Spring in Germany: No Garters, but ....

[THOR]

Moinsen!

Today I used to use an hour for an excursation in the north/west of Hamburg.

It is a very good thamnophis habitat .... but in Germany I had no chance to find garter snakes. And for shure ... I'm glad, because if I would finde some, they would be dropped out by stupid people!

Here are some photos, of what I found:

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=40&pictureid=212

Vipera berus

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=40&pictureid=213

Lacerta spec.

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=40&pictureid=214

Natrix natrix natrix



Greetz THOR

[adamanteus]

Very nice finds Thor, that's a beautiful male V. berus... excellent photograph.

[gregmonsta]

Looks like a good day out :)

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for sharing your day with us.

[ssssnakeluvr]

cool photos!!!!!!!

p.s. send me the natrix.. :D

[THOR]

Moinsen!

Thanks!

@adamenteus: Yes ... I like this picture, too! But you know. You go outside, you can take 100 photos. 80 of them can be deleted! 15 photos are "okay" and only 5 are really good .... thanks for the man who invented the digital photography ;) !

@ssssnakeluvr: Do you know that it is prohibited by law to catch any reptiles or amphibies in Germany. The are all strictly protected by law ("Bundesartenschutzgesetz"). ;)
For that, I had seen 12 Natrix natrix natrix in 1 hour! All of them very active an looking for a partner! That was very interesting to see, but very bad to take pictures ...

I hope I will have the time to go outside again the next weeks.

Greetz, THOR

Greetz, THOR

[Stefan-A]

Very nice. :)

[Snaky]

Very nice finds! :)

[adamanteus]

Hopefully I will get the chance to do a bit of snake spotting over the coming weeks!

[Sid]

Excellent photos and nice finds, Thor. Thanks for sharing those with us.

[Snake lover 3-25]

neat snakes thanks for sharing:)