{"id":6467,"date":"2021-10-07T22:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/?page_id=6467"},"modified":"2021-10-12T12:10:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:10:04","slug":"the-101-snakes-trip-september-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/the-101-snakes-trip-september-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The 101 Snakes Trip &#8211; September 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Alejandro Carreras Barranco &amp; Gabriel Mart\u00ednez del M\u00e1rmol<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6468\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6468 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PLANO-TRIP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PLANO-TRIP.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PLANO-TRIP-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aprox itinerary of the trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6818 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/WARNING.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"66\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some pictures have animals <strong>in extremely bad conditions<\/strong> so for very sensible people we recommend to not continue seeing the trip report.<\/li>\n<li>Water holes and pits around houses can be private. We highly recommend <strong>talking with locals before checking the structures<\/strong>. Explaining our purpose is the best way to avoid a mistake of understanding and a possible discussion.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00b4s essential to never forget that <strong>these structures are not always safe<\/strong>. We should never run or jump in the roof and if the roof is moving, we should take all the caution as possible to avoid an accident (sinking of the whole roof or parts). When anybody enter inside a hole or a pit, it\u00b4s very important to avoid that people stay in the roof. That would provoke the sink of pieces of roof and serious damages in the person inside.<\/li>\n<li>No matter how rare or interesting is the species in a road or inside a water hole, <strong>the safety of the people must be first<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Some animals are showed in hand. This is because they are retired of water holes or roads and having already good photos of the species, we just took a <strong>fast photo and release them out of danger<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have made together herping trips in Spain and also Senegal, Singapore, Malaysia, USA (CA, AZ, NM), Namibia or South Africa, we had been together even to Uganda!. But never to Morocco, the second home of Gabri. This would change this year, but it wouldn\u2019t be easy either.<\/p>\n<p>The Covid-19 crisis supposed a stop for the international flights but with the vaccines getting more and more distributed in some parts of the world, the new normality came back in 2021, with the idea of an international trip becoming a dream again.<\/p>\n<p>The first try came in July for Alex, Ander, Blanca, and Pako. With the flights already booked and a week before going, they had to cancel the trip because of a change on the Morocco requirements in the border, obligating Spanish tourists to a lockdown despite having 48 hours PCR.<\/p>\n<p>Second try came after we got our two doses of the vaccine. Getting free days in our jobs out of August wasn\u00b4t easy, especially for Gabri, that was still adapting to his recent paternity. Luckily the super cool company of Alex allowed him to changes de holydays with very short notice and we both where ready for the trip! Hoping that nothing else happen\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>And finally the dream came true\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>31th august 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alex arrived at midday to the Marrakech airport. With only 5 hours to do something he just limited to eat and getting all the car ready, picking Gabri at 17:00 from the airport with our lovely Duster ready to suffer us. \u00a0Thus, in the evening we both began the trip to the Anti-Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>The Argan forest of the Anti-Atlas close to the Souss Valley is a refuge of both Mediterranean and Tropical origin herps. The temperature continued high in the night and not a single amphibian or reptile species were found on the road, proof that the activity was not high. Checking water holes (cisterns and pits) we found the first species of the trip!: some juvenile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/bufotes_boulengeri\/\"><em>Bufotes boulengeri<\/em>,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"><em>Agama impalearis<\/em><\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/natrix_maura\/\">Natrix maura<\/a>, <\/em>and a dead juvenile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a> with normal coloration. In one of the last holes of the day (night), we saw a small snake that we hope was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/dasypeltis_sahelensis\/\"><em>Dasypeltis sahelensis<\/em><\/a> but it ended been a <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/macroprotodon_brevis\/\">Macroprotodon brevis<\/a>. Also, we saw a huge snake skin but not more snakes\u2026.until Alex check an empty tin and a\u00a0 <\/em>huge brownish <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\">Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/a> come fast from it<\/em>. As the result, we were both super happy and Alex super dirty.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6469\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6469 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1.-Bufotes-boulengeri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1.-Bufotes-boulengeri.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/1.-Bufotes-boulengeri-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African Green Toad &#8211; Bufotes boulengeri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6470\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6470\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6470 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2.-Natrix-maura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2.-Natrix-maura.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/2.-Natrix-maura-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6470\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viperine Snake &#8211; Natrix maura, the first snake of the Trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6471\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6471 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3.-alex-en-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3.-alex-en-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/3.-alex-en-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6472\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6472 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-cogulla-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-cogulla-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-cogulla-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iberian False Smooth Snake &#8211; Macroprotodon brevis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6473\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6473 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-cogulla-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-cogulla-detail.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4.-cogulla-detail-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iberian False Smooth Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6474\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6474 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5.-Hemorrhois-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5.-Hemorrhois-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5.-Hemorrhois-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake &#8211; Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6475\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6475 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5.-hemorrhois-hippocrepis-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5.-hemorrhois-hippocrepis-close-up.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/5.-hemorrhois-hippocrepis-close-up-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After some photos of these species, hearing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/pelophylax_saharicus\/\"><em>Pelophylax saharicus<\/em><\/a> around, we continued driving in the direction of the second stop of the trip: Lakhssas. Going out of the Anti-Atlas we saw in the road a freshly DOR (\u201cdead on road\u201d) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a>, and stopped for sleeping, not knowing what was coming for the next day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up in a secondary road full of walking people, cars, motorcycles, and even donkeys, that didn\u00b4t allow us to sleep much that night. We continued our drive to the South searching for a place to take the breakfast. A second DOR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a>, probably killed the previous night, gave us hope to find animals active. In fact, minutes later (45 min since we waked up), we saw a large black thing in the middle of a steppe. We shout as we couldn\u2019t believe it and jumped out of the car to confirm what we already knew\u2026that it was a big adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/naja_haje\/\"><em>Naja h<\/em>aje<\/a> basking in the middle of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>The cobra was surprised about our presence and adopted fast the typical defensive behavior. The trip couldn\u00b4t begin better, with one of our favorite species in the natural habitat. A lucky situation that happened for the first time in the 4 trips of Alex to Morocco or the 25 trips of Gabri to this country. Maybe provoked by the diminution of movements of people in the Covid.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6476\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6476 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7.-amanecer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7.-amanecer.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/7.-amanecer-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazing daylight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6477\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6477\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6477 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-a-Naja-haje-in-situ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-a-Naja-haje-in-situ.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-a-Naja-haje-in-situ-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Egyptian cobra in habitat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6478\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6478\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6478 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Alex-and-Naja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Alex-and-Naja.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Alex-and-Naja-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex &amp; Egyptian cobra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6479\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6479 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra &#8211; Naja haje<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6480\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6480\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6480 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-detail-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-detail-ALEX.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-detail-ALEX-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6481\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6481\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6481 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-haje.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-haje.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-Naja-haje-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After that amazing good morning, we drove to take a well deserve breakfast (Moroccan tea with the typical Moroccan bread) and continue to Lakhssas. Between Lakhssas and Sidi Ifni there are thousands of water holes. Over 70 structures were checked, and we entered in every structure in which we saw an alive animal inside or refuges where the animals could be hidden inside. The most common reptile species was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a> by far, being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"><em>Agama impalearis<\/em><\/a> also present, and a dead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/ficha\/malpolon_monspessulanus\/\"><em>Malpolon monpessulanus<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6482\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6482 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-z-tea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-z-tea.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/8.-z-tea-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea moment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6483\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6483 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9.-Lakhssas-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9.-Lakhssas-2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/9.-Lakhssas-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Euphorbia officinarum subsp. echinus &amp; rocks: habitat of Agama impalearis, Q. moerens, Dasypeltis sahelensis, Hemorrhois hippocrepis, Daboia mauritanica and many more species.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6484\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6484 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-Agama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-Agama.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-Agama-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bibron\u00b4s Agama &#8211; Agama impalearis,\u00a0 in situ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6486\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6486 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-raja.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-raja.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-raja-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex searching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6485\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6485 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-Hemorrhois-hippo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-Hemorrhois-hippo.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/10.-Hemorrhois-hippo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake &#8211; Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6489\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-alex-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-alex-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-alex-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6487\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6487 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-Agama-impalearis-male.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-Agama-impalearis-male.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-Agama-impalearis-male-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An amazing male Bibron\u00b4s Agama rescued of a hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6490\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6490\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6490 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-Psammophis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-Psammophis-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/11.-Psammophis-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6491\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6491 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It\u00b4s difficult to spot some holes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6492\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-habitaat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-habitaat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-habitaat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6495\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6495 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-Psammophis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-Psammophis.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-Psammophis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake, uniform pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6494\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-Lakhssas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-Lakhssas.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/12.-Lakhssas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6496\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6496 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/14.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/14.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/14.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Useless hole with lots of entrances<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6498\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6498\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6498 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/15.-tarentola-mauritanicas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/15.-tarentola-mauritanicas.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/15.-tarentola-mauritanicas-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6498\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple of Moorish Gecko living in a water hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6497\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6497\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6497 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/15.-Psammop-rayada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/15.-Psammop-rayada.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/15.-Psammop-rayada-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake, striped pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We arrived at the coast in the night, the temperature was constantly 22 degrees but we found a very low activity. After 2 hours of driving, we \u201conly\u201d saw a gecko (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_chazaliae\/\"><em>Tarentola chazaliae<\/em><\/a>) and an amazing juvenile cobra (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/naja_haje\/\"><em>Naja haje<\/em><\/a>). Therefore, we stopped for sleep, on an amazing day with a cobra as the first and last herp species.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6499\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6499\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6499 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/17.-Tarentola-chazaliae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/17.-Tarentola-chazaliae.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/17.-Tarentola-chazaliae-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Helmethead Gecko &#8211; Tarentola chazaliae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6500\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6500\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6500 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-a-Naja-haje-juvenile-moving.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-a-Naja-haje-juvenile-moving.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-a-Naja-haje-juvenile-moving-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6500\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juvenile Egyptian cobra &#8211; Naje haje<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6501\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6501\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6501 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-Naja-bebe-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-Naja-bebe-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-Naja-bebe-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra, defensive behavior<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6502\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6502 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-Naja-haje-juvenile-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-Naja-haje-juvenile-close-up.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/18.