Snake identification...

[MacManiac]

We have a snake in the back garden and would like some help identifying it.

How do I get my photo to appear on this forum? It is currently in the “Photos” album on my iPad.

[Kili01]

Describe the snakes colour, size and anything else which you noticed about it. I saw one myself a couple of days ago in my garden. The one I saw was slim, black,and about 5ft long, it moved v quickly away when we saw each other. I think it was a whip snake which is harmless.

Dee

[MacManiac]

Grey mottled colour with a lot of black, and about two feet long.

[Kili01]

Was it thick or thin in body.? What were its head shape and tail like and did it run away or hold its ground?
Dee

[MacManiac]

It was thinnish and when I picked it up in the pool net to deposit it over the wall, it curled up and raised its head. I almost had a heart attack. I didn’t get close enough to see the head shape which is why I wanted to post a picture.

[cyprusmax47]

We have a snake in the back garden and would like some help identifying it.

https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/05/07/fore ... es-photos/

Max

[MacManiac]

Managed to post the photograph on Fb and it was identified as a young whip snake so my heartbeat Is nearing normal.

[Kili01]

Yes, I have been looking in my Cyprus Reptile book, and am glad that yours turned out to be a whipsnake. My book said that young Whip snakes have a greyish skin with markings.
There are 9 types of snakes here mainly harmless to man,, but only one, the Blunt Nose Viper is very poisonous when it bites.

Dee

[Devil]

http://www.bnellis.eu/nature/natreptile.html

The above link will take you to pictures of all the snakes you may see and a description of most of them. We have had four different species in the garden.

I should like to make a point that the BNV is not poisonous but it is venomous. I have it on good authority from a local farmer that the flesh is delicious. That having been said, it is illegal to kill them or any other snake.

[MacManiac]

http://www.bnellis.eu/nature/natreptile.html

The above link will take you to pictures of all the snakes you may see and a description of most of them. We have had four different species in the garden.

I should like to make a point that the BNV is not poisonous but it is venomous. I have it on good authority from a local farmer that the flesh is delicious. That having been said, it is illegal to kill them or any other snake.

Thanks for that link, Devil.