Red Coronella austriacas

[Alexandre Roux]

Last year I found a red adult in Isère (France).

[Daniel Bohle]

http://herpetofauna-nrw.de/downloads/mu ... schlin.pdf

including some pics for those who don´t speak german

[Gabriel Martínez]

Hi! Redish austriacas seem cool. I just revised my emails and some days ago I received photos of Rafael Vazquez Graña. He found this beauty, first 100% menalistic austriaca photo I have seen. Maybe you find it interesting although it seems not too rare:
http://www.ratsnakefoundation.org/index ... ooth-snake
and maybe people of the forum have found this before

[Andre Schmid]

Stunning !

Thanks for the photo !

[Matthieu Berroneau]

Hi! Redish austriacas seem cool. I just revised my emails and some days ago I received photos of Rafael Vazquez Graña. He found this beauty, first 100% menalistic austriaca photo I have seen. Maybe you find it interesting although it seems not too rare:
http://www.ratsnakefoundation.org/index ... ooth-snake
and maybe people of the forum have found this before

Austriaca black.jpg

Yes Gabriel, I personaly foud one like this (see here) :
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1231&start=30

or here :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mp7/5707209612/

It's seems to be rare...

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

? Is this a Coronella?

[Mario Schweiger]

? Is this a Coronella?

This is, what I have been thinking too
But look at this:

Sometimes the head proportions seem to be out of normal

[Matthieu Berroneau]

Wow, yes, strange head !

[Will Atkins]

here's one from a couple of weeks ago in my study population in Dorset, UK. The ground colour was pinkish-orange and the normally darker markings on the dorsal surface were almost totally replaced with a reddish-orange (hard to explain in words but hopefully the link will work... )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/100121190@N06/10143941575/

[Kristian Munkholm]

here's one from a couple of weeks ago in my study population in Dorset, UK. The ground colour was pinkish-orange and the normally darker markings on the dorsal surface were almost totally replaced with a reddish-orange (hard to explain in words but hopefully the link will work... )

http://www.flickr.com/photos/100121190@N06/10143941575/

That looks a lot like my first ever smooth snake (see viewtopic.php?f=11&t=1699). In fact, it looks more like the one I found than my own pictures do. I don´t like the way the colours came out in those