-Naja-haje-juvenile-close-up-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra, juvenile close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up somewhere between Sidi Ifni and Plage Blanche. We took the closest road and 100m later found an adult puff adder (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/bitis_arietans\/\"><em>Bitis arietans<\/em><\/a>) dead on the road. The snake was perfect, except for a strong damage in the neck suggesting that probably somebody hit the snake with a stick until it died.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6503\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6503\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6503 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-amanecer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-amanecer.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-amanecer-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best place for waking up ever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6504\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6504 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-Bitis-killed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-Bitis-killed.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-Bitis-killed-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Puff Adder &#8211; Bitis arietans, killed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the low activity of the previous night, we decided to drive to Tantan, and made several stops. From Plage Blanche to Labyar we could see lots of fat sand rats (<em>Psammomys obesus<\/em>) eating and moving on the surface. Apart from an adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a> crossing the road in the morning we saw some animals in water holes: a dead adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chamaeleo_chamaeleon\/\">Chamaeleo chamaeleon<\/a>, several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/sclerophrys_mauritanica\/\"><em>Sclerophrys mauritanica<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chalcides_polylepis\/\"><em>Chalcides polylepis<\/em><\/a>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/acanthodactylus_busacki\/\"><em>Acanthodactylus busacki<\/em><\/a>, some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a> and two of our more wished species: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/spalerosophis_dolichospilus\/\"><em>Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/rhagerhis_moilensis\/\"><em>Rhagerhis moilensis<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6505\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6505 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-niebla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-niebla.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/19.-niebla-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fog around Plage Blanche<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6506\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6506 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-dead-snake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-dead-snake.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-dead-snake-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge Egyptian cobra killed many days ago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6507\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6507 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Typical habitat of Plage blanche, full of small-medium mammals, and full of huge snakes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6508\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6508 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-Meriones.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-Meriones.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/20.-Meriones-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meriones sp?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6509\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6509 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.-aljibaco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.-aljibaco.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.-aljibaco-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deadly traps everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6510\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6510 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.-Psammomys-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.-Psammomys-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21.-Psammomys-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Fat Sand Rat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6511\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6511 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/22.-pajaro-wapo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/22.-pajaro-wapo.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/22.-pajaro-wapo-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red-rumped wheatear (Oenanthe moesta)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6512\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6512 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-aljibacp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-aljibacp.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-aljibacp-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Circled water hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6513\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6513\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6513 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-Mochuelo-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-Mochuelo-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-Mochuelo-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6513\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little Owl (<i>Athene noctua<\/i>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6514\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6514 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-ratonero-moro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-ratonero-moro.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/23.-ratonero-moro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North African Buzzard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6515\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/24.-habitat-labyar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/24.-habitat-labyar.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/24.-habitat-labyar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6516\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6516 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/25.-Hemorrhois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/25.-Hemorrhois.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/25.-Hemorrhois-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake after cross the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6517\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6517 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26.-malla.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26.-malla.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/26.-malla-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An amazing work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6518\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6518 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Acan-busacki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Acan-busacki.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Acan-busacki-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Busack\u00b4s Leopard Fringe-toed Lizard &#8211; Acanthodactylus busacki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6519\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Aferkat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Aferkat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Aferkat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6520\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6520 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Tarentola.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Tarentola.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/27.-Tarentola-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moorish Gecko &#8211; Tarentola mauritanica pallida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6521\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6521 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28.-arena-en-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28.-arena-en-hole.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/28.-arena-en-hole-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sometimes the entrance of sand build a ramp so animals can escape easily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6522\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6522 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Ch-polylepis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Ch-polylepis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Ch-polylepis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many-scaled Skink &#8211; Chalcides polylepis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6523\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6523 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Kid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Kid.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Kid-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Curious local kid learning with the Chimaira 2019 book about the Amphibians and Reptiles of Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6525\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6525 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Spalero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Spalero.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Spalero-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake &#8211; Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6526\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6526\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6526 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Spaleros-detail-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Spaleros-detail-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/29.-Spaleros-detail-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6526\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6527\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-moilensis-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-moilensis-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-moilensis-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6530\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6530 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-moilensis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-moilensis.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-moilensis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">False cobra &#8211; Rhagerhis moilensis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6529\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6529 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-moilensis-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-moilensis-detail.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-moilensis-detail-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">False cobra, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6528\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6528 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-Rhagerhis-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">False cobra, close-up II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6531\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6531 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-risky-business.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-risky-business.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/30.-risky-business-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Risky business to live in a water hole in a habitat full of snakes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6532\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6532 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-a-tajinnes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-a-tajinnes.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-a-tajinnes-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex checking the best tajine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6533\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-ab-tajin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-ab-tajin.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-ab-tajin-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6534\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6534 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-aljibe-con-tapa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-aljibe-con-tapa.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-aljibe-con-tapa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The holes with cover avoid the entrance of animals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-hole.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-hole-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6538\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6538 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-mauritanica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-mauritanica.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-mauritanica-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Toad &#8211; Sclerophrys mauritanica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6535\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6537\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6537 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Malpolon-dead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Malpolon-dead.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Malpolon-dead-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Montpellier Snake &#8211; Malpolon monspessulanus, as found<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6539\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6539 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Psammophis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Psammophis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Psammophis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake &#8211; Psammophis schokari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6540\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6540 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Tafnidilt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Tafnidilt.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/31.-Tafnidilt-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the most impressive landscapes of Morocco, the dunes between Tafnidilt and Aoureora<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6541\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6541 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/33.-Camellos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/33.-Camellos.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/33.-Camellos-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First dromedaries of the trip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We arrived late to Tantan, and in the search of a water hole we took an off-road non-existing track&#8230;.so when we were deciding to retire from the search because of the high risk of getting a flat tire, &#8230;we listened suddenly how the right front wheel began to lose the air very fast. We changed it very efficiently and drove to the center of Tantan to repair it.\u00a0 The mechanics of Morocco are extremely efficient and fast so we could return to the habitat not very late in the night. The activity there was also low, so we decided to split, to double the efforts, one walking, and the other one road cruising. After some hours we could only see walking in habitat 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_chazaliae\/\"><em>Tarentola chazaliae<\/em><\/a> and a juvenile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/stenodactylus_mauritanicus\/\"><em>Stenodactylus mauritanicus<\/em><\/a>, and in the road a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/macroprotodon_brevis\/\"><em>Macroprotodon brevis<\/em><\/a> and a really nice adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/boaedon_fuliginosus\/\"><em>Boaedon fuliginosus<\/em><\/a>. The area of Tantan-El Oautia seems to maintain the best populations of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/boaedon_fuliginosus\/\"><em>Boaedon fuliginosus<\/em><\/a> of Morocco, but find adults alive is always good news.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6542\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6542 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/34.-pinchazo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/34.-pinchazo.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/34.-pinchazo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flat tire I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6543\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6543 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-arena.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-arena.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-arena-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand trouble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6544\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6544 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-boulengeri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-boulengeri.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-boulengeri-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African Green Toad &#8211; Bufotes boulengeri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6548\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6548 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-spider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-spider.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-spider-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eresidae (Loureedia?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6547\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6547 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-Macroprotodon-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-Macroprotodon-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-Macroprotodon-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iberian False Smooth Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6545\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6545 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-Macroprotodon-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-Macroprotodon-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/35.-Macroprotodon-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iberian False Smooth Snake &#8211; Macroprotodon brevis brevis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6549\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6549 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/36.-Boadon-fuliginosus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/36.-Boadon-fuliginosus.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/36.-Boadon-fuliginosus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common African House Snake &#8211; Boaedon fuliginosus, adult<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6550\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6550\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6550 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/36.-Boaedon-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/36.-Boaedon-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/36.-Boaedon-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common African House Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up in Tantan and began one of our craziest days, driving to Smara. That day we needed to be fast because our idea was to sleep on the coast and avoid the extremely high temperatures inland.<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of new holes in the first kilometers of the road Tantan-Smara. Unfortunately, the new holes usually have a lot of water so usually you see the animals drowned. Especially in this time of year, with low activity, we had no hopes to find animals swimming waiting to be rescued\u2026 we could see a shrew, the first geckos <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_boehmei\/\">Tarentola boehmei<\/a>,<\/em> a <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\">Psammophis schokari<\/a>,<\/em> and a just hit by a car <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/rhagerhis_moilensis\/\"><em>Rhagerhis moilensis<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6551\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6551\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6551 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/37.-a-pajaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/37.