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.
Another pair in amplexus at a 'Toads on Roads' site I do 'Toad Patrolling' at in the Spring.
A Female Common (or Viviparous) Lizard,
Zootoca vivipara at a Raised Peat Bog Site I do volunteering at.
Our only Native Frog in Scotland, the Common frog,
Rana temporaria.
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