Last year I made the post of the vipers I found in 2016, and it seems a lot of people liked to see it :
http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =2&t=24098
So, then there will off course also be a thread for 2017
It started of with the "in the field pictures" a bit late this year, in april. With the local adders (Vipera berus)
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Then, in may the trip went to north-eastern Greece (as last year) to look for the Ottoman Viper (Montivipera xanthina) and Long-nosed Viper (Vipera ammodytes)
Vipera ammodytes by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Monitivipera xanthina by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Monitivipera xanthina by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera ammodytes meridionalis by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera ammodytes meridionalis by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Monitivipera xanthina by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera ammodytes by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Monitivipera xanthina by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
In july I had a trip to my hometown, to look at the adders (Vipera berus) from my childhood populations
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
The a short trip in august, around the doors at home
Vipera berus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
And september came, and it was time for the big trip of the year - Arizona!
Crotalus lepidus klauberi by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus scutulatus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus molossus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus viridis by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus atrox by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus cerberus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus willardi willardi by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
Crotalus cerastes cercobombus by Thor Hakonsen, on Flickr
For more pictures from the AZ-trip - look here : http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/vie ... =2&t=24622
For more of my pictures in general, check out : http://www.wondersofcoldblood.com
-Thor-
Vipers of 2017
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- Thor Hakonsen
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Those are beautiful portraits.
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These look great, I may have been in the same places you went to this summer I recently was in Greece to hunt for my future holiday house and, of course, somewhat forgot about it sometimes and went to take a couple pictures. Unfortunately, I had only brought my phone and these sneaky creatures always evaded and I was left with some HD pictures of dried grass. However, now I'm looking at one of these https://tranio.com/greece/detached/, as I could visit a couple of them myself, and hope I'll become a better photographer and take decent pictures of the five billion meadow vipers (?) and Ottoman ones that live there. My wife could take these pictures, but she's terrified by snakes... what camera are you using? I could use something better than my phone.
(Oh, by the way, that's my first post here. So, I'm Thierry from Belgium, I've been looking for snakes, lizards etc during my trips abroad for as long as I remember, but I discovered only recently that it was a full time activity and had an other name than "looking at snakes". Hi everyone!)
(Oh, by the way, that's my first post here. So, I'm Thierry from Belgium, I've been looking for snakes, lizards etc during my trips abroad for as long as I remember, but I discovered only recently that it was a full time activity and had an other name than "looking at snakes". Hi everyone!)
Re: Vipers of 2017
Great pics. Love that first bluish viper, very cool looking snake.
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Sorry for the late reply Thierry,PMcP wrote:These look great, I may have been in the same places you went to this summer I recently was in Greece to hunt for my future holiday house and, of course, somewhat forgot about it sometimes and went to take a couple pictures. Unfortunately, I had only brought my phone and these sneaky creatures always evaded and I was left with some HD pictures of dried grass. However, now I'm looking at one of these https://tranio.com/greece/detached/, as I could visit a couple of them myself, and hope I'll become a better photographer and take decent pictures of the five billion meadow vipers (?) and Ottoman ones that live there. My wife could take these pictures, but she's terrified by snakes... what camera are you using? I could use something better than my phone.
(Oh, by the way, that's my first post here. So, I'm Thierry from Belgium, I've been looking for snakes, lizards etc during my trips abroad for as long as I remember, but I discovered only recently that it was a full time activity and had an other name than "looking at snakes". Hi everyone!)
A holdiday house in Greece would be amazing!
The most common viper you'll find there is the Long-nosed viper (V.ammodytes), they can be very common locally. The meadow (greek) vipers (V.graeca) is not very common, and only found high up in some few mountains mountains. Ottoman viper (M.xanthina) you'll only find in the north-east of the country at the border of Turkey.
As for camera, I mostly use a Nikon D5 and Nikon D500