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Some Dutch Vipers and Grass snakes

Marcel Poots

Marcel Poots

Young, handsom member
This weekend was a great weekend for herping. Spotted some Vipers and Grass snakes.

Natrix helvetica:
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Ditto
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Vipera berus:
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Superb pics marcel, is that a pair together & did you find them that way or put them together...? :cheers:
 
Hey you used some of the pics I took! Cool! Sunday was fantastic!! I had never seen a Grass snake before in real life, and now i've fallen in love with them! Such neat animals!!!

Arjan
 
Cool pictures!

Ok, I have to ask the dumb question: "did you find any TimesNewRoman species?" :sidestep:

(Where's the smiley being dragged offstage by a hook?)
 
Snakexperience said:
Hey you used some of the pics I took! Cool!
Arjan
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Yes, your pictures of the grass snakes where far better than mine.. Only the first picture of the grass snake is mine.
 
Very cool pics. I don't get to see snakes from europe often
Serpwidgets said:
Cool pictures!

Ok, I have to ask the dumb question: "did you find any TimesNewRoman species?" :sidestep:

(Where's the smiley being dragged offstage by a hook?)
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I heard the WingDings are a very aggressive species (oh yeah, I went there.)
 
So nice! I actually think I saw some grass snakes in the petshop some time ago, is that usual?

Where did you go snake spotting?
 
If you saw Natrix natrix (any of the sub species) in a pet shop I am suprized. They are illegal to keep. Not even with Budep paper work. They are highly endangered.

I went looking for grass snakes north of Amsterdam and the vipers in Hengelo (next to the German border).
 
Yes, the dark ones are the vipers. And in Vipers you can tell the males form females by color. Females are brown like this:

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And the males are black like this:

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Marcel Poots said:
If you saw Natrix natrix (any of the sub species) in a pet shop I am suprized. They are illegal to keep. Not even with Budep paper work. They are highly endangered.

I went looking for grass snakes north of Amsterdam and the vipers in Hengelo (next to the German border).
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I'll check it out next time I'm in the shop. The Latin name is not on the viv so I hope they kwow what they are. They are oliv green with black as far as I rememeber..... maybe any idea what they could have been?

By the way; nice to find a very endangered species!
 
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