Northwest Central System: Sierra de Gredos and Peña de Francia Hello
the 9th of August I by the Sierra de Gredos. One of the species most caught my attention was the lizard carpetana (
) and dark green lizard (Lacerta
schreiberi
), endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and found mainly by the Central System and northwest of the peninsula. During the trip I made from the parking platform to the Laguna Grande de Gredos saw: - 87 lizards carpetana (
Iberolacerta cyreni )
- 2 dark green lizards (Lacerta schreiberi
)
- 1 European smooth snake (Coronella Austrian
)
- 1 viper snake (Natrix maura )
- 1 salamander larvae (Salamandra salamandra )
- 2 juveniles and dozens of common toad tadpoles (Bufo bufo)
- 2 adults, 1 juvenile and dozens of long-legged frog tadpoles (Rana iberica )
- 14 adults and some common frog tadpoles ( Pelophylax
perezi)
Sierra de Gredos
Youth common toad (Bufo bufo
)
larva salamander (Salamandra salamandra
)
Tadpole, juvenile and adult long-legged frog (Rana iberica
)
European smooth snake ( Coronella
Austrian
)
Youth
dark green lizard (Lacerta
schreiberi
)
carpetana Lizards (
Iberolacerta cyreni
)
On August 10 I went through the Rock of France. Here the most interesting species I saw was the lizard of the Peña de Francia (
Iberolacerta martinezricai
) than in all the world is only a few points of the natural park "Sierra de Las Batuecas France, south of Salamanca. During the morning I saw there: - 2 dark green lizards (Lacerta
schreiberi
)
- 1 Iberian lizard (Podarcis hispanicus )
- 2 lizards of the Peña de Francia ( Iberolacerta martinezricai
)
Peña de Francia
Youth
dark green lizard (Lacerta
schreiberi
)
Iberian Lizard (Podarcis hispanicus
)
Lizard of the Rock of France (
Iberolacerta martinezricai
)
During the 5 days I was in the province of Avila, went through the city and some people (Barco de Avila, Bejar, Piedrahita ...). On the walls of castles, walls and houses I saw a lot of Iberian lizards (Podarcis hispanicus
) and in streams and rivers that passed through the villages the common frog (Pelophylax perezi) were abundant.
common frog (Pelophylax
perezi)
Iberian Lizard (Podarcis hispanicus
)
Greetings!