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Herping trip to UAE & UK |
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rubida
Member Joined: 16 Sep 2007 Location: South Africa Status: Offline Points: 4 |
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Posted: 01 May 2008 at 11:44am |
A very illustrative herping postàwith the necessary descriptive information. Our herping trip started on the 2nd of April 2008 from UAE- United Arabian Emirates In the warm and humid Like vultures, we inspected three different catches. No sea snakes, but we did see to it that these unfortunate green turtles caught up in the nets got released back without any harm. Khor Kalba mangrove close to the border of Wadi Al Bih û àwith a view of note! That night armed with snake sticks and torches we started to search for the rare Pseudocerastes persicus (Persian false horned viper). Not for too long after the search started did Damien find the first snake, Echis omanensis. No Pseudocerastes that night, but I did manage to find a second E.omanensis minutes after Damien caught his. Echis omanensis ( Searching for cave geckos on our way back from the Entering the àthe reptiles living there: Large-headed ground gecko Sandfish (don't know what happened to his nose) Arabian horned viper (horned and not horned) Frog-eyed gecko Sand boa (Eryx jayakari) Desert monitor Al Dhiad, ôThe Empty quarterö, habitat of Echis carinates sochureki (Sindh saw scale viper) At the endangered breeding centre in Sharjah we had a once in a life time opportunity to have a close encounter with a very rare and endangered Arabian leopard cub. ItÆs estimated that only 200 remaining individuals are still surviving in the wild. We landed in snow covered Gatwick and seeing all hopes of finding any resemblance of a reptile going down the drain with the sudden urge to return to Woodland stream close Llanwrwda in the Llyn teifi near Pontrhydfendigaid in the Tony with his beloved Landrover in Surrey, our herping grounds for the next few daysàwhere Tony knows almost every individual adder, with the exception of the new off spring in the last four years. Chobham, Of to Reptiles from Isle of Purbeck at Hartland and Furzebrook: Adder (Vipera berus) Slow worm (Anguis fragilis) Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) Male Sand lizard Female Grass snake (Natrix natrix) From Dorset we travelled to the While in Brockenhurst we popped in at the local pub called The Snakecatcher to celebrate our successful herping trip in a typical snake man style. On route, we stopped at the New Forest Reptile Centre. An educational centre dedicated to native reptiles. Back in Chobham ( Female adder Juv. adder. Adders mating Female adder and hatchling basking. Grass snake. While walking and watching the adders, my eye caught a big ball of snakes slithering of and I just managed to get a few not so good shots of a mating ball of grass snakes. After three weeks in the UK, I leave with happy memories after being able to have seen all six reptile species including BritainÆs rarest snake, |
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tim hamlett
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wow...some trip guys! fantastic pictures and stories. really enjoyed seeing them. tim |
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Alan Hyde
Senior Member Joined: 17 Apr 2003 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1437 |
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Excellent stuff Johannes, i'm pleased you enjoyed yourself , but sorry I didn't get the chance to meet you
All the best, Al |
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