by Tibor Sos » Sun Jul 05, 2009 6:23 pm
it'is not Natrix of Vipera, although keeled, is not so strongly keeled. other snakes with keeled scales are the Elaphe species, although more keeled in adult specimens. the pattern of Elaphe (quatuorlineata) sauromates is easy to ID, so it must to be a species with lighter draw, thus a Zamenis longissimus... I only know the Romanian snakes, thus I can compare only with this species... so, this ID is limited.