Hierophis viridiflavus or gemonensis?

[Frank Deschandol]

As requested from PY, a true brown H. viridiflavus from Croatia...

[Berislav Horvatic]

Is it the same individual as on Pierre-Yves's photo?
Seems different to me.

[Rok Grzelj]

I think this is the same individual from Pierre-Yves's photo http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/tcr52.jpg
and this is the link to the website (which i posted some time ago) http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/tren ... ptiles.htm
The last 2 pics under "Jour 5, le 9 mai:"

[Berislav Horvatic]

One thing, I found out, but only about 60 to 70% on individuals, is: gemo has two points on head,
while these two points in viridiflavus extend to a bar between the eyes.

Yes, here's a counterexample:
http://www.herpetofauna.at/gallery/istr ... 52-32.html
http://www.herpetofauna.at/gallery/istr ... 54-13.html
Or, perhaps, an erroneous determination of the species?

And viridiflavus looks a bit more (but what is a bit? ) more striped.

MORE striped?!

[Berislav Horvatic]

I think this is the same individual from Pierre-Yves's photo http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/tcr52.jpg

But just look at the colours. The individual in Frank's pictures is uniformly dark brown,
with no pattern. I'd rather wait for Pierre-Yves and Frank to settle this.

[Pierre-Yves Vaucher]

Is it the same individual as on Pierre-Yves's photo?
Seems different to me.

No it was during our last travel 2011. I captured this Hierophis on the south Istria, near Vodnjan, I didn't take this one in picture.

[Berislav Horvatic]

A a once-in-a-lifetime photo: a brown Hierophis viridiflavus devouring a Podarcis siculus:
http://fotozine.org/?knjiga=galerije&po ... ent=166753
Taken by Stjepan Janeković, a nature lover and photographer from Krk in June 2008.

I strongly invite anybody interested in good nature photos to browse his galleries:
http://fotozine.org/?omen=tetivika