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Bitis armata

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Category: Herpetofauna Native to the UK
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Topic: Bitis armata
Posted By: Vanderklam
Subject: Bitis armata
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2008 at 7:16am

***Message for T.P***

Hey,

I noticed you were conducting ongoing reserach into the re-classifed Bitis armata. Are you also  conducting specimen I.D surveys???

I was in De Hoope nature reserve in January with the University of Exeter and found a juvenile specimen (I think!!) close to a stone wall in the car park, which I also managed to photograph. Would yhis photo prove useful in aiding your study at all??

Regards

Kev




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Posted By: Vanderklam
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2008 at 10:11am

T.P,

Not sure which car park exactly (I was asleep in the van!!). I remember a footpath then a board walk to the left of the path which took you directly onto the dune system (stunning it was too!). The specimen was found tightly coiled under a loose rock (quite late in the morning/early afternoon ) that had been removed from the wall. It was actually within the vicinity of the car park. It was no more than 15 cm max as i remember I captured it using my scorpion tweezers!! Would you prefer me to email you the pics or post it here???

Kev



Posted By: Vanderklam
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2008 at 10:13am
oops!!! Thinking about it some more, board walk onto dunes was on the right not left, hope this helps.


Posted By: Vanderklam
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2008 at 10:59am


Posted By: Vanderklam
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2008 at 11:01am

More info: Photo taken on Jan 22nd at 11:27 am, but thats all the detail I have unfortunately, hope this is viable info for you.

By the way, tried to pm you and it says you have reached your limit for recieved pm's????

Kev



Posted By: Vanderklam
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2008 at 11:03am
I will also email my graduate colleagues and lecturers to see if they have any other images that may better assist in your I.D


Posted By: Suzi
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2008 at 4:23am

Kev

I live closeish to Exeter uni and wander the local heaths snake spotting. Do you do any reptile research locally? The cliff and undercliff in the Weston/Branscombe area are wick with adders and the last smooth snake in Devon was killed in that area many years ago. I ask this as heaths are seen as THE place for reptiles in Devon and yet this area seems to be overlooked. The undercliff is full of mice.



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Suz


Posted By: Alan Hyde
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2008 at 4:28am
That's a very pretty armata Kev', good find

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