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+15Tom Winters Tanja Schmidt Martin Romanov Daniel Claesson Tim Leerschool Grégoire Meier Guenter Leitenbauer Nigel Sowter Fabian Dirks Rainer Fesser Paul Batchelor Graeme Skinner Hans Bergman Simon Ball Markus Oulehla 19 posters |
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Graeme Skinner
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| Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;)  Mon 18 Jul - 23:09 | |
| - Guenter Leitenbauer wrote:
- Graeme, give me an PN if You plan to come to Austria - and let's take some pictures of V. berus and other snakes together. As I am very unlucky finding snakes in the field I'd love to have a field trip with Markus and You then.
Regards,
Guenter Perhaps we make some plans for next year, spring perhaps? | |
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Guenter Leitenbauer
Lord of the Serpents
Number of posts : 1389
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 18 Jul - 23:42 | |
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Markus Oulehla
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Number of posts : 156
Age : 34
Location : Austria
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Tue 19 Jul - 4:13 | |
| - Guenter Leitenbauer wrote:
- As I am very unlucky finding snakes in the field I'd love to have a field trip with Markus and You then.
Yeah, I'd appreciate that  I/we, are planing some trips for fall and will be there next spring a few times too. I'd be really interessted if there is a context between season and frequency of color variations? Apart from the facts that it is a wonderful scenery and not very far away from my hometown  But as I said, spring is very recommendable. Oh, I forgot this one  regards | |
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 25 Jul - 20:15 | |
| Wow some great pictures of snakes & habitat.
Thanks for the post.
Owen |
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Markus Oulehla
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Location : Austria
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 3 Oct - 5:39 | |
| Little Update again We thought using a wonderful sunny sunday for another trip to the Rax. We weren't alone... I have never seen soo many people there... After we decided that we're not accepting 2hours wait for the funicular, we had a tiring walk, but it was totally worth it! One of the most beautiful and well-behaving adders i've ever seen! Female around 57cms lenght    And another, darker female with a minor injury at the mouth...  ...but obviously short after giving birth, so we didn't want to upset her to much so there are only few pictures.  Despite the crowds, it was absolutely great trip and I'm looking foreward to the next already regards Markus
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Markus Oulehla
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Tue 4 Oct - 2:10 | |
| Another two shots i took yesterday: the first female in the habitat   regards Markus | |
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Markus Oulehla
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Location : Austria
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 4 Jun - 7:02 | |
| After a long time we were lucky an found some V. berus on the Rax again. Our last trips to this place haven't been succesful this year, so we were very happy with seeing some escaping vipers and even more happy after getting the first pictures of them. (I'm not sure, but some specimens look familiar  ) female     smaller male    Additionally we saw lots of viviparous lizards...  ...and some Lithobius forficatus  In the end we found another Vipera berus male, an entirely black one.    enjoy the pictures regards Markus | |
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Markus Oulehla
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Location : Austria
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Wed 6 Jun - 3:20 | |
| Two more pics i really like and want to share with you    Hope you enjoy regards Markus | |
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Markus Oulehla
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Location : Austria
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Tue 26 Jun - 18:08 | |
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Daniel Claesson
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Location : Sweden
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Registration date : 2009-05-16
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Tue 26 Jun - 18:14 | |
| Fantastic pictures of the coolest Vipera sp. I have them in close proximity to my house and i enjoy them very much.
Regards
Daniel | |
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Martin Romanov
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Tue 26 Jun - 18:43 | |
| Great pictures! I sure hope to see some berus this year. | |
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Tanja Schmidt
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Location : Hamburg, Germany
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Wed 27 Jun - 6:56 | |
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Tom Winters
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Location : Belgium
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Sun 15 Jul - 19:21 | |
| Sehr Schön!!! Very nice pictures!!! | |
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Sarah Mlynek
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Location : Toenisvorst, Germany
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Registration date : 2012-07-09
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 16 Jul - 5:16 | |
| wow, nice pictures! i love their red eyes, looks badass^^ i would love to go on such a trip myself. but is this not "dangerous" to climb around in that area because there are so many viperas? what if you just step on one and it bites? what if you sit down and your hand is next to one that bites then? or you just have to be extremly cautious and then nothing happens? sarah | |
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Markus Oulehla
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Number of posts : 156
Age : 34
Location : Austria
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Registration date : 2008-03-09
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Sun 28 Apr - 6:21 | |
| Thx and sorry for the late reply... - Sarah Mlynek wrote:
but is this not "dangerous" to climb around in that area because there are so many viperas? what if you just step on one and it bites? what if you sit down and your hand is next to one that bites then?
or you just have to be extremly cautious and then nothing happens?
