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Posted: 18 Feb 2003 Topic: Grass Snake Identification & Sightings

A description and images of the Grass Snake Natrix natrix may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/grass_snake.htm

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Posted: 18 Feb 2003 Topic: Identification Pages

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Posted: 22 Feb 2003 Topic: Palmate Newt Identification & Sightings

A description and images of the Palmate Newt Triturus helveticus may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/palmate_newt.htm

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Posted: 24 Feb 2003 Topic: What is a Smooth Newt?

A description and images of the Smooth or Common Newt Triturus vulgaris may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/smooth_newt.htm

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Posted: 26 Feb 2003 Topic: GCN Identification & Sightings

A description and images of the Great Crested or Warty Newt Triturus cristatus may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/great_crested_newt.htm

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Posted: 07 Mar 2003 Topic: Adder Identification and Sightings

A description and images of the Adder or Northern Viper Vipera berus may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/adder.htm

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Posted: 07 Mar 2003 Topic: What is a Natterjack Toad?

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Posted: 07 Mar 2003 Topic: Common Lizard Identification & Sightings

A description and images of the Common or Viviparous Lizard Lacerta vivipara/Zootoca vivipara may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/common_lizard.htm

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Posted: 10 Mar 2003 Topic: Sand Lizard Identification and Sightings

A description and images of the Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/sand_lizard.htm

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Posted: 10 Mar 2003 Topic: Red-eared Terrapins

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Posted: 30 Mar 2003 Topic: Common Toad - Identification & Sightings

A description and images of the Common Toad Bufo bufo may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/common_toad.htm

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Posted: 31 Mar 2003 Topic: Common Toad - Identification & Sightings

Common Toad Distribution

Date	Species	Location	Stage	Notes	Sighting Submitted by
02/02/03	Common Toad	Aldershot	Adult	Found in undergrowth	M. Hatch
08/03/03	Common Toad	Waldridge	Adult		C. Leeke
13/03/03	Common Toad	Brancepeth	Adult		C. Leeke
16/03/03	Common Toad	Bedburn	Adult		C. Leeke
18/03/03	Common Toad	Dartford	Adult Spawn	Adult pair and spawn	G. Fairchild
16/06/03	Common Toad	Tiptree	Metamorphs	20+ margins of heathland pond	G. Fairchild
18/08/03	Common Toad	Melton Mowbray	Adult Metamorph		A. Johnson
16/08/03	Common Toad	Wareham	Adult	In middle of road 1400 N.Wareham by recycling centre	D. Bird
18/08/03	Common Toad	Wareham	Metamorphs	2 toadlets Puddletown Rd 4 km N.W. of Wareham on heathland road bank	D. Bird

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Posted: 04 Apr 2003 Topic: Common Frog Identification & Sightings

A description and images of the Common Frog Rana temporaria may be found at:

http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/common_frog.htm

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Posted: 04 Apr 2003 Topic: Common Frog Identification & Sightings

Common Frog Distribution

Date	Species	Location	Stage	Notes	Sighting Submitted by
06/03/03	Common Frog	Wareham	Larval	Tadpoles on 5 Clumps of spawn in Quarry	D. Bird
08/03/03	Common Frog	Aldershot	Adult	Single pair in garden pond 200m from Brickfields Country Park	M. Hatch
08/03/03	Common Frog	Aldershot	Adult	Approx. 4 adults pairs Brickfields Country Park	M. Hatch
12/03/03	Common Frog	Blackheath	Spawn	Approx. 10 clumps, pond surrounded by major roads	G. Fairchild
12/03/03	Common Frog	Dartford 3	Spawn	Single clump, washed ashore at large flooded gravel pit	G. Fairchild
12/03/03	Common Frog	Dartford 1	Spawn	++ >20 clumps temporary pool, moved	G. Fairchild
13/03/03	Common Frog	Brancepeth	Spawn		C. Leeke
16/03/03	Common Frog	Bedburn	Spawn		C. Leeke
20/03/03	Common Frog	Dartford 2	Spawn	++ >20 clumps in woodland pond	G. Fairchild
28/03/03	Common Frog	Broadstone	Larval	Many in pond and many in water filled holes in meadow about 20 metres away all drying out. Tadpoles moved into larger pond	D. Bird
04/04/03	Common Frog	Longham Nr Ferndown	Spawn	Frogspawn(6 clumps) in pond in wood, no adults visible	T. Phelps
04/04/03	Common Frog	Lulworth Cove	Spawn Larval Adult	Garden Pond Lulworth Cove Frogs still active, spawn and tadpoles. Lovely garden, grass snakes and slow worms, also adders on a nearby bank. Residents (people) very reptile/amphibian friendly.	T. Phelps
04/04/03	Common Frog	Swanage	Spawn Larval Adult	Garden pond - Swanage, frogs still very active, new spawn and tadpoles in pond roughly 1mX1m. 18 adult frogs counted	T. Phelps

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Posted: 05 Apr 2003 Topic: Common Lizard Identification & Sightings

Common Lizard Distribution

Date	Species	Location	Stage	Notes	Sighting Submitted by
16/03/03	Common Lizard	Bedburn			C. Leeke
26/03/03	Common Lizard	Starcross	Adult	Males and Females	T. Crawshaw
27/03/03	Common Lizard	Matchams	Adult	6	T. Phelps

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Posted: 05 Apr 2003 Topic: Grass Snake Identification & Sightings

Grass Snake Distribution

Date	Species	Location	Stage	Notes	Sighting Submitted by
22/03/03	Grass Snake	Hartland Moor		Female and Small Male Mating	T. Phelps
27/03/03	Grass Snake	Matchams			T. Phelps
28/03/03	Grass Snake	Hartland Moor		Female and Four Males in mating ball	T. Phelps
31/03/03	Grass Snake	Purbeck	Adult	2 Males 1 Female mating	T. Phelps

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