two female (and full stuffed with food) Natrix natrix at the Vir pond (road Cres town - Merag). end of May 2016
Ruggero Morimando wrote:
The other one was a black snake (very fast disappearing inside a stone wall) in the island of Losinj: it was probably a black Malpolon, because I've not yet seen melanistic gemonensis, but I cannot be sure of this determination either.
Ruggero Morimando wrote: ... a melanotic one, not a totally melanic one.
Ruggero Morimando wrote:I think it's a beautiful and interesting specimen of gemonensis: a melanotic one, not a totally melanic one.
Mario Schweiger wrote:nice observation on a large spotted/dark gemonensis.
A paper on those morphs of H. gemonensis from Croatia to Greece will come soon (I hope, I had it to review).
Noah Meier wrote:It's actually also the only "abnormal" colored gemonensis which I've seen so far.
Noah Meier wrote:I'm curious how this morphs look like...
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Yes, everyone who uses those terms will be kicked out.
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Noah Meier wrote:It's actually also the only "abnormal" colored gemonensis which I've seen so far.
Never seen anything like it (in the flesh), interesting!
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