Red Coronella austriacas

[Vlad Cioflec]

Guess my monitor isn`t all that calibrated, cause that`s one beautiful pink Smooth Snake!

[Guillaume Gomard]

That's one amazing Coronella!! Since 3 weeks I'm walking in Coronella habitats and I have encountered a subsequent number now, but only the regular grey or brown specimens. I never found one snake as bright as the one you are showing here. But look at this one:

http://www.herpfrance.com/Resources-fol ... rad%29.jpg

Not bad either..

[Guillaume Gomard]

Is this by Konrad Mebert?

Exactly!

[Matthieu Berroneau]

Wow ! Really reddish !
I found this one in Pyrénées, by night.

[Francesco Tri]

I, too, in south Italy, Apulia, near Monopoli (Ba) I found two Coronelle really red, but unfortunately I did not have the camera

[Liam Russell]

Here's a red girondica from Portugal

[Liam Russell]

The belly was pretty "normal" I'm afraid, pale off-white with dark markings. Definitely best viewed from above

[Mario Schweiger]

here are two scans (same specimen) from slides from Weitwörth ( a few km north of town Salzburg), shot on May 2nd, 1992. nearly adult male (approx. 45 - 50 cm)

Mario

[Ilian Velikov]

Some nice looking snakes!

Here's a juvenile that's a lot similar to Mario's individual - red belly and normal dorsal.

[Daniel Bohle]

Here's a juvenile that's a lot similar to Mario's individual - red belly and normal dorsal.

that is typical for juveniles!
they lose the red belly if they get adult.

attached the red one ... to bad, looking at the pic this one is not red at all. foto must be bleached out over the years

ok,I also attach a funky yellow one

yes, I was to lazy and missed to make a real pic