adders at last
Replies: 5
Views: 1382

Re: Adders at last

Revisited the site today and found 3 Grass snakes Natrix natrix and 10 Adders including this dark one http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/herps/013-Copy.jpg Grass snake http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/herps/046.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff22/kettykev/herps/...
by kevinb
March 8th, 2011, 12:51 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Adders at last
Replies: 5
Views: 1382

Adders at last

Finally a day off and the sun is shining, I grabbed a couple of cameras and drove south for an hour arriving at the site at 11:00 with a temperature of 7 degrees C. Unfortunately just before I arrived a party of children had turned up and were now running through the places that I wanted to check, I...
by kevinb
March 5th, 2011, 3:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How did you get bit?
Replies: 30
Views: 7178

Re: How did you get bit?

I was in France herping with a friend the day before our journey back to the UK, we were walking through a wood when I saw the tail end of a snake disappearing beneath a log. I thought it was a harmless Viperine snake Natrix maura , so called due to it's viper like markings and so grabbed it and sta...
by kevinb
February 12th, 2011, 8:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Herp Links
Replies: 6
Views: 1260

Re: Herp Links

by kevinb
February 4th, 2011, 2:05 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Issue 3?
Replies: 36
Views: 7586

Re: Issue 3?

Issue 3 finally arrived yesterday, not had time to read it yet but it sure looks good.
by kevinb
November 24th, 2010, 2:11 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Intro through EOY (2 of 2)
Replies: 10
Views: 2557

Re: Intro through EOY (2 of 2)

Is that the dried out skin of an insect on the rock above the first Coral snake, looks like a dragonfly nymph has emerged or maybe a cicada
by kevinb
November 15th, 2010, 2:50 pm
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Herp-a-day (pt II)
Replies: 492
Views: 197993

Re: Herp-a-day (pt II)

Bufo bufo

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by kevinb
November 2nd, 2010, 5:38 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: unexpected
Replies: 2
Views: 994

unexpected

I ordered the magazine several weeks ago after issue one was published and paid for a 2 year overseas subscription. Issues 1 and 2 arrived soon after in the same envelope, imagine my surprise this morning to recieve issue 1 and 2 again.
by kevinb
August 26th, 2010, 11:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Majorca pt 2
Replies: 1
Views: 1595

Majorca pt 2

Monday An early start and a drive to a Spur thighed tortoise location, this species is almost extinct on the island of Majorca and so we were not getting our hopes too high.We searched for an hour or so finding just Moorish geckos and another small Turkish gecko. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/f...
by kevinb
August 24th, 2010, 11:57 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Majorca pt 1
Replies: 7
Views: 3783

Majorca pt 1

Following a mix up with flight times and then problems with the car hire our herping trip on Majorca began. We collected our friend Matt Wilson from the airport and drove to Palma cathederal to look for an introduced population of Ibizan wall lizards Podarcis pityusensis , these were soon found sunn...
by kevinb
August 20th, 2010, 6:56 pm
Forum: Image Lab
Topic: Herp-a-day (pt II)
Replies: 492
Views: 197993

Re: Herp-a-day (pt II)

Mallorcan Midwife Toad, Alytes muletensis Majorca Spain
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Only discovered in 1980 previously known only by fossil records