-a-pajaro.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/37.-a-pajaro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/37.-camellos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/37.-camellos.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/37.-camellos-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6554\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6554\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6554 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-aljibe-roto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-aljibe-roto.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-aljibe-roto-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WTF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6553\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6553 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/38.-musaran\u0303a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/38.-musaran\u0303a.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/38.-musaran\u0303a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crocidura tarfayensis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-camel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-camel.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-camel-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6556\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6556 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-llano-enorme.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-llano-enorme.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/40.-llano-enorme-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The infinite road to Smara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6557\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6557 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-a-Psammophis-caida.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-a-Psammophis-caida.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-a-Psammophis-caida-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trapped Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6558\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6558 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-gabri-en-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-gabri-en-aljibe.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-gabri-en-aljibe-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabri &amp; Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6559\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6559 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-Psammophis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-Psammophis-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-Psammophis-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake, free again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6560\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6560 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-Tarentola-boehmei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-Tarentola-boehmei.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/41.-Tarentola-boehmei-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Gecko &#8211; Tarentola boehmei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After some hours we arrived at the \u201c4 holes\u201d area. These holes are located in a place with sand and bushes and usually, there are animals trapped inside. In 2013 Gabri found with Budi and Marco 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_vipera\/\"><em>Cerastes vipera<\/em><\/a> and 1 huge <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes<\/em> <\/a>together, apart of another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes<\/em> <\/a>dead. This time we found a dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes<\/em><\/a>, a very nice reddish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_vipera\/\"><em>Cerastes vipera<\/em><\/a> and the first sad moment of the trip, an adult monitor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/Varanus_griseus\/\"><em>Varanus griseus<\/em><\/a> dead. These holes never have water so they are probably useless. In the next trip, we will close the entrances to avoid this continuous mortality.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6564\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6564 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-habitat-smara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-habitat-smara.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-habitat-smara-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Habitat for both Cerastes species<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6561\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6561\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6561 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex &amp; Sand Viper in situ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6563\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6563\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6563 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-Cerastes-vip-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-Cerastes-vip-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-Cerastes-vip-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Viper &#8211; Cerastes vipera, inland morph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6562\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6562\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6562 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-Cer-vip-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-Cer-vip-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-Cer-vip-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Viper, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6565\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6565 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-z-aljibe-con-rocas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-z-aljibe-con-rocas.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-z-aljibe-con-rocas-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No more reptiles trapped here&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6566\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6566 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-zz.-aljibe-varano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-zz.-aljibe-varano.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-zz.-aljibe-varano-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Water hole in the Desert Monitor habitat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6567\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6567 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-zz.-varanus-dead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-zz.-varanus-dead.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/44.-zz.-varanus-dead-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dead Desert Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We arrived at Smara and after the long way, we ate in a local restaurant to get energy. The temperature was high, so we waited a bit before continuing with our trip to the Coast. We stopped in a big hole and found our target of the day, the king of the desert, an adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/Varanus_griseus\/\"><em>Varanus griseus<\/em><\/a>, this time alive. The hole had over 20 geckos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_annularis\/\"><em>Tarentola annularis<\/em> <\/a>of all sizes, from juveniles to huge ones. Also, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/trapelus_boehmei\/\"><em>Trapelus boehmei<\/em><\/a> was found trapped in the previous deposit of the water hole. We also found a uniform weird <em>Acanthodactylus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6568\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6568 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/45.-a-a-Mezquita-Smara.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/45.-a-a-Mezquita-Smara.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/45.-a-a-Mezquita-Smara-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smara Mosque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6569\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6569 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Alex-chequeando.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Alex-chequeando.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Alex-chequeando-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checking the deposit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6572\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6572 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Trapelus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Trapelus.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Trapelus-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Agama, rescued<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6571\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6571 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Scorpion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Scorpion.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Scorpion-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Androctonus amoreuxi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6570\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6570 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-annularis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-annularis-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-annularis-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tarentola annularis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6573\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6573 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-varanus-aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-varanus-aa.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-varanus-aa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert Monitor &#8211; Varanus griseus, trapped<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6574\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6574 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-varanus-aalex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-varanus-aalex.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-varanus-aalex-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex and Desert Monitor out of the deadly trap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6575\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6575 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Varanus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Varanus-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Varanus-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert Monitor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6576\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6576 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Varanus-griseus-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Varanus-griseus-close-up.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/47.-Varanus-griseus-close-up-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Desert Monitor, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6857\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6857\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/boskianus-hand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/boskianus-hand.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/boskianus-hand-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rare uniform subadult Acanthodactylus boskianus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6858\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6858\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/boskianus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/boskianus.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/boskianus-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Acanthodactylus boskianus, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6577\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6577 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/48.-Habitat-dispar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/48.-Habitat-dispar.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/48.-Habitat-dispar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sudan Spiny-tailed lizard habitat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6578\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6578 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/48.-Uromastyx-dispar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/48.-Uromastyx-dispar.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/48.-Uromastyx-dispar-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The only Uromastyx dispar active with the extreme high temperature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Without time to waste we continued our way to the coast. The night catch us in Laayune so we finally decided to sleep in our favorite place of NP Knifiss. We arrived there late in the night, left the car hidden, and began to walk in the sandy areas trying to find one of the most amazing snakes of Africa: the coastal morph of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_vipera\/\"><em>Cerastes vipera<\/em><\/a>. They are much more contrasted and apparently bigger than inland populations.<\/p>\n<p>One hour later, while searching for tracks we saw some lights on the horizon. We put out our torches some minutes thinking that they were just fisherman\u2019s (very common in the area) and continued later searching until Alex found the first <em>Cerastes <\/em>tracks. We were trying to follow the tracks when suddenly we saw the lights closer than previously and heard some voices shouting to us with metallic sounds (like a machete cutting vegetation). We were scared so began to run to the car. However, we were at least one kilometer away, and with the bags and all the gear in our hands, we were super slow so the lights were getting closer and closer to us. At some point, we both had the amazing idea of trying to run with the light turned off\u2026It\u00b4s no surprise to say that it didn\u00b4t worked and we both fall to the floor, Alex hurting one of the knees. So finally, when we realized that we were not going anywhere we stopped with fear, preparing for the battle, ready to catch some stones and fight. But the metallic sound changed from a machete to the sound of a charging gun. When we saw 4 militaries pointing their guns at us we start shouting that we were Spanish and to try to calm them down. As soon as they saw us closely they fast stopped pointing us with their AK-47 telling something probably similar to \u201ccalm, don\u00b4t worry\u201d whereas we were almost vomiting and bleeding. When they saw that we didn\u00b4t talk French or Arabic, one of them gave to Gabri a phone. The military boss explained by phone that they were really sorry about the mistake and they were making nocturnal military rounds so they saw 2 lights in the National Park and thought of poachers. Also, we were in the middle of the election days so probably the militaries were more alert than normal.<\/p>\n<p>After that crazy experience (the first time being pointed with a gun) we continue walking to the car. We were extremely tired but Alex found another track. This time we found an amazing adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_vipera\/\"><em>Cerastes vipera<\/em><\/a>. Amazing to see on the same day the inland and coastal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_vipera\/\"><em>Cerastes vipera<\/em><\/a>. After some fast photos, we drove out of the park for sleeping.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6579\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6579 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/49.-Cer-vipera-tracks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/49.-Cer-vipera-tracks.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/49.-Cer-vipera-tracks-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Viper tracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6580\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6580 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cer-vipera-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cer-vipera-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cer-vipera-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Viper, coastal morph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6581\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6581 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cer-vipera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cer-vipera.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cer-vipera-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Viper, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6582\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6582 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cerastes-vipera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cerastes-vipera.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/50.-Cerastes-vipera-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Viper &#8211; Cerastes vipera, dorsal photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a short sleep, we woke up and drove again to Tantan. We checked lots of dry water holes but -fortunately- there were no animals inside, except a dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chamaeleo_chamaeleon\/\"><em>Chamaeleo chamaeleon<\/em><\/a> dead in the middle of a circled trough, 2 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/lytorhynchus_diadema\/\">Lytorhynchus diadema<\/a>,<\/em> and several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chalcides_sphenopsiformis\/\"><em>Chalcides sphenopsiformis<\/em><\/a>. We could also enjoy a fox and some invertebrates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6583\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/51.-aljibe-sidi-akhfennir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/51.-aljibe-sidi-akhfennir.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/51.-aljibe-sidi-akhfennir-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6584\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6584\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6584 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/51.-puente.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/51.-puente.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/51.-puente-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6584\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The very large highway Tanger Med to Laayune is just question of few years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-Chebeika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-Chebeika.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-Chebeika-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6586\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6586 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-Fox-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-Fox-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-Fox-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6587\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-landscape-chebeika.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-landscape-chebeika.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/52.-landscape-chebeika-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6588\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6588\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6588 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/53.-aljibe-camaleon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/53.-aljibe-camaleon.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/53.-aljibe-camaleon-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mysterious situation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6589\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6589\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6589 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/53.-Camaleon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/53.-Camaleon.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/53.-Camaleon-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mediterranean Chameleon dead in the center of a hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6590\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6590 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/54.-aljibe-lytorh-y-sphenops.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/54.-aljibe-lytorh-y-sphenops.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/54.-aljibe-lytorh-y-sphenops-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hole deposit with Senegal Sand-Skink and a dead Diadem Sand-snake inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6591\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6591 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/54.