...and a very black Vipera.
And you mention it just like that, en passant??!! Never mind black or blackish
N. natrix,
but a black or "very blackish"
V. ammodytes is a FIND ideed, a once-in-a-lifetime find...
The "very blackish Elaphe" is also a FIND, so don't be so modest... Man, you had luck.