a few days ago I went to the Coronella austriaca population near my hometown. I found a few new born Coronellas basking on stones and one blind baby. I´ve never saw individuals like this in nature (only some captive breed animals with this handicap). Here some shoots.
Habitat:
Coronellas in situ:
I thought that something is wrong with this little snake....but I dont know what at this time ...
...as she raised her head i saw it
Did you ever find a snake like that in nature ? And it´s a bad cnance or its a sign of a isolated population (inbreed) ? To inbreed I must say that this is the only animal like this I found there (all others were normal, about 20 individuals).
It will work without problems for dozens to hundreds of generations, but in limited populations some genetic mutants, bad for the survival of the species, may spred over the whole population in a relatively short time.