-Chalcides-sphenopsiformis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/54.-Chalcides-sphenopsiformis.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/54.-Chalcides-sphenopsiformis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senegal Sand-Skink &#8211; Chalcides sphenopsiformis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6592\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6592 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Aljibe-Lyt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Aljibe-Lyt.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Aljibe-Lyt-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rooms of death<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6593\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6593 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Anthya.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Anthya.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Anthya-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tenebrionidae (left) with Egyptian predator beetle (Anthia sexmaculata)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6594\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6594 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-chalcides-sphenopsiformis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-chalcides-sphenopsiformis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-chalcides-sphenopsiformis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A couple of Senegal Sand-Skink rescued of a hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6595\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6595 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Lyt-dorsal-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Lyt-dorsal-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Lyt-dorsal-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diadem Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6596\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6596 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Lytorhynchus-diadema.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Lytorhynchus-diadema.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/55.-Lytorhynchus-diadema-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diadem Sand-snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6597\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6597 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/56.-Spider.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/56.-Spider.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/56.-Spider-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cerbalus sp. (Sparassidae)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After eating in Tantan we drove direction to Tilemsoune. Professor Juan Manuel Pleguezuelos is working on a project about the water holes impact in the area so we checked them. Like in the previous days, no amphibians or reptiles were found trapped except some toads (<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/barbarophryne_brongersmai\/\">Barbaroprhyne brongersmai<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/sclerophrys_mauritanica\/\">Sclerophrys mauritanica<\/a><\/em>), an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/acanthodactylus_busacki\/\"><em>Acanthodactylus busacki<\/em><\/a>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/spalerosophis_dolichospilus\/\"><em>Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/em><\/a>, a drowned juvenile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/naja_haje\/\"><em>Naja haje<\/em><\/a> and a juvenile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/echis_pyramidum\/\"><em>Echis pyramidum leucogast<\/em>er<\/a> probably died many months ago. Finding dead animals is always sad, but it was absolutely amazing to see the habitat of the <em>Echis<\/em> in Tilemsoune. This record is the second of our knowledge because it was already found there by the great Gerrit Jan Verspui (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semanticscholar.org\/paper\/Reptile-diversity-of-southern-Morocco%3A-range-and-of-Kane-Goodwin\/3627ea8e71839e590ce8cc0610018452d70b0877\">Kane <em>et al.,<\/em> 2019<\/a> for details). The habitat is completely different to the typical habitat of this species in Morocco (Tiglit-Aouinet Lanha-Assa-Icht-Tata-Allougoum-Agdz). During the night we didn\u00b4t find a single animal in the road confirming that animals, especially reptiles and amphibians, were probably waiting some rains or at least lower temperatures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6598\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6598 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/57.-Goat-dead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/57.-Goat-dead.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/57.-Goat-dead-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dead goat inside the deposit of a water hole, with a Busack\u00b4s Leopard Fringe-toed Lizard in the head<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6599\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6599 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/57.-rescued-acant-busacki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/57.-rescued-acant-busacki.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/57.-rescued-acant-busacki-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After releasing that Busack\u00b4s Leopard Fringe-toed Lizard, the hand was cleaned 12 times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6600\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6600\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6600 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/58.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/58.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/58.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That would be a paradise for toads with a simply concrete ramp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6602\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6602 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/59.-Sclerop-mauri-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/59.-Sclerop-mauri-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/59.-Sclerop-mauri-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Toad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6601\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6601 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/58.-Baby-toad-in-dead-scorpion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/58.-Baby-toad-in-dead-scorpion.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/58.-Baby-toad-in-dead-scorpion-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juvenile toad trying to survive thanks to a dead scorpion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6603\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6603 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/60.-Barbaryphryne-brongersmai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/60.-Barbaryphryne-brongersmai.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/60.-Barbaryphryne-brongersmai-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brongersma\u00b4s Toad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/61.-Water-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/61.-Water-hole.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/61.-Water-hole-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6605\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6605\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6605 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/62.-gabri-and-water-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/62.-gabri-and-water-hole.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/62.-gabri-and-water-hole-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6605\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabri preparing the descent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/62.-landscpe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/62.-landscpe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/62.-landscpe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6607\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6607 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/63.-owl-alex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/63.-owl-alex.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/63.-owl-alex-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little Owl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6608\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6608 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/65.-aljibe-echis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/65.-aljibe-echis.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/65.-aljibe-echis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Habitat of Echis pyramidum leucogaster in Tilemsoune<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6609\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6609 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/65.-Echis-pyramidum-leucogaster-Tantan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/65.-Echis-pyramidum-leucogaster-Tantan.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/65.-Echis-pyramidum-leucogaster-Tantan-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Saw-scaled Viper &#8211; Echis pyramidum leucogaster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6610\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6610 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/66.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/66.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/66.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More and more traps. Everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6611\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6611 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/67.-spalero-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/67.-spalero-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/67.-spalero-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake &#8211; Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up and drove direction to Assa. The morning was more a \u201cbirdwatchers\u201d trip than an herping trip. In fact, apart from a few reptile species, we could enjoy really amazing birds: a couple of <em>Eremophila bilopha<\/em> and some <em>Cursorius cursor<\/em>. To end the morning, we found a <em>Lanius senator<\/em> impaling a lizard.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6612\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6612\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6612 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68.-perro-en-basura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68.-perro-en-basura.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/68.-perro-en-basura-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So sad&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6613\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6613 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/69.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/69.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/69.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dangerous water hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6614\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6614 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/71.-bicho-crestudo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/71.-bicho-crestudo.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/71.-bicho-crestudo-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crested lark (Galerida tecklae)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6615\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6615 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/72.-corredor-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/72.-corredor-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/72.-corredor-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6616\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6616\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6616 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/72.-Falsa-bicha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/72.-Falsa-bicha.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/72.-Falsa-bicha-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">False alarm&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6617\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6617 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-Ch-polylepis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-Ch-polylepis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-Ch-polylepis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Many-scaled Skink &#8211; Chalcides polylepis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6618\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6618 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-cornuda-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-cornuda-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-cornuda-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned lark (Eremophila bilopha), female<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6619\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6619\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6619 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-cornudo-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-cornudo-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-cornudo-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned lark (Eremophila bilopha), male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6620\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6620\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6620 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6621\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6621\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6621 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-rata-muerta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-rata-muerta.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/73.-rata-muerta-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rat drowned<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6622\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6622 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/74.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/74.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/74.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazing rocky landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At midday, we passed Tiglit and in direction to Assa, we could check some pits. The most trapped vertebrates in that area are indeed the agamids. Lots of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/uromastyx_nigriventris\/\">Uromastyx nigriventris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/trapelus_boehmei\/\">Trapelus boehmei<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"><em>Agama impalearis<\/em> <\/a>dead and alive were found in the traps with few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chalcides_ocellatus\/\"><em>Chalcides ocellatus<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6623\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6623\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6623 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/76.-balsa-tiglite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/76.-balsa-tiglite.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/76.-balsa-tiglite-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frogs pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6624\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6624\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6624 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/76.-Pelophylax-Tiglite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/76.-Pelophylax-Tiglite.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/76.-Pelophylax-Tiglite-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6624\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Water Frog &#8211; Pelophylax saharicus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6625\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6625 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-a-en-pozo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-a-en-pozo.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-a-en-pozo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex searching<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6626\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6626 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Ch-ocellatus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Ch-ocellatus.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Ch-ocellatus-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocellated Skink &#8211; Chalcides ocellatus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6627\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6627 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Psammophis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Psammophis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Psammophis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6628\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6628 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Tiglite-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Tiglite-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Tiglite-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Oasis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6629\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6629\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6629 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Tiglite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Tiglite.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Tiglite-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiglite<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6630\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6630 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Uro-and-agama-rescued.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Uro-and-agama-rescued.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Uro-and-agama-rescued-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Female Bibron\u00b4s Agama and Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard rescued in the same hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6631\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6631\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6631 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Uromastyx-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Uromastyx-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/77.-Uromastyx-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6631\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard &#8211; Uromastyx nigriventris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/78.-Habitat-Aouinet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/78.-Habitat-Aouinet.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/78.-Habitat-Aouinet-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6633\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6633 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/79.-Uromastyx-nigriventris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/79.-Uromastyx-nigriventris.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/79.-Uromastyx-nigriventris-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard, in situ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6634\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6634 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-aljibaco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-aljibaco.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-aljibaco-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge water hole close to the Draa river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6635\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6635 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-aljsex-and-uros.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-aljsex-and-uros.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-aljsex-and-uros-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex with some Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard rescued in the same hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6636\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6636 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-hammada.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-hammada.