Further Endangerment of the Cyprus Grass Snake at Paralimni Lakes

 Report by Hans-Jorg Wiedl, aka Snake George, on Paralimni Lakes, Cyprus – October – November 2011 (The content was provided by Snake George and organised for presentation by Linda Crossley and John Mason) Summary Possible Endangerment of the Cyprus Grass Snake (Natrix natrix cypriaca) during clean up at Paralimni by Cyprus Government. Background In 1995, I [...]

Why the Cyprus Grass Snake is NOT Red Listed?

Why is the Cyprus Grass Snake NOT Red Listed? What is the Red List and why is it important? The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c. 6,000 European species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, freshwater fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, and selected groups of beetles, molluscs, and vascular plants) according to IUCN regional [...]

Breakthrough – EU Commission to question the Cyprus Government about the Cyprus Grass Snake

  The EU Commission for the Environment says; “Thank you for this additional document with alarming information about the status of N. natrix cypriaca. As already stated, the Commission is pursuing the infringement case about Paralimni in accordance with applicable procedures. As you also point out the implementation of a captive breeding programme is one [...]

Update – Campaign to Save the Cyprus Grass Snake from Extinction

Cyprus Reptiles has been busy writing to all of the Cyprus MEP’s, Permanent staff from Cyprus on the Council for Europe, The EU Commission for the Environment and all of the Cyprus Deputies about the plight of the Cyprus Grass Snake (CGS). We have been telling them that according to George’s latest field surveys that [...]