Latest Observations
20th July : Malpolon monspessulanus, Lacerta bilineata
19th July : Bufo bufo, Pelophylax sp., Rhinechis scalaris
17th July : Anguis fragilis, Bufo bufo, Vipera aspis zinnikeri
16th July : Vipera aspis zinnikeri
15th July : Coronella austriaca, Lacerta agilis garzoni, Rana temporaria canigonensis, Zootoca vivipara
14th July : Discoglossus pictus, Pelophylax sp.
13th July : Timon lepidus
12th July : Alytes obstetricans, Anguis fragilis, Discoglossus pictus, Malpolon monspessulanus, Timon lepidus
10th July : Alytes obstetricans, Discoglossus pictus, Hyla meridionalis, Natrix maura
9th July : Altes obstetricans, Bufo bufo, Discoglossus pictus, Hyla meridionalis, Pelophylax sp.
5th July : Malpolon monspessulanus, Tarentola mauritanica
25th June : Natrix maura
3rd May : Malpolon monspessulanus, Timon lepidus, Psammodromus algirus
1st May : Malpolon monspessulanus, Timon lepidus, Psammodromus algirus, Bufo bufo
26th Apr. : Malpolon monspessulanus, Timon lepidus, Psammodromus algirus, Anguis fragilis, Rhinechis scalaris (DOR)
23rd Apr. : Discoglossus pictus
9th Apr. : Psammodromus algirus, Malpolon monspessulanus, Hyla meridionalis, Bufo bufo
5th Apr. : Psammodromus algirus, Malpolon monspessulanus, Timon lepidus
5th Apr. : Psammodromus algirus, Psammodromus hispanicus, Malpolon monspessulanus/Rhinechis scalaris (?)
29th Mar. : Anguis fragilis, Malpolon monspessulanus, Psammodromus algirus, Natrix maura, Timon lepidus, Pelophylax sp.
16th Mar. : Psammodromus algirus, Timon lepidus, Natrix natrix, Pelophylax sp., Hyla meridionalis
27th Feb. : Bufo bufo, Natrix maura, Hyla meridionalis
22nd Feb. : Malpolon monspessulanus, Psammodromus algirus, Pelophylax perezi
21st Feb. : Hyla meridionalis
19th Jan. : Tarentola mauritanica, Bufo calamita
18th Jan. : Bufo bufo
16th Jan. : Tarentola mauritanica
11th Jan. : Discoglossus pictus DOR, Bufo bufo DOR, Bufo calamita DOR
Latest Web Site Updates
22nd Jul. : 4 new videos added!
21st July : New Local Observations for the past month !
19th July : New field trip report Cerdagne / Capcir!
6th July : New Local Observations!
3rd May : New Local Observations!
1 new video added!
1st May : New Local Observations!
1 new video added!
26th Apr. : New Local Observations!
23rd Apr. : New Local Observations!
16th Apr. : Podarcis hispanicus replaced by Podarcis liolepis
9th Apr. : New Local Observations!
6th Apr. : New Local Observations!
1 new video added!
5th Apr. : New Local Observations!
1 new video added!
29th Mar. : New Local Observations!
8 new videos added!
21st Mar. : Matt Wilson observations page has more obervations, in fact so many now that another page had to be created ! Click here to see it
The link may be found in the "Other" drop down menu.
16th Mar. : New Local Observations!
Matt Wilson observations page has more obervations click here to see it
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6th Mar. : Matt Wilson observations page has more obervations click here to see it
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27th Feb. : New Local Observations!
I have added on Matt Wilson's recent observations from Spain on a special Matt Wilson observations page click here to see it
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23rd Feb. : New homepage design, I have put the search bar in the menu for handy access, I have put the Sources, Site Info., Books and Links into a drop down menu over the "other" link and grouped all the usually features in this wonderful JavaScript powered area.
The Latest photo page has been scrapped as the photo will appear larger here and set to display be default. This feature may not work if you have not activated JavaScript, but in that case you can't possibly be even reading this, because you have clicked to see it !
Let me know what you think of the new layout, but all in all I think it is better, with more user interaction needed.
22nd Feb. : New Local Observation!
Herps in the News
First Lungless Frog Found
The first recorded species of frog that breathes without lungs has been found in a clear, cold-water stream on the island of Borneo in Indonesia.
The frog, named Barbourula kalimantanensis, gets all its oxygen through its skin.
"Nobody knew about the lunglessness before we accidentally discovered it doing routine dissections," study lead author David Bickford, a biologist at the National University of Singapore, said in an email.
His colleague Djoko Iskandar at the Bandung Institute of Technology in Indonesia first described the frog in 1978 from one specimen. About 15 years later, fishermen found another individual.
"Each specimen was deemed so valuable that scientists did not want to sacrifice the animals for dissection," Bickford said.
But the biologist immediately partially dissected several frogs when he found the species on a recent expedition to Borneo.
The team describes the peculiar frog in the May 6 issue of the journal Current Biology.
The corps of a Leatherback turtle found on a beach in Western France
The corps of a large Leatherback turtle was found on the beach of Sables-d'Olonne, this morning (23 january 2008) at approx. 9:30 by passer biers. The corps which was in decomposition was around a metre long. The Leatherback turtle is the largest living turtle on the planet.
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