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-hammada-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The hammada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The night arrived but the temperature continued extremely high (&gt;38\u00baC). A juvenile <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes <\/em><\/a>died at the beginning of the night and some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_boehmei\/\"><em>Tarentola boehmei<\/em> <\/a>were the only vertebrates that we could find on the roads or habitat. Even around the oueds, only scorpions and other invertebrates were active. With 35 degrees we arrived to our hotel in Assa. The walls of the room were extremely hot so the room was an oven. The shower didn\u00b4t work and we couldn\u00b4t stop sweating, becoming this our worst hotel experience in our life.\u00a0 It was a nightmare so we decided to return to the Coast as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6637\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6637 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-night.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-night-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Extreme temperatures even at night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6638\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6638 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-Trapelus-couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-Trapelus-couple.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/80.-Trapelus-couple-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Agama &#8211; Trapelus boehmei. Couple rescued of a water hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>6<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We continued checking the last holes of Assa. In one of them, there was water and we saw what it looked like a monitor drowned. We entered in the hole to confirmed and in the moment we touched the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/Varanus_griseus\/\"><em>Varanus griseus<\/em><\/a>, it began to move. It was a dark powerful specimen that seems to be happy to be rescued and it left us to take some great pictures whereas it returned to its natural habitat. Other species found in the holes were <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/uromastyx_nigriventris\/\">Uromastyx nigriventris<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/trapelus_boehmei\/\">Trapelus boehmei<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/mesalina_guttulata\/\">Mesalina guttulata<\/a><\/em> and a nice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chalcides_boulengeri\/\"><em>Chalcides boulengeri<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6639\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6639 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Assa-gas-station.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Assa-gas-station.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Assa-gas-station-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assa gas station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6640\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6640 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-uro-and-trapelus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-uro-and-trapelus.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-uro-and-trapelus-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard and B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Agama trapped<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6641\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6641 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-varanus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-varanus-ALEX.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-varanus-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-varanus-ALEX-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The third Monitor of the trip was huge and dark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Varanus-griseus-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Varanus-griseus-close-up.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Varanus-griseus-close-up-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6643\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6643 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Varanus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Varanus.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/82.-Varanus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Varanus griseus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6644\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6644 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83.-Ch-boulengeri-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83.-Ch-boulengeri-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83.-Ch-boulengeri-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulenger\u2019s Sand-skink, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6645\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6645 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83.-Chalcides-boulengeri-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83.-Chalcides-boulengeri-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83.-Chalcides-boulengeri-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boulenger\u2019s Sand-skink &#8211; Chalcides boulengeri<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6646\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6646\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6646 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unfortunately the best &#8220;shelter&#8221; for animals in kilometers are these structures&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When we finished checking the water holes, we tried to make some stops to herp but the temperature (49 degrees) avoided any activity of vertebrates. The dromedaries were hidden under the <em>Acacia<\/em> trees, and a couple of <em>Aquila fasciata<\/em> seemed to be dehydrating, so we definitively decide to go in the way to the Coast with a small stop to try to find the Alex top 1 species: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6647\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6648\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6648 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-perdicera.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-perdicera.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-perdicera-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bonelli&#8217;s eagle (Aquila fasciata)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6649\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6649 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-uro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-uro.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/84.-uro-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard, &#8220;in situ&#8221; inside a water hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6650\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6650 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/85.-Mesalina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/85.-Mesalina.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/85.-Mesalina-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small Spotted Lizard rescued with bad aspect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6651\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6651\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6651 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Camels-in-shadow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Camels-in-shadow.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Camels-in-shadow-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When the dromedaries are hidden, bad signal to find herps&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6653\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-landscape.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-landscape-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6652\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Landscape-cerasyes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Landscape-cerasyes.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Landscape-cerasyes-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6654\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6654\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6654 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Psammophis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Psammophis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/87.-Psammophis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6654\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake was the only snake rescued in a human structure in Assa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On our way to Guelmim we stopped in a place with rocks and sand. The temperature was not so high as in Assa so we thought that we could have chances. Unfortunately, after 1 hour of driving in the night without activity, we thought that we would not find anything again that night. However, walking in the habitat we could see a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tropiocolotes_algericus\/\"><em>Tropiocolotes algericus<\/em><\/a> and a really nice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes<\/em>.<\/a> Happy with the encounter, we slept in the sandy area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/88.-Cerastes-heaven.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/88.-Cerastes-heaven.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/88.-Cerastes-heaven-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6656\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6656 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/89.-Tropiocolotes-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/89.-Tropiocolotes-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/89.-Tropiocolotes-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algerian Dwarf Gecko &#8211; Tropiocolotes algericus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6657\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6657 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-a-Cerastes-mark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-a-Cerastes-mark.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-a-Cerastes-mark-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We were close&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6658\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6658\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6658 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-ab-Cerastes-and-alex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-ab-Cerastes-and-alex.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-ab-Cerastes-and-alex-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6658\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex &amp; his first Horned Viper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6659\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6659\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6659 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-Cerastes-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-Cerastes-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-Cerastes-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned Viper &#8211; Cerastes cerastes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6660\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6660\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6660 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-Cerastes-detail-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-Cerastes-detail-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/91.-Cerastes-detail-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6660\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned Viper, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up and stop in another sandy area. Very fast we found some tracks and later\u2026 a bigger <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/cerastes_cerastes\/\"><em>Cerastes cerastes<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/92.-Cerastes-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/92.-Cerastes-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/92.-Cerastes-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6662\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6662\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6662 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/92.-tracks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/92.-tracks.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/92.-tracks-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned Viper tracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6664\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6664 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/93.-Cerastes-tunnel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/93.-Cerastes-tunnel.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/93.-Cerastes-tunnel-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned Viper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6663\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6663 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/93.-Cerastes-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/93.-Cerastes-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/93.-Cerastes-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horned Viper, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We continued on our way to Sidi Ifni stopping in all the holes we knew. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/uromastyx_nigriventris\/\"><em>Uromastyx nigriventris<\/em><\/a> and some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/barbarophryne_brongersmai\/\"><em>Barbaroprhyne brongersmai<\/em><\/a> were the only vertebrates trapped in holes until a subadult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a> crossed the road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6669\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-Aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-Aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-Aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6665\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6665\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6665 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/94.-Uromastyx.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/94.-Uromastyx.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/94.-Uromastyx-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6666\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6666 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/95.-brongersmais.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/95.-brongersmais.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/95.-brongersmais-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brongersma\u00b4s Toads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6667\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6667 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/96.-brongersmai-red.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/96.-brongersmai-red.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/96.-brongersmai-red-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A cool reddish Brongersma\u00b4s Toad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6668\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6668 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-Agama-y-gabri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-Agama-y-gabri.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-Agama-y-gabri-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agama &amp; Gabri going out of a hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The road Guelmim to Sidi Ifni has been completely changed from the road we drove in 2008 but it continues having hundreds of water holes. We found the only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hyla_meridionalis\/\"><em>Hyla meridionalis<\/em><\/a> of the trip in a very deep pit with water (tree frogs and most T<em>arentola<\/em> species can enter and escape of holes easily and use them as a refuge and hunt), some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a>, some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"><em>Agama impalearis<\/em><\/a>, a juvenile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/ficha\/saurodactylus_harrisii\/\"><em>Saurodactylus harrisii<\/em> <\/a>and a dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/dasypeltis_sahelensis\/\"><em>Dasypeltis sahelensis<\/em><\/a>. <em>We saw<\/em> an adult <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/ficha\/malpolon_monspessulanus\/\"><em>Malpolon monspessulanus<\/em><\/a> inside a hole with a very small entrance, and it was impossible to get it out also because the snake was hidden under some rocks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/98.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/98.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/98.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6670\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6670 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-PSammophis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-PSammophis.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/97.-PSammophis-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6672\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6672 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/99.-malpolon-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/99.-malpolon-hole.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/99.-malpolon-hole-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was impossible to rescue an adult Malpolon monspessulanus found alive inside that hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6673\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6673\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6673 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100.-Saurodactylus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100.-Saurodactylus-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/100.-Saurodactylus-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6673\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harris Gecko &#8211; Saurodactylus harrisii, juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6674\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6674 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Agama-couple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Agama-couple.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Agama-couple-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bibron\u00b4s Agama: male (left) and female. Note the tails destroyed, typical in animals inside water holes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6675\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6675 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Dasypelt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Dasypelt.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Dasypelt-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahel Egg Eater found dead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6676\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6676 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Dasypeltis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Dasypeltis.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Dasypeltis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sahel Egg Eater, close-up of a dead specimen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6677\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Landscape.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/103.-Landscape-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got our favorite hotel of Sidi Ifni: \u201c<em>Suerte Loca<\/em>\u201d and ate a lot of local food to be ready for the evening.\u00a0 In the evening we checked some holes and found a dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/trogonophis_wiegmanni\/\"><em>Trogonophis wiegmanii<\/em>,<\/a> a juvenile <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/ficha\/malpolon_monspessulanus\/\">Malpolon monspessulanus<\/a> saharatlanticus<\/em>, some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/barbarophryne_brongersmai\/\"><em>Barbaroprhyne brongersmai<\/em>,<\/a> some<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"> Agama impalearis<\/a>, <\/em>a killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a> and several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a>. We had to stop the search after a second flat tire, in the same tire we had it the first time. On this occasion, we repair it in Sidi Ifni, just as fast as always. In the meantime, we had a good chat with the mechanics and Alex had a very nice spoiler from one guy that after trying to explain one of the last scenes of the new season of \u201cLa casa de papel\u201d (\u201cMoney Heist\u201d) show him a very clue video\u2026.