Philippos KatsiyiannisOct 2, 20194 min readChelonia mydas in Greece: a discoveryIt was in summer 2017 that I went for a second time to Kastellorizo island, on an extended zoological expedition, looking for reptiles...
Philippos KatsiyiannisSep 8, 20192 min readSymi July 2019. Dry, hot and barrenHaving been to Symi island, East Aegean, and found a large male Ottoman Viper Montivipera xanthina, was enough motivation to go there...
Philippos KatsiyiannisMay 15, 20192 min readHerping at the edge of Europe. April 2019For most countries, the edges, the corners, the islands and the borders are likely to offer herping opportunities that are absent in the...
Philippos KatsiyiannisJan 30, 20192 min readAnatolian night shift. Symi August 2017Symi. There is something in this small jewel in the eastern Aegean that attracts me there like a magnet. And it is not only the very...
Philippos KatsiyiannisJan 28, 20193 min readAncient lizards of the Aegean. Pori, April 2018 Few herping trips are more difficult, than reaching Pori island. Pori or Prasonisi is a very small, uninhabited islet north of the very...