L. helveticus(Cantabria)

[rodrigo]

I spent a woderful day herping in Cantabria the other day, and it was quite successful, at least with helveticus and salamandra larvae. Couldn´t find any alpestris (i tried....a lot....) or salamandra adults...but found A LOT of helveticus, which was enough despite the deception of not finding alpestris and the ticks. Also found some helveticus larvae that had over-wintered in the ponds though i couldn´t picture them. anyway...here are some pics. Hope you enjoy them as much as i enjoyed taking them.

 

[cameron]

They look really cool Rodrigo!

 

[ryan]

Love that third shot!

 

[dane]

wow the feet on the last pic look really weird

 

[rodrigo]

It´s my favourite too Ryan.
I put the last one cause i think it shows pretty well why they are called palmated newts.
I have like 150 total shots of that day xDD at least some turned out ok.