Corfu and its Animals

Between graduating from the MEME Master Programme and taking the final steps to get started with my PhD in Munich, I spent a month on the Greek island of Corfu with my partner Mark Scherz. We traveled the whole island in pursuit of all its little critters. The plan was to find at least half of the endemic herpetofauna. Although we did not quite manage to achieve this goal, we came pretty close. Among  others we spotted Rana dalmatina, Pelophylax epeiroticus, Emys orbicularis hellenica, Mauremys rivulata, Algyroides nigropunctatus, Podarcis taurica ionica, Ablepharus kitaibelii, and Hemidactylus turcicus.
All photos are a courtesy of Mark and most of the photo credit goes to him.