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Posted: 18 Feb 2003 at 2:38pm |
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A description and images of the Grass Snake Natrix helvetica may be found at:
http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/grass_snake.htm
� Alan Hyde
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Grass Snake Distribution
Please add your Grass Snake sightings below so they may be added to the above table and the RAUK distribution map. If you are unsure of the forum policies regarding accuracy of site descriptions and sighting reports please review them before posting. http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/Forum%20policies.htm
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Wolfgang Wuster
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April 20th, north of Newbury - 1 male, 1 specimen of unknown sex. Photo is of the male.
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Hi Wolfgang , great pic as always. One question though , well two actually ... how do you sex natrix in the field? Also , you said you borrowed a dig camera for the pics , do you know wht make it was?
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Wolfgang Wuster
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Camera: Canon EOS DX30 - an SLR. Very expesnive, but slightly dated.
Sexing: in this case, I just looked at the tailbase, which was clearly swollen - this indicates a male in most species, but I am more than willing to be corrected if someone here knows better in the case of N. natrix. Cheers, Wolfgang |
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Wow, never found any of these on the Island. Lots of Adders but never Natrix. I'd heard they occured on one of the RSPB sites there but the only place I ever saw one in N. Wales was on the Llyn peninsula. Arnold's Atlas shows a few sites on Anglesey but, like I said, they always provided me a no-show. Do you know what their status is like on the island? Are they doing as well as the Adders are there? Cheers, Lee. |
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Wolfgang Wuster
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Lee,
This was Newbury, Berkshire, not Newborough, Anglesey ;-) I have never seen any at all anywhere in N. Wales and certainly not on Anglesey. Apparently, some years back, one used to frequent the disused pond beind the Brambell Bldg. in bangor, though. I have heard that they are reasonably common around Porthmadog, though. I have to say that I am more than a little skeptical about the various Biological Recording Schemes - too many people tend to confuse things, and the recording bodies themselves screw up as well. I remember sending records of slow worms and common lizards to one county recorder, and when I later went to see some more of his records, I found that the information for the two species had been transposed. Moreover, the supposed adder localities in the county that I checked out all yielded grass snakes (and generally looked likeperfect grass snake habitat), but no adders. Go figure... Cheers, Wolfgang Cheers, Wolfgang |
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Ooops!, In hindsight I seem to remember something about a Newbury that had a by-pass built neer it on the news now. My brain obviously doesn't function too well at 9am. Cheers, Lee. |
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Harry, I moved your post to "unwanted grass snakes"
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