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6678\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6678 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/104.-sidi-ifni-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/104.-sidi-ifni-0.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/104.-sidi-ifni-0-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historic Spanish building in central Sidi ifni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6679\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6679 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/104.-Sidi-Ifni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/104.-Sidi-Ifni.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/104.-Sidi-Ifni-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whereas inland the weather was around 50 degrees at day and 38 in the night, in the coast the temperature was 24-22 degrees during all day and night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/105.-ifni-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/105.-ifni-landscape.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/105.-ifni-landscape-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6682\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6682\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6682 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/105.-mochuelo-Alex.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/105.-mochuelo-Alex.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/105.-mochuelo-Alex-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6682\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More and more little owls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6685\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6685 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Gerrit-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Gerrit-hole.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Gerrit-hole-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gerrit\u00b4s Naja hole. As always, we didn\u00b4t find cobra there<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6683\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6683 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/106.-brongersmai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/106.-brongersmai.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/106.-brongersmai-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brongersma\u00b4s Toad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6684\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6684\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6684 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Gabri-in-hole.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Gabri-in-hole.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Gabri-in-hole-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6684\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabri working to find an adult Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6686\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6686 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Malpolon-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Malpolon-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Malpolon-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Montpellier Snake &#8211; Malpolon monspessulanus saharatlanticus, juvenile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6687\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6687 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-malpolon-detail-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-malpolon-detail-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-malpolon-detail-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Montpellier Snake, juvenile close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6691\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6691 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-aljibaco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-aljibaco.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-aljibaco-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex checking carefully a roof broken water hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6688\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6688\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6688 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Psammophis-dead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Psammophis-dead.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/107.-Psammophis-dead-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6688\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake, probably killed by locals when they saw it inside the hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6689\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6689\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6689 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/108.-agamas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/108.-agamas.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/108.-agamas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Female Bibron\u00b4s Agama waiting to die close to his couple, a dead male Bibron\u00b4s Agama&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6690\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6690 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/108.-pajaro-muerto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/108.-pajaro-muerto.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/108.-pajaro-muerto-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Although reptiles, mammals, amphibians and invertebrates are more usually found trapped inside the human structures, also lots of birds die in these deadly constructions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6692\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6692 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-b-hole-b-Hemorrhois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-b-hole-b-Hemorrhois.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-b-hole-b-Hemorrhois-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6693\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-habitat-ifni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-habitat-ifni.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-habitat-ifni-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6694\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6694 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-Pinchazo-gabri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-Pinchazo-gabri.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-Pinchazo-gabri-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flat tire II<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The night began and driving we found 2 hedgehogs, a fox, a nice reddish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a> and 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/bitis_arietans\/\"><em>Bitis arietans<\/em><\/a>. 2 of the vipers were alive, 2 dying and one dead. This viper has a small relatively small distribution in Morocco compared with the rest of vipers, but can be extremely abundant in some areas. One of the specimens was huge and was completely destroyed by cars, but still alive. When Gabri was going to catch it to move it away of the road (to avoid a fox or other animals to be road killed), the viper adopted the typical defensive behavior of this species. Even in the last moments of life this species has a strong survival instinct. After that &#8220;<em>Bitis<\/em>&#8221; night, we went to sleep.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6696\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6696 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-erizo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-erizo.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-erizo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hedgehog retired of the road with its prey, a grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6699\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6699\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6699 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/111.-Bitis-arietans-juv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/111.-Bitis-arietans-juv.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/111.-Bitis-arietans-juv-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6699\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juvenile Puff Adder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6700\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6700\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6700 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/111.-Bitis-juvenile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/111.-Bitis-juvenile.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/111.-Bitis-juvenile-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6700\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puff Adder, juvenile close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6698\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6698\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6698 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-Hemorrhois-red.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-Hemorrhois-red.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-Hemorrhois-red-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6698\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nice reddish Horseshoe Whip Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6697\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6697 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-hemorrhois-red-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-hemorrhois-red-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/110.-hemorrhois-red-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake close-up. The supposed rare supralabial scale in contact with the eye is very typical in the Southern Morocco specimens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6704\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6704\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6704 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-huge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-huge.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-huge-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huge Puff Adder. Left: when we though it was completely dead. Right: when we touched it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6701\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6701\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6701 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112-Bitis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112-Bitis-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112-Bitis-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6701\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puff Adder &#8211; Bitis arietans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6703\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6703 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-arietans-detail-ALEX-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-arietans-detail-ALEX-.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-arietans-detail-ALEX--300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puff Adder, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6702\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6702\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6702 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-arietans-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-arietans-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/112.-Bitis-arietans-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6702\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Puff Adder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>8<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up in the hotel, clean and rest, took an amazing breakfast and began to drive, and check more holes. Alex\u00b4s obsession now was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/daboia_mauritanica\/\"><em>Daboia mauritanica<\/em><\/a> so Gabri selected some holes in rocky areas with an abundance of <em>Atlantoxerus<\/em>, which seem to be one of the main preys of these big vipers. Alex promised Gabri that if they found the <em>Daboia<\/em>, they could make an alternative plan and find endemic lizards that were the Gabri wishes.<\/p>\n<p>The first holes were empty or with the common species: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/psammophis_schokari\/\"><em>Psammophis schokari<\/em><\/a>. After hundreds and hundreds of water holes checked in the previous days and during that morning, for some moments, we lost the hope of finding a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/daboia_mauritanica\/\"><em>Daboia mauritanica <\/em><\/a>(or anything apart of some common species).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6705\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6705\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6705 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/114.-Suerte-Loca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/114.-Suerte-Loca.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/114.-Suerte-Loca-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6705\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With Sable\u00b4Or in Tantan, our favourite hotels of Morocco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6695\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6695 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-z-calle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-z-calle.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/109.-z-calle-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spanish memories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6706\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6706 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-hole-a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-hole-a.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-hole-a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6707\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6707\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6707 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-hole-b-hemorrhois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-hole-b-hemorrhois.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-hole-b-hemorrhois-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6707\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake out of the hole<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6708\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6708\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6708 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-Ratonero-moro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-Ratonero-moro.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/116.-Ratonero-moro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6708\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Africa Buzzard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6709\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6709 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-atlantoxerus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-atlantoxerus-ALEX.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-atlantoxerus-ALEX-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6711\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6711\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6711 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-urraca-mora-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-urraca-mora-ALEX.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/117.-urraca-mora-ALEX-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6711\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maghreb magpie (Pica mauritanica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6712\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6714\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6714\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6714 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-negro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-negro.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-negro-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6714\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6713\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6713\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6713 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-cogujada-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-cogujada-ALEX.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-cogujada-ALEX-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crested lark (Galerida theklae)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6715\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6715 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-psammophis-rescued.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-psammophis-rescued.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/118.-psammophis-rescued-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forsk\u00e5l\u2019s Sand-snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6716\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6716\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6716 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119.-pecho-marron.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119.-pecho-marron.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/119.-pecho-marron-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">African stonechat or common stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But suddenly something magic and strange happened. Just when we decide to move to another area with, in theory, more chances of finding a <em>Daboia<\/em>, we saw it! An adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/daboia_mauritanica\/\"><em>Daboia mauritanica<\/em><\/a> in the deposit before a water hole. But the rare thing was not that, the strange thing was that it was with a massive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/naja_haje\/\"><em>Naje haje<\/em> <\/a>and 3 adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a>!. Absolutely unique moment.<\/p>\n<p>After some minutes of madness, where we shout, throw all to the flor, almost cry (and also broke Alex\u00b4s head-torch). One entered in the hole whereas the other help with bags and bottles. The one inside the hole caught the big black snake fast by the head so the rest was easy. With the 5 snakes out of the hole, we took some photos and released them in the natural habitat. There are thousands of pits like that the area, so we can only imagine how many snakes will die there\u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6717\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6717 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/120.-momento-letal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/120.-momento-letal.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/120.-momento-letal-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cobra + Moorish Viper + 3 Horseshoe Whip Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6718\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6718 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/121.-Brown-Hemorrhois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/121.-Brown-Hemorrhois.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/121.-Brown-Hemorrhois-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very brown Horseshoe Whip Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6721\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6721 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-Nice-hemorrhois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-Nice-hemorrhois.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-Nice-hemorrhois-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Second Horseshoe Whip Snake, probably the nicer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6720\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6720\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6720 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-hemorrhois-detaisl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-hemorrhois-detaisl.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-hemorrhois-detaisl-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6719\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6719\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6719 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-Hemorrhois-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-Hemorrhois-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/122.