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PostPosted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

luvly jubbly pete,you certainly get out and about Wink
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great pictures!!

I like the picture with the agressive lizard.. Cool
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excellent work and interesting read. Thanks for sharing. Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beautiful animals, Peter! Sounds like you have an interesting job there!
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A few more snaps from one of my favourite local sites.
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 7:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Couple more.
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lovely sets of photos there Peter, funnily enough i saw my first Grass snake, or rather its tail as it disappeared into the under growth, for about 7 or 8 years, a few days ago by my pond Very Happy
Your melanistic lizard is is a mirror of mine and male too, nice find.
The female he was with before and after i caught and kept them had four young about a month/month and a half ago but i decided to let them go after a good fattening up around my pond, i see one or two every now and again Smile
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bohan wrote:
Lovely sets of photos there Peter, funnily enough i saw my first Grass snake, or rather its tail as it disappeared into the under growth, for about 7 or 8 years, a few days ago by my pond Very Happy


Once you have seen your first, you`ll probably start to see them more often. You must be close to some ideal habitat. Is there anywhere local to you that would suit them that you can think of? It will be worth a few walks with a camera on early sunny mornings around a few likely nearby sites.

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Your melanistic lizard is is a mirror of mine and male too, nice find.
The female he was with before and after i caught and kept them had four young about a month/month and a half ago but i decided to let them go after a good fattening up around my pond, i see one or two every now and again Smile


I remember the thread. Vivipara make fascinating captives. As a youngster, on several occasions I kept colonies of captive vivipara. I would catch a few up, install them in huge vivariums and watch them all through the season. I would then release them before the end of the summer. They would breed successfully each time that I did so. If it`s fascinating interaction and behaviour you want from a herp in captivity, then a colony of these animals is hard to beat.

I have since found another melanistic individual at the same site as the animal above, (also male) as well as another very dark animal but not black (also male).
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glad you posted moe pics Pete, otherwise I would not have seen the original , earlier pics . fantastic . Keep up the good work , native's are too often overlooked.

Thanks for sharing .
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have seen loads of grass snakes, mostly as a kid but not for many years as i just cant find the time at the moment Rolling Eyes
My pond has only been up and running for a few years at most but i was quite surprized to see it, at first i thought slow worm but only for half a second.
There are also lots of frogs, toads & palmates in it (moved loads from my folks old pond) and 60 - 80 european minnows (these have bred every year so far) so lots of natural food if it should desire.

pond last year, its south facing and gets the sun 90-95% of the day, very warm little sun trap:


and this spring/summer?


Always had a thing for Varanus but vivipera were my first lizards discounting slow worms and they do so well in captivity becoming hand tame and finger feeding etc i've had/bred lots as a kid myself, fascinating. I will release these before autumn and a good fattening see if they hang around, lots of tunnels and hand made hibernaculums built into and under pond lining and well drained higher spots
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