Generally I would not say that it is dangerous... Of course you have to be careful, like always when you walk through uneven/difficult terrain and it is not like you step on a viper every 2 steps You should know the areas where the snakes occur and the spots they prefer. Then you have to be lucky to see them and even more lucky get some pictures. Sure, you have to be careful in presence of the snake, if you spot a specimen, so IMHO it's better to have some experience in working with venomous snakes, or to be with an experienced person... If you are calm and move slowly the vipers calm down as well, so they aren't as bad/aggressive as lots of people think or imagine! Anyway I use thick leathergloves or venom defenders to protect my hands, especially when I take close ups!!! So safty goes first! Today we've been at an other place, Unterberg, near the Rax, but not that high up... Still a little bit of snow, but the weather was quite good, just a bit cloudy in the morning. Then the sun came out and we were rewarded with some snakes   Mating common toads in a small puddle, at around 1000m above sealevel.  Little bit higher the next Vipera, a nice male   On our way back another, completly black male viper....  ... aaaand a smooth snake     We wondered that we (means 6people) haven't seen a single lizard, Rainer, maybe you know something about that? regards Markus | |
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Diego Reggianti
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Sun 28 Apr - 18:26 | |
| - Rainer Fesser wrote:
- Hello Guenter,
Sorry to have to contradict you, they DO it with Canon too. A V. ammod. even made my front-lens (daylight-filter as a protection for such events) useless on one occasion.
But the photo I could take before was worth it.
Cheers,
Rainer My Canon 100mm macro has been bitten by Macrovipera schweitzeri and Vipera ammodytes, and Vipera ursinii did it with my Pentax 50mm. Diego | |
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Rainer Fesser
Systematicus
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Location : Austria
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Registration date : 2008-03-13
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 29 Apr - 4:48 | |
| Hello Markus,
I cannot tell why you didn´t see any lizards there on that day. They (Zootoca vivipara) can be found in that area and usually come out at the same wheather-conditions as V. berus but sometimes we humans cannot say why one species is out on a certain day and another one isn´t, no matter how much experience we have.
Best regards,
Rainer | |
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Markus Oulehla
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 156
Age : 34
Location : Austria
Points : 6293
Registration date : 2008-03-09
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Mon 29 Apr - 6:27 | |
| Ha! I forgot, we've found one slow worm *gg* We've been there with some friends from the ÖGH, who've vistited this place some times before and found "just" A. fragilis... So it wasn't just that single day. That makes me wonder, as we've found Zootocas on the Rax a few weeks earlier than the adders, the last years... I thought there'd be another cause as our failure But well, a reason to go back there and have a look again! regards Markus | |
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John Worthington-Hill
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Registration date : 2011-10-08
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Wed 1 May - 2:51 | |
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Beautiful snakes and beautiful habitat, you're very lucky!
Cheers for sharing
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Markus Oulehla
Snakecharmer
Number of posts : 156
Age : 34
Location : Austria
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Registration date : 2008-03-09
| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Fri 21 Jun - 0:07 | |
| Hi, little update from the Rax. Our first trip this year and it was quite interessting. Because of the long winter the vegetation wasn't as high as last year and we haven't found a single edelweiß... The weather was quite hot, so we started in the morning and my girlfriend found the first adder short after arriving in the habitat. A beautiful female Vipera berus with an interesting coloration!    Then, a bit further, the next female.   A picture of the habitat, in spite of the hot weather we saw the last remnants of snow in small, shady valleys...  The in the middle of the way, a baby adder!!! We took it to the side of the way, to take our pictures and to avoid that the snake gets in contact with other people (at least this time...) My first Vipera berus baby in the wild:   trying to "hide"   On our way back another baby adder, crawling right in front of our feets again!     Enjoy! regards Markus | |
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Manfred Gessner
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| | Subject: Re: Vipera berus berus in Austria ... 2013 Update ;) Fri 21 Jun - 16:30 | |
| beautiful pictures.
i can't see enough from this.
best regards Manni | |
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