First herp of the year (Field Herping)

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Topic author: BlueTongueDan
Subject: First herp of the year (Field Herping)
Posted on: 31/03/2009 23:05:54
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Slow Worm - Anguis fragilis







And a cool little spider, Which I think 'could' be Amaurobius similis

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Reply author: n/a
Replied on: 31/03/2009 23:56:23
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Nice first one ive seen got Grass Snakes near me gonna try and catch one this year and take a few pic's..

Reply author: Kehhlyr
Replied on: 01/04/2009 02:13:53
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I'm after an adder this year.
Think that'll be interesting to look at for a few days. We've got loads near us.

Did the slowy drop the horrible stenchy stuff when you picked it up?
Weird lizards they are.

Reply author: Kazerella
Replied on: 01/04/2009 11:32:12
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Woah Slow worm- what a find!!!

Reply author: BlueTongueDan
Replied on: 01/04/2009 12:22:52
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Originally posted by Kehhlyr

I'm after an adder this year.
Think that'll be interesting to look at for a few days. We've got loads near us.

Did the slowy drop the horrible stenchy stuff when you picked it up?
Weird lizards they are.

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Reply author: PunkAsF82
Replied on: 01/04/2009 12:47:41
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we have tonnes of slow owrms round here. They're fairly common round south...well... not common... more common than anywhere else

I see at least one a week during the summer. Got musked by one last year lol

Reply author: lee2308
Replied on: 01/04/2009 19:23:05
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i think slow worms are great,aint seen one for years,used to go out getting them when i as little.I know that there lizards without legs but what makes them a lizard and not a snake,is it there anatomy?

oh,i have had a find,a dead frog in a bucket in my back garden.Thats the closest we get to nature round here

Reply author: matty18714
Replied on: 01/04/2009 20:11:24
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Originally posted by lee2308

I know that there lizards without legs but what makes them a lizard and not a snake,is it there anatomy?

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Reply author: PunkAsF82
Replied on: 01/04/2009 22:25:52
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eye lids, fixed jaw, round tongues or higher forked tongues that dont flicker

Reply author: matty18714
Replied on: 01/04/2009 22:48:22
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They can also drop their tails (like leo's for example), im not sure if that defines it as either a snake or a lizard, but I dont know of any snakes that can do it.

Reply author: Jono2411
Replied on: 02/04/2009 00:05:07
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its funny how they look like snakes but with a lizards face... i like

Reply author: Kehhlyr
Replied on: 02/04/2009 01:56:30
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It's also got something to do with the heads as well apparently.
Something like a lizards head is normally about the same size as it's body, but a snakes isn't.

Reply author: lee2308
Replied on: 04/04/2009 14:56:02
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Has anyone ket these as pets or heard of anyone keeping these sucessfuly.I have a little spare tank and would like to keep one but not if its going to die and would there e any risk of infection to my other snakes because it's wc.

Reply author: hillzi
Replied on: 04/04/2009 16:40:27
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do they eat bugs? I seen a massive adder in Chawton Woods and one again at Alice Holt.

Anyone heard of them?

Nice finds Dan

Reply author: Ell
Replied on: 04/04/2009 20:23:17
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Dawww slow worms are adorable!

Reply author: Kehhlyr
Replied on: 04/04/2009 22:31:52
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When I was about 10 I used to keep a lot of the snakes and stuff we used to catch.
These were Slow worms, Adders, Grass snakes, lizards, even a Sand Lizard once but they are all a protected species in one way or another.
If you're found keeping one of them, you can get into trouble for it.
But if you're only 'nursing it back to health' for a few days because your cat/dog/sister brought it to you in their mouth nearly dead, then you *may* get away with it.

Feeding the different animals is a different kettle of fish. We used to find that slow worms seemed to love woodlice and other assorted tiny creatures like that.
The adders would eats frogs and mice.
The grass snakes would eat really random stuff, i think they were related to sea-gulls somehow. If it was edible, they would eat it.
The lizards were the hardest to feed, they only ever ate little things like ants, and really tiny bugs. We used to sift watercress in a brook in the forset behind our house to catch water-fleas or whatever they were called.

Good fun to watch and learn from. Especially adders. Been bitten by them before, yellow arm time that was.

Reply author: lee2308
Replied on: 04/04/2009 23:08:45
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I have been looking into it and there are a few forums out there were people do keep them,they are a protected species but some say you can keep them as pets as long as their not harmed and it is against the law to sale or buy them.I have changed my mind about keeping one as it is more than likley to die and the keeping issue seems a bit grey.

Reply author: PunkAsF82
Replied on: 13/04/2009 14:34:44
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yeh i think it's highly illegal to actually confign them. they're a protected species... it'd be fun and they're cute but concidering how uncommon they are, it'd probs be best just to place them in your garden and make sure there's lots of nice buggies around for them to eat :)

Reply author: BlueTongueDan
Replied on: 13/04/2009 15:39:26
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Found this little guy today.
Very cute Common Toad - Bufo Bufo

Reply author: Kehhlyr
Replied on: 13/04/2009 21:52:03
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Toads are brilliant.
It's only from your pics that reminded me that I haven't seen one for aboput 2 years.
Loads of frogs in the past week though.

Reply author: hillzi
Replied on: 24/04/2009 09:36:25
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I rescued a gecko in tunisia, he fell out a hole in the roof over the indoor pool and couldnt get out the pool, got a pic of it on mates phone waiting for him to send us it tho..

will get some up from what I have heard theyr'e same species but different colours considering I had a poke around in a bush and found another one, same size different patterns.

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