-Hemorrhois-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake close-up. Note the tick in the eye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6722\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6722 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/123.-Hemorrhois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/123.-Hemorrhois.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/123.-Hemorrhois-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Third Horseshoe Whip Snake, probably with the most typical pattern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6725\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6725 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-Naja-enorme-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-Naja-enorme-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-Naja-enorme-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra, free again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6726\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6726\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6726 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-najaca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-najaca.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-najaca-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6726\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra &#8211; Naja haje<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6723\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6723 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-cobraca.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-cobraca.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-cobraca-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egyptian cobra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6724\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6724 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-Gabri-y-cobron.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-Gabri-y-cobron.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/125.-Gabri-y-cobron-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">20 minutes later of seeing &#8220;the hole&#8221;, Gabri continues with the same smile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6729\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6729\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6729 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6729\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moorish Viper &#8211; Daboia mauritanica: so common, and so elusive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6728\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6728 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-detail-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-detail-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-detail-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moorish Viper, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6727\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6727 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-desde-arriba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-desde-arriba.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/126.-Daboia-desde-arriba-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moorish Viper, dorsal view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After that crazy experience, we celebrated that with good food in the closest village and Alex had to admit that they would go to search for endemic lizards. Next stop: Jebel Sirwa.<\/p>\n<p>Driving to Ouarzazate area, we entered in a sand storm in the last hours of the evening and the first moments of the night. We arrived for sleeping in Tata and found an adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_algirus\/\"><em>Hemorrhois algirus<\/em><\/a> crossing the road. We stopped the car and walk around an oasis and found a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/spalerosophis_dolichospilus\/\"><em>Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/em><\/a> close to walls with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_boehmei\/\"><em>Tarentola boehmei<\/em><\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/ptyodactylus_oudrii\/\"><em>Ptyodactylus oudrii<\/em><\/a>. In the water we saw an adult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/natrix_maura\/\"><em>Natrix maura<\/em><\/a> with lots of fish and amphibians around (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/sclerophrys_mauritanica\/\"><em>Scleroprhys mauritanica<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/pelophylax_saharicus\/\"><em>Pelophylax saharicus<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6730\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/128.-way-to-tata.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/128.-way-to-tata.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/128.-way-to-tata-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6731\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6731 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/130.-sand-storm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/130.-sand-storm.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/130.-sand-storm-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sand Storm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6732\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6732\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6732 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/135.-viperina-en-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/135.-viperina-en-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/135.-viperina-en-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6732\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viperine Snake, in situ in the habitat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6733\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6733 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/135.-Viperina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/135.-Viperina.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/135.-Viperina-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viperine Snake &#8211; Natrix maura, in situ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6734\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6734\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6734 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-pelophylax-green.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-pelophylax-green.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-pelophylax-green-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6734\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Water Frog &#8211; Pelophylax saharicus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6736\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6736\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6736 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-Pelophylax.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-Pelophylax.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-Pelophylax-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Water Frog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6735\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6735\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6735 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-Pelophylax-marron-y-verde.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-Pelophylax-marron-y-verde.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/136.-Pelophylax-marron-y-verde-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6735\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Water Frog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6737\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6737 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-Spalero-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-Spalero-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-Spalero-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake &#8211; Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6738\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6738 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-Spalerosophis-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-Spalerosophis-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-Spalerosophis-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6739\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6739 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-tar-boehmei.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-tar-boehmei.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/137.-tar-boehmei-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Gecko &#8211; Tarentola boehmei<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6740\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6740 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/138.-Sclerop-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/138.-Sclerop-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/138.-Sclerop-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Toad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6741\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6741\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6741 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/139.-Algirus-close-up-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/139.-Algirus-close-up-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/139.-Algirus-close-up-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algerian Whip Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6742\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6742 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/139.-Hemorrhois-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/139.-Hemorrhois-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/139.-Hemorrhois-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algerian Whip Snake &#8211; Hemorrhois algirus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>9<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In that morning we made some stops in good habitats but there were no tracks or signals of reptiles.<\/p>\n<p>We drove direction to Jebel Sirwa. Gabri was scared because in August 2012 his car was broken in the middle of the extremely bad road to Sirwa. However, now the road is much better, and with the duster we arrived in the evening after finding a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/chamaeleo_chamaeleon\/\"><em>Chamaeleo chamaeleon<\/em><\/a> crossing the road.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6743\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/140.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/140.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/140.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6744\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-Camello-negro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-Camello-negro.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-Camello-negro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-Habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-Habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-Habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6746\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-road-destroyed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-road-destroyed.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/141.-road-destroyed-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6747\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6747 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/142.-Crows-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/142.-Crows-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/142.-Crows-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ravens (Corvus ruficollis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/143.-oasis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/143.-oasis.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/143.-oasis-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-aa-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-aa-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-aa-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6751\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6751 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-chamaeleon-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-chamaeleon-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-chamaeleon-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mediterranean Chameleon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In Jebel Sirwa all was extremely dry. We didn\u00b4t find a single reptile species under stones (in the whole trip!!!) and in a walk of 2 hours we only saw 2 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"><em>Agama impalearis<\/em><\/a>, 1 <em>Podarcis sp<\/em>., 1 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/scelarcis_perspicillata\/\"><em>Scelarcis perspicillata<\/em><\/a> and 2 specimens of the target species: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/acanthodactylus_montanus\/\"><em>Acanthodactylus montanus<\/em><\/a>. This endemic lizard species of the Western High Atlas and Jebel Sirwa was considered previously <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/acanthodactylus_erythrurus\/\"><em>A. erythrurus<\/em><\/a>. With some in situ photos of these lizards, we drove again to the asphalt. We had to eat dinner fast because we wanted to try a bit of road cruising to find snakes at night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-ovejas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-ovejas.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-ovejas-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6750\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6750\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6750 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-agama-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-agama-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/144.-agama-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bibron\u00b4s Agama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6753\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6753 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/145.-Atlantoxerus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/145.-Atlantoxerus-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/145.-Atlantoxerus-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbary ground squirrel (Atlantoxerus getulus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/146.-Habitat-Sirwa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/146.-Habitat-Sirwa.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/146.-Habitat-Sirwa-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6755\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6755 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/146.-Scelarcis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/146.-Scelarcis-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/146.-Scelarcis-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moroccan Rock Lizard &#8211; Scelarcis perspicillata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6757\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6757 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/147.-Aca-montanus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/147.-Aca-montanus.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/147.-Aca-montanus-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jebel Siroua Spiny-footed lizard &#8211; Acanthodactylus montanus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6756\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6756 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/147.-A-montanus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/147.-A-montanus-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/147.-A-montanus-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jebel Siroua Spiny-footed lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6759\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6759 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/148.-pajaros-montan\u0303a-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/148.-pajaros-montan\u0303a-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/148.-pajaros-montan\u0303a-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhodopechys alienus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6758\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6758 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/148.-Agama.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/148.-Agama.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/148.-Agama-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bibron\u00b4s Agama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6760\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/149.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/149.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/149.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The temperature was 33 degrees in the first moments of the night, but it was a miracle to spot alive in the middle of a busy road the last of our top target species of the trip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/telescopus_tripolitanus\/\"><em>Telescopus tripolitanus<\/em><\/a>. We had cars in front and in the back so was really incredible that nobody hit that snake. We stopped to take some photos and leave that beauty continue its life and later we continue searching around by walk. A lot of scorpions, some mice, some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/tarentola_boehmei\/\"><em>Tarentola boehmei<\/em> <\/a>and a nice reddish <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/spalerosophis_dolichospilus\/\"><em>Spalerosophis dolichospilus<\/em><\/a> made a complete night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/150.-begin-the-night.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/150.-begin-the-night.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/150.-begin-the-night-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6770\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6770 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Cat Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6769\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6769 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Cat Snake &#8211; Telescopus tripolitanus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6771\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6771 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-lengua-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-lengua-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/154.-Telescopus-lengua-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North-African Cat Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6764\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6764 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-black-scorpion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-black-scorpion.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-black-scorpion-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hottentota sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6766\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6766 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-yellow-scorpion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-yellow-scorpion.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-yellow-scorpion-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Androctonus sp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6767\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6767 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/153.-Tarentola-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/153.-Tarentola-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/153.-Tarentola-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Gecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6768\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6768 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/153.-Tarentola-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/153.-Tarentola-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/153.-Tarentola-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">B\u00f6hme\u00b4s Gecko, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6765\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6765 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-solifugo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-solifugo.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/152.-solifugo-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camel Spider (Soligugae)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6763\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6763 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/151.-Spalero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/151.-Spalero.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/151.-Spalero-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6762\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6762\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6762 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/151.-Spalero-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/151.-Spalero-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/151.-Spalero-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mograbin Diadem Snake, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up and drove direction to Imilchil to find the second endemic lizard of the Gabri\u00b4s top list. In our way from Ouarzazate to Imilichil we could enjoy the touristic and amazing landscapes of the oasis of Tineghir and the Todra Gorge.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/156.-ouarzazate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/156.-ouarzazate.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/156.-ouarzazate-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6773\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6773 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/159.-cabeza-blanca-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/159.-cabeza-blanca-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/159.-cabeza-blanca-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The white-crowned wheatear or white-crowned black wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/160.-Tineghir-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/160.-Tineghir-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/160.-Tineghir-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/161.-a-Todra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/161.-a-Todra.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/161.-a-Todra-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/161.-Todra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/161.-Todra.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/161.-Todra-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The road passes for places over 2.600masl until it arrives at Imilchil. We arrived in the evening after a very long way. The habitat was even worse than in Jebel Sirwa, without any vertebrate under stones and no reptiles active. However, we wanted to try in the morning so we booked a mountain hotel (as the night was supposed to be cold). We were extremely tired after the intense trip, so we took an amazing dinner and go to sleep<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-landscape.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-landscape.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-landscape-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-ovejas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-ovejas.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-ovejas-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-walls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-walls.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-walls-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6779\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6779 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-scorpions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-scorpions.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-scorpions-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In situ scene under a stone (Buthidae)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/164.-pajaro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/164.-pajaro.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/164.-pajaro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-z-dinner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-z-dinner.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/162.-z-dinner-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>11<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We woke up very early and visit the microhabitat where we expect to be reptiles. The only small patches of good habitat were full of goats and shepherds telling us that they have never seen snakes there. But we wanted to see at least our target 1 of that place, the endemic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/acanthodactylus-lacrymae\/\"><em>Acanthodactylus lacrymae<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When the sun was hitting the rocks began to appear the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/podarcis_vaucheri\/\"><em>Podarcis vaucheri<\/em><\/a>. After some <em>Podarcis <\/em>we saw the first baby <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/acanthodactylus-lacrymae\/\"><em>A. lacryma<\/em>e<\/a>, followed some minutes after of some adults. Seeing that there was no activity of other animals we decided to begin the way to Marrakech.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/163.-Lake-Tislit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/163.-Lake-Tislit.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/163.-Lake-Tislit-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6784\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6784\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6784 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/165.-halc-abejers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/165.-halc-abejers.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/165.-halc-abejers-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">European honey buzzards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/166.-Habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/166.-Habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/166.-Habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6786\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6786\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/167.-lacrymae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/167.-lacrymae.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/167.-lacrymae-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6786\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juvenile Tislit Spiny-footed Lizard basking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6787\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6787 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-Podarcis-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-Podarcis-ALEX.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-Podarcis-ALEX-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vaucher\u2019s Wall Lizard, female<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6790\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6790 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/170.-avion-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/170.-avion-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/170.-avion-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6789\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6789 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-Podarcis-vauch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-Podarcis-vauch.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-Podarcis-vauch-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vaucher\u2019s Wall Lizard, nice male<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6788\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6788 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-podarcis-piece.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-podarcis-piece.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/168.-podarcis-piece-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vaucher\u2019s Wall Lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6791\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6791 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/170.-pajaro-wapo-ALEX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/170.-pajaro-wapo-ALEX.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/170.-pajaro-wapo-ALEX-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moussier&#8217;s redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6792\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6792 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/171.-limon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/171.-limon.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/171.-limon-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6793\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6793 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/172.-Lacrymae-adulta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/172.-Lacrymae-adulta.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/172.-Lacrymae-adulta-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Tislit Spiny-footed Lizard &#8211; Acanthodactylus lacrymae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In our way to Beni Mellal we saw an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/agama_impalearis\/\"><em>Agama impalearis<\/em><\/a> (clade north) crossing the road, and checking a human structure we saw a dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/eumeces_algeriensis\/\"><em>Eumeces algeriensis<\/em><\/a> and a dead <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/hemorrhois_hippocrepis\/\"><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em><\/a>. All was extremely dry and hot so we stopped in Beni Mellal to buy gifts for the family.<\/p>\n<p>Finally we arrived to an hotel in Marrakech<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-a-palmitos-Beni-Mellal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-a-palmitos-Beni-Mellal.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-a-palmitos-Beni-Mellal-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6795\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6795 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-agama-clado-norte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-agama-clado-norte.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-agama-clado-norte-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Subadult Bibron\u00b4s Agama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6796\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6796 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-cernicalo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-cernicalo.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/178.-cernicalo-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6797\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6797 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-Aljibe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-Aljibe.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-Aljibe-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deadly trap for small animals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6798\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6798 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-bicheos-en-arqueta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-bicheos-en-arqueta.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-bicheos-en-arqueta-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horseshoe Whip Snake &#8211; Hemorrhois hippocrepis and Orange Skink &#8211; Eumeces algeriensis found dead in a human structure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6799\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-ciguen\u0303as.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-ciguen\u0303as.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-ciguen\u0303as-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-shooping.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-shooping.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-shooping-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6801\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-tortola.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-tortola.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-tortola-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6802\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-z-arriving-riad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-z-arriving-riad.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/179.-z-arriving-riad-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>12<sup>th<\/sup> September 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alex took the flight very early to Madrid but Gabri would take the flight to Malaga after lunch, so Abdellah Bouazza proposed to Gabri to go with him a few hours to the High Atlas.<\/p>\n<p>5 minutes after begin walking appeared the first herp species, a baby <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/quedenfeldtia_trachyblepharus\/\"><em>Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus <\/em><\/a>in the side of a bush, and just inside that bush a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/vipera_monticola\/\"><em>Vipera monticola<\/em><\/a> basking. Genus <em>Vipera<\/em> in Morocco seems to have small populations or at least very elusive individuals in the north of Morocco, Middle Atlas and almost everywhere. However, in some places of 2700masl close to Marrakech they seems to be abundant.<\/p>\n<p>After the viper we could see some <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/podarcis_vaucheri\/\">Podarcis vaucheri<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/atlantolacerta_andreanskyi\/\"><em>Atlantolacerta andreanskyi<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/ficha\/quedenfeldtia_trachyblepharus\/\"><em>Q. trachyblepharus<\/em> <\/a>more. However Gabri level of energy was 0 so the expedition ended fast with the promise of Gabri to Abdellah that next time they will meet at the beginning of the trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6803\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/183.-lake-ouikaimeden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/183.-lake-ouikaimeden.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/183.-lake-ouikaimeden-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6805\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-arriving-Oukaimeden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-arriving-Oukaimeden.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-arriving-Oukaimeden-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6806\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-habitat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-habitat.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-habitat-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6807\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6807\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6807 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-monticola-pattern.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-monticola-pattern.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-monticola-pattern-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Africa Mountain Viper, dorsal photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6808\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6808 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-vipera-detail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-vipera-detail.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-vipera-detail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Africa Mountain Viper, close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6809\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6809\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6809 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-Vipera-monticola.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-Vipera-monticola.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/185.-Vipera-monticola-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Africa Mountain Viper &#8211; Vipera monticola monticola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6810\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6810\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6810 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/186.-Atlantolacerta.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/186.-Atlantolacerta.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/186.-Atlantolacerta-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6810\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Juvenile lizards were moving around<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6811\" style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6811 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/186.-Queden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/186.-Queden.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/186.-Queden-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High Atlas Day Gecko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/187.-cabras.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/187.-cabras.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/187.-cabras-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6813\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6813 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/188.-con-abdu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/188.-con-abdu.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/188.-con-abdu-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Abdellah Bouazza &amp; Gabri Mtnez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Apart of the endemic lizards, the trip was mainly focused in finding snakes. They are usually the more elusive herps and this table of the trip show clear the trip findings:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-10-07-a-las-22.01.00.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"729\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-10-07-a-las-22.01.00.png 729w, https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-10-07-a-las-22.01.00-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We drove many kilometers (over 4000 kms), day and night, finding only 11 dead snakes on road in the whole trip shows clearly that snakes weren\u00b4t very active. Out of the coast or the high mountain, the temperature was generally high, and in all places the habitat was extremely dry so the activity of reptiles was very low, probably waiting the first autumn rains to begin the activity again.<\/li>\n<li>Water holes are sadly indeed our best source to find snakes, both dead and alive. We found 68\/101 snakes in the water holes. That is an insane amount of snakes, but low if we consider that we checked over 600 water holes (an average of +- 1 snake\/10 water holes). These structures are indeed\u00a0 a big problem for the wildlife of southern Morocco.<\/li>\n<li><em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em> and <em>Psammophis schokari<\/em> are the most recorded species. <em>Psammophis <\/em>is probably the most adaptable species and appear both in the humid coastal area and the extreme desert of Smara, whereas <em>Hemorrhois hippocrepis<\/em> is extremely common in Tiznit-Lakhssas-Sidi Ifni-Labyar areas.<\/li>\n<li>We couldn\u00b4t identify 5 snakes that was dead inside water holes. The water destroy them completely so although we can have an idea with size, habitat, etc\u2026, we prefer to maintain them as Impossible ID.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ackowledgements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Abdellah Bouazza for joining Gabri in the last morning of the trip. To P. Geniez, J.M. Pleguezuelos, A. Hinckley, C. Vick, S. Vogler, Raulophis, D. Lievens, A. S\u00e1nchez Vialas, J. Aznar Gonz\u00e1lez de Ruega, A. Diugmedjiev, K. Andonov for help us with information or identifications.\u00a0 To the moroccoherps team for the support before the trip and specially to Ander Izagirre and Budi Rebollo because they were part of the trip although they finally couldn\u00b4t join us in this amazing adventure.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alejandro Carreras Barranco &amp; Gabriel Mart\u00ednez del M\u00e1rmol &nbsp; &nbsp; Some pictures have animals in extremely bad conditions so for very sensible people we recommend to not continue seeing the trip report. Water holes and pits around houses can be private. We highly recommend talking with locals before checking the structures. Explaining our purpose &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/the-101-snakes-trip-september-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The 101 Snakes Trip &#8211; September 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6467","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6467"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6873,"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6467\/revisions\/6873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moroccoherps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}