One of the most impressive habitats in Israel is the extensive dune system that stretches along Israel's Mediterranean coast. The dunes are at their widest and most impressive in the Western Negev, along the Egyptian border, which is where we will go and look for sand-specialist reptiles.
We will leave Tel Aviv in the early afternoon, and reach the Negev a couple of hours before sunset to search for diurnal species such as Acanthodactylus scutellatus, A. aegyptius, Trapelus savignii and the elusive Scincus scincus.
After the sun sets, we will follow tracks to try and find such species as Chalcides sepsoides, Stenodactylus sthenodactylus, S. doriae, Lytorhynchus diadema, Spalerosophis diadema, and the venomous sidewinding Cerastes cerastes and Cerastes vipera. If we are extremely lucky we may even encounter Varanus griseus and Walterinnesia aegyptia. We will return to Tel Aviv around midnight and start the next day a little later than usual. The more adventurous of you may be able to persuade a local to stay the night on the dunes and catch a lift back to Tel Aviv in the early morning.
We will leave Tel Aviv in the early afternoon, and reach the Negev a couple of hours before sunset to search for diurnal species such as Acanthodactylus scutellatus, A. aegyptius, Trapelus savignii and the elusive Scincus scincus.
After the sun sets, we will follow tracks to try and find such species as Chalcides sepsoides, Stenodactylus sthenodactylus, S. doriae, Lytorhynchus diadema, Spalerosophis diadema, and the venomous sidewinding Cerastes cerastes and Cerastes vipera. If we are extremely lucky we may even encounter Varanus griseus and Walterinnesia aegyptia. We will return to Tel Aviv around midnight and start the next day a little later than usual. The more adventurous of you may be able to persuade a local to stay the night on the dunes and catch a lift back to Tel Aviv in the early morning.