Hierophis viridiflavus or gemonensis?

[Rok Grzelj]

The finding is from an altitude of aprox. 900m ...on a meadow bordering a beech forest... with harsh winters and mild summer temps.

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

OK, thank you both.

[Rok Grzelj]

Since you clearly have caught the snake for the photos it shouldn't be too hard to count the ventrals on the spot, isn't it?
That would answer your question more or less immediately....

Sorry...I didnt see that
In the first sentence I wrote that I know the answer...so...
I also wrote that the snake was an young adult male more than 1 meter long.....

...and the 2 species to compare
viridiflavus

gemonensis


I think its possible to make a mess also with comparing berus and ursinii...and start scale counting etc...

[Tomaz Jagar]

In the first sentence I wrote that I know the answer...so...
I also wrote that the snake was an young adult male more than 1 meter long.....

Oops, I missed that part before...

[Rok Grzelj]

I noticed something more interesting on a forum members(Pierre-Yves) website..

Here is the link:
http://www.batraciens-reptiles.com/tren ... ptiles.htm

check in the pic set(last 2 pics) "Jour 5, le 9 mai:"...the pic was taken around Vizinada (N Istria)

[Tomaz Jagar]

Little contribution on the topic:

http://web.bf.uni-lj.si/bi/NATURA-SLOVENIAE/pdf/NatSlo_13_2_6.pdf

[Berislav Horvatic]

In the second picture one can see the copper-coloured iris of the eye,
typical for H. viridiflavus, but not for H. gemonensis - the latter have
yellowish irises.

[Tomaz Jagar]

In the second picture one can see the copper-coloured iris of the eye,
typical for H. viridiflavus, but not for H. gemonensis - the latter have
yellowish irises.

Didn't know that, thanks for that piece of info.

Regards, Tomaz

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Congrats!

P.S.: You lost a word in the title

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

In the second picture one can see the copper-coloured iris of the eye,
typical for H. viridiflavus, but not for H. gemonensis - the latter have
yellowish irises.

Throughout their entire (allopatric) ranges?