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A few pics of black or almost black animals. Most of the pics I made last year.

Salamandra atra



Natrix natrix



Vipera berus



And from today my "goal of the day"!!!
Zootoca vivipara

Very nice, thanks for sharing !

I´ve never found a melanistic Zootoca vivipara but it looks very beautiful...looking forward Where did you found the black Natrix natrix ?

And yeah, black rocks

Yeah! The black viviparous rocks most - to me!

Regards!

wolfram

Not only to you! Black Zootoca is amazing!

Andre, I know a few places for natrix but only one Population where balck natrix occur and this is just 35 km south of my hometown.

Hi
thanks for the information. I´ve not known that black natrix are living in germany. Good to know, I keep my eyes open

Very nices animals!!!

Up here in Denmark solid black - except for the yellow nuchal blotches - is the norm for grass snakes though some are dark slate gray with a faint pattern. My local adder population also has a majority of black individuals and melanistic vivipara are supposedly not all that rare. I've never seen one, though. The specimen shown here is - as others have commented - stunning.

So, who will post a gotlandica, carbonarius, black asp, ...?

Not all black but very interesting looking - don't think I've ever seen one quite like that before.
Is it from your neck of the woods?

The Zootoca rules! Is it a juvenile or an adult?