Looking for shed pictures

[Alexandre Roux]

Hi !

I'm making a conference (next wednesday !!!) about snake sheds (only Snakes of Rhône, France) and I'm looking for great pictures of shed (1,2 or 3 shed).

- The head
- Middle of the body to count scales

Eveything which can be use for an "identification exercise".

Here are the species I'm looking for:

Vipera aspis
Coronella austriaca
Coronella girondica
Hierophis viridiflavus
Zamenis longissimus
Natrix maura
Natrix natrix

Thanks in advance for your help !!!

[Guillaume Gomard]

So I guess it's the shed itself and not a close-up of the snake in shed, right?

[Alexandre Roux]

Yes !
I'm looking for something precise where we can count the scales ranges, see if the scales are keeled or nor for example.

[Guillaume Gomard]

Maybe I have something for you, I should look later in my archives...

[Guillaume Gomard]

The best I could find in my pictures for an exercise of identification:

Young viridiflavus:

Adult viridiflavus:

V.aspis (I could find an asp population 2 weeks after spotting this shed )

but also:

DOR Z.longissimus:

Attacked C.austriaca:

[Stéphane Aubry]

Hello Alexandre,

I have only that concerning Natrix natrix

http://www.pbase.com/stephaubry/natrix_natrix_180812

other ones are for V. berus and ursinii but they are not on your list...

[Edvard Mizsei]

Tomorrow I will send you N. natrix, Z. longissimus and C. austriaca (I need to take the pictutes...). I also have D. caspius, M. insignitus, V.u.rakosiensis, V.u.moldavica, V.graeca, N. tessellata.

[Alexandre Roux]

Thanks everybody !

Not sure I will use it but I'd like to thank you for the documents !

[Matthieu Berroneau]

You can also contact J. Muratet, I think he have all french reptiles skin...

[Alexandre Roux]

Thanks Matthieu but my conference was yesterday !
I don't need shed anymore (well... until next time !)