Non-native herps

[stuartdouglas]

Anyone seen/caught any non native herps in this country, if so, what, where and when?

[Matt Harris]

Plenty of RETs, and one Softshell turtle. A sulcata in a field in Oxfordshire and a Fire Salamander in a street in Oxford. Also Aesculapian snakes in North Wales when I worked in the zoo.

[a.m.phibian]

Various chelonia - red ears, common snapper, european pond tortoise. Various wall lizards, western greens. Fire salamander, alpine newts, pool frogs, marsh frogs, european green tree's (many years ago). Strangest was a whites tree frog, i went to a house where the new owners had found a medium sized tree frog sitting on a spade handle by their pond one august evening - apparently the previous owners had let some tadpoles go in their pond early that year, and the little fella was a result of this, had thrived and grown to quite a large size due to abundant prey. I still have him today.

[gtm]

I heard a story about a colony of corn snakes in Essex.

[Matt Harris]

Originally Posted by gtm

I heard a story about a colony of corn snakes in Essex.

Be interesting to know if this is true - I don't see why not as they can be found quite far north in the States.

[stuartdouglas]

I've heard of a colony of Hyla cinerea in the New Forest, the scorpions in Chatam Dockyard, Folkestone docks and Ongar railway station. Theoretically it would be possible for numerous species to thrive in our climate. For instance, Grammostola rosea (Chile Rose tarantula) spends months under a layer of snow in its natural habitat.
Keep 'em coming, I'm fascinated by the abilities of non-native species to adapt and thrive here

[Shiori]

Where i used to live we were always getting wood deliverys for the stable yard and the guy next door had been picking up various bits and pieces for decades. Anyway ive seen small scorpions, and giant millipedes around there. Have also seen many types of spider and beetle that im sure are not native. Could be all sorts of other creatures living around there.
Also my o/h used to do a lot of fishing and hooked a massive snapping turtle once. Scared the living daylights out of him.

[Joe1507]

Originally Posted by stuartdouglas

I've heard of a colony of Hyla cinerea in the New Forest, the scorpions in Chatam Dockyard, Folkestone docks and Ongar railway station. Theoretically it would be possible for numerous species to thrive in our climate. For instance, Grammostola rosea (Chile Rose tarantula) spends months under a layer of snow in its natural habitat.
Keep 'em coming, I'm fascinated by the abilities of non-native species to adapt and thrive here

I live in folkestone, theres lots of scorpiopns around u gotta know where to look

[sandmatt]

Only terrapins and bull frogs

[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