This is from a Fbook group. Apparently found "in east-coastal Spain, in the mountains". I think it looks like an emaciated/dehydrated Rhinechis scalaris, but am not sure at all. Any ideas?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
^ My comment on that photo suggests Natrix maura. Doesn't look like a maura in this one, though: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater
Spanish snake ID
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Spanish snake ID
by Martti Niskanen » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:21 pm
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Re: Spanish snake ID
by Kevin Byrnes » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:03 pm
The eye is the deciding factor for me...N maura
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Re: Spanish snake ID
by Martti Niskanen » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:36 pm
Kevin Byrnes wrote:The eye is the deciding factor for me...N maura
That 's what got me as well. Also a species with massive variation in the color pattern.
The body form is more "Elaphe", but if the snake is emaciated....
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Re: Spanish snake ID
by miguel santos » Wed Jan 29, 2014 6:15 pm
I think it is N. maura as well.
The two big scales on top of the head are characteristic of the species.
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The two big scales on top of the head are characteristic of the species.
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Re: Spanish snake ID
by Pierre-Yves Vaucher » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:35 am
scales, eyes, pattern are from old deshydrated or eggs legged Natrix maura I think.
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