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ErikPaterson 05-06-2011 09:51 AM

A Couple of Scots Herps.
 
Hello all,
Just thought I'd share a few photos of our Native Scots herps. Even though you can count all of our native species on your fingers, unless I'm forgetting one...
Anyways, finding all your local species in one day can be quite easy in Scotland, that's for sure!

Lets start with my personal favourite, the Common Toad, Bufo bufo.
A pair in amplexus in the River Calder.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5266/...e16c81d616.jpg

Another pair in amplexus at a 'Toads on Roads' site I do 'Toad Patrolling' at in the Spring.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5222/...3058a4e1a5.jpg

A Female Common (or Viviparous) Lizard, Zootoca vivipara at a Raised Peat Bog Site I do volunteering at.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5024/...e0a233ec78.jpg

Our only Native Frog in Scotland, the Common frog, Rana temporaria.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5096/...70b49bac0b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/...1e88b862f8.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5051/...1a32791a20.jpg

Yeah, field herping wise nothing spectacular but I like 'em haha!
may dig out my old Adder Photos, they should be kicking about somewhere although they aren't that good anyway.

Hope you like,
Erik

WJS Herps 08-14-2011 02:32 PM

Very nice pics Erik!

Helenthereef 08-14-2011 10:54 PM

Hi Erik,

Nice to have a contributor from the UK! :)

I'd love to see your old adder pics - I'm from Lancashire and I remember slow worms with great affection - do you get them much in your area?

ErikPaterson 08-15-2011 08:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WJS Herps (Post 1334880)
Very nice pics Erik!

Thanks William, I do love a bit of field herping!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Helenthereef (Post 1335123)
Hi Erik,

Nice to have a contributor from the UK! :)

I'd love to see your old adder pics - I'm from Lancashire and I remember slow worms with great affection - do you get them much in your area?

Hi Helen, thanks!
there's an old record for about 10 miles from my town, about 20 years old, taken in the year of my birth but there have been none since. Usually have to go a bit further south near Dumfries or up to Lomond & The Trossachs although I am sure they must be about here somewhere!
Here's a couple of my older photos, this one is from August 16th 2006, a female near Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...g/fdde9529.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...g/23a5b45e.jpg
She came pretty close to me.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2.../adderfeet.jpg

And this one of a male photographed in early 2009 again near Newton Stewart.
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...C50211copy.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...C50214copy.jpg

Hope ya like!
Really need to get back there & find some with my Canon, would love to get some nice, clear good quality images of them!
Erik

Helenthereef 08-17-2011 01:38 AM

Very nice!

I had a friend who was always finding slow worms in the moors behind Lancaster - we used to wear them as living jewellry (slow worms, not adders....) - I remember golden and shiny bronze. :)

never saw a live adder though.....

ErikPaterson 08-17-2011 02:59 AM

Thanks! Yesterday was actually the 5th anniversary of my first time photographing an Adder, seeing & photographing a Viviparous lizard & seeing, photographing & holding a Slow Worm.
Good times.

Yeah, I've only ever seen 5 (possibly 6) in all the time I've been looking for them, very elusive, and only the 1 ever live Slow Worm sadly!

Gorgeous animals for sure!


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