The slow worm is a limbless elongated lizard. It is the only limbless lizard species in Romania and it can be easily mistaken for a snake. In vernacular language, this species is also named Glass snake, due to the fact that it „breakes” (the lizard can separate its...
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It is one of the most ubiquitous snake species, both in Romania and Europe. [2, 3, 6] [caption id="attachment_999" align="aligncenter" width="554"] The Geographic Range of Natrix natrix in Europe [4][/caption]The species can be encountered all over the Romanian territory, from the sea level to altitudes of 1,100. [2,...
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It is a widely encountered species both in Europe and in Romania, reported from the sea level to the altitude of 1000 meters a.s.l. [3,...
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Eryx jaculus is the only species of boas found in Europe and it is the rarest species of reptile from Romania, being thus the least known. [11] Sand boa can be found in Albania, Macedonia, Greece, on many islands from the Aegean Sea, in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey....
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The smooth snake is a species widely distributed in Europe and also in Romania, it can be found from the sea level up to an...
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Reptiles16 September 2014
Dolichophis caspius is the fastest and the most aggressive snake in Romania. Its bite can only be painful as it isn’t a venomous snake. Dolichophis...
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You have often seen the Aesculapian snake wrapped around a bowl representing the symbol of most pharmacies or pharmaceutical products. There are some legends in...
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Elaphe sauromates was initially called Elaphe quatuorlineata sauromates – the fourlined snake. Presently this taxon was raised to the rank of species. [9, 11, 14]...
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It is a species with Eurasian geographic range, found in Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Georgia, Armenia and Turkey....
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The adder (The common viper) is the viper species with the widest range, both in Europe and in Romania, being found from Great Britain, in the west to Sakhