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Coyoteboy

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Since: Aug 13, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:26 am
Post subject: Snake found in cyprus but not listed as native
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When travelling to Cyprus a while ago I almost walked into a large
snake crossing my path. It was approximately 250cm long, solid shiny
black in colour but with a coppery red head (up to about 10cm from the
tip of its nose). It was a chunky looking snake, around 5cm diameter.

We have searched the web and cant find it listed in any of the sites,
can anyone help identify it?

Cheers
James

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mmccoy59

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:17 pm
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A large Montpellier Snake perhaps?


http://bornova.ege.edu.tr/~bgocmen/hc_snakes.html


"Coyoteboy" <coyoteboyuk DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> When travelling to Cyprus a while ago I almost walked into a large
> snake crossing my path. It was approximately 250cm long, solid shiny
> black in colour but with a coppery red head (up to about 10cm from the
> tip of its nose). It was a chunky looking snake, around 5cm diameter.
>
> We have searched the web and cant find it listed in any of the sites,
> can anyone help identify it?
>
> Cheers
> James
>

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Coyoteboy

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:37 am
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mmccoy59 wrote:
> A large Montpellier Snake perhaps?
>
>
> http://bornova.ege.edu.tr/~bgocmen/hc_snakes.html


That was the only one i could find that sort of matched the looks of
it, but its colours were much more vivid - the copper head was like a
semi-dull copper coin (UK 2p) and the body was *jet* black. Is it
normal for their pigmentation to vary significantly in vibrance within
a species?

J
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