| Report on my trips to the Croatian island Krk, from May 11th till May 17th, and from Juily 3rd till July 12th 2008 |
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 Basilika Mirine - Fulfinum |
 Testudo hermanni boettgeri (hercegovinensis) |
 Ponikve |
 Ponikve |
 Ponikve. Watch the high water level of the lake and the flooded meadows below the dam (both images above). Compare with the pics from July, more down. |
 Pseudopus apodus |
 Podarcis siculus |
 Pelophylax ridibundus |
 watching frogs: Josef, Alain Aegerter, Simone |
 Pelophylax ridibundus |
 Sveti Krescan |
 Elaphe quatuorlineata mating - watch also the video WMV (10 MB) |
 Hierophis gemonensis |
 western high plateau |
 western high plateau |
 Vrbnik, port |
 shore "below" Vribnik |
 Algyroides nigropunctatus |
 Anguis fragilis, Baby |
 Emys watching. |
 9 Emys orbicularis hellenica and 2 Trachemys scripta elegans |
 Suha Ricina creek above waterfall |
 just above the waterfall |
 creek below the waterfall |
 Suha Ricina view to the south |
 Lacerta trilineata |
 Ophrys apifera |
 On Cres ferry boat (standing, from left): Simone, Josef, Anita, Alain Aegerter |
 Hyla arborea in Valun, Cres |
 last view to Cres |
 Bufo ((Pseud)Epidalea) viridis |
 Podarcis siculus |
 Podarcis siculus |
 Lacerta trilineata |
 Natrix natrix |
 Alain Aegerter und Anita |
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 Algyroides nigropunctatus - July 4th, Prniba |
 Algyroides nigropunctatus - July 4th, Prniba |
 Prniba peninsula: Habitat of Lacerta trilineata and Podarcis melisellensis (coastal rocks) and Algyroides nigropunctatus (pine forest) |
 Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Prniba, July 4th |
 Lacerta trilineata. Prniba, July 4th |
 Lacerta trilineata, subadult. north of Punat. July 5th |
 Lacerta trilineata, subadult. north of Punat. July 5th |
 Habitat north of Punat: Lacerta trilineata, Podarcis siculus, P. melisellensis, Hierophis gemonensis, H. viridiflavus carbonarius, Vipera ammodytes, Elaphe quatuorlineata, Zamenis longissimus |
 Elaphe quatuorlineata with full stomach |
 Arum italicum. fruits |
 Podarcis siculus - Ponikve, July 6th |
 Podarcis siculus - Ponikve, July 6th |
 Podarcis siculus - Ponikve, July 6th |
 Ponikve. southern end |
 Podarcis melisellensis - Sveti Jurej bay, July 7th |
 Sveti Jurej bay |
 Lacerta trilineata. Prniba, July 8th |
 Prniba. habitat of: Lacerta trilineata, Hierophis gemonensis, Vipera ammodytes |
 Algyroides nigropunctatus. Prniba, July 8th |
 Podarcis siculus. Ponikve, July 9th |
 Podarcis siculus. Ponikve, July 9th |
 Ponikve. Pastures outside the dam. In May these have been flooded about 1 meter. |
 Pelophylax ridibundus. newly metamorphosed |
 Iphiclides podalirius |
 Podarcis melisellensis. Sveti Jurej, July 10th |
 Lacerta trilineata. Sveti Jurej, July 10th |
 Zikade |
Pelophylax ridibundus (balcanicus) Anguis fragilis |