2 Days, Species | Private tailor made herping and wildlife tour in Peloponnese, Greece
Tour Dates: May 2nd-3rd
Participants: 3 biologists and naturalists from Switzerland
Tour Style: Private, Tailor-Made
Distance Covered: 100 km, Eastern Peloponnese
Focus: Snakes, lizards, amphibians, orchids
Total Species Recorded: 19 species of reptiles and amphibians
Four-lined Snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
Leopard Snake (Zamenis situla)
The four of us while herping
A trip report from our recent tailor made private trip for 3 biologists from Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on the herpetofauna of eastern Peloponnese. Spring is the best season to find all shorts of reptiles, since the temperatures are ideal. Apart from the reptiles, we saw many butterflies, orchids, arachnids and mammals (Red Fox, bats and so many feral cats everywhere).
Here are the
Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
Greek Frog (Pelophylax kurtmelleri)
Herman's Tortoise (Testudo hermani)
Herman's Tortoise (Testudo hermani)
Herman's Tortoise (Testudo hermani)
Kotschy's Gecko (Mediodactylus kotschyi)
Kotschy's Gecko (Mediodactylus kotschyi)
Balkan Green Lizard (Lacerta trilineata)
Eastern Peloponnese Wall Lizard (Podacris thais)
Ionian Wall Lizard (Podacris ionicus)
Eastern Peloponnese Wall Lizard (Podacris thais)
Ionian Wall Lizard (Podacris ionicus)
Common Wall Lizard (Podacris muralis)
Limbless Skink (Ophiomorus punctatissimus)
Glass Lizard (Pseudopus apodus)
Snake-eyed Skink (Ablepharus kitaibelli)
Peloponnese Slow Worm (Anguis cephallonica)
Greek Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis)
Balkan Whip Snake (Hierophis gemonensis)
Four-lined Snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
Four-lined Snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
Leopard Snake (Zamenis situla)
Grass Snake (Natrix natrix)
Dice Snake (Natrix tessellata)
Eastern Montpellier Snake (Malpolon insignitus)
Once more we chose Astra Hotel in Kastania village, a wonderful family owned country style lodge. Apart from our accommodation, we had 2 superb dinners there, including risotto with wild, freshly collected mushrooms, since the owner is a mushroom expert!
