Non-native herps

[wolves121121]

Originally Posted by HABU

i'd imagine garter snakes would be alright there... i don't know what else snake-wise could breed there... garter snakes though.. i see no reason why.

i agree mate and could well be. a possible garter sp was found on cannock chase last year

[Joe1507]

Originally Posted by wolves121121

your in the right part of the UK think theres afew wall lizard colonies in kent and aesculapian snake in london. plus marsh frogs by the nuclear power station in dungeness

Sure is marsh frogs here, harder to find then youwould think though

[DazedLewis]

Originally Posted by spend_day

not a herp but we have more muntjac deer that u can shake a stick at in my home town. seriously hundreds of them. some people still wont belive we have several herds of deer living in the town tho and most people dont even know they're there. one ran into the side of my OH's car not long back.

I thought they were native to the uk?

[ian14]

Originally Posted by exoticsandtropics

there are xenopus frogs in the isle of wight and aesculpian spelling? snakes along the river in camden.

I caught a pair of adult aesculapians from the bank of the canal by London Zoo about 14 years ago - apparantly they had escaped a few years before from the zoo's Education Centre - would explain the colony there then!!

I have also caught midwife toads in High Wycombe, where there is a sizeable breeding population.

[955i]

Originally Posted by DazedLewis

I thought they were native to the uk?

Muntjac are not native. They originate in Asia and are now classed as having reached pest proportion in some areas of the UK.

However, some sightings may be of Chinese water deer which are also non-native residents and look similar to muntjac.

[sean k]

marshfrogs are not native, i have seen them for silly prices in pet shops.
but for some reason a place i knew of which had hundreds of large frogs, has changed i went there a week ago and i only could fnd like 3 frogs and for like 5 years the least i have ever seen was like 200 frogs. lol but my friend still has about 40 CB adult in an outdoor enclosure..

[Shell195]

Originally Posted by DASSIE

aberant caliking and a big ratsnake (just outside my rodent shed) , both in the centre of the universe (skem) .

in SA , I got several exotic species from baby retics to burmese and corns etc . Prob escapee pets tbh .

NIk

Must be herp heaven in Skem as about 5 years ago we caught a juvenile female Iggy that had been happily living on the estate we used to live on

[KJ Exotics]

Anyone know of more non natives, anyone know of any in warwickshire.

[Al Hyde]

I caught natrix tessellata back in the 80's , also in the same area many juveniles I suspected to be hybrids