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Old 19-05-2008, 07:34 AM
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Re: Visit to Richmond Park - snakes

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Originally Posted by aeshna5 View Post
The photo is a Grass Snake for sure.
I looked up grass snakes in the Collins Reptiles & Amphibians - should have done it earlier! - and the first one looked like the form described as Spanish/Portuguese... strange to have different forms so close together -about 800 yards apart - in such an isolated population.

the Dorset adder is:

http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/ar...o=59247&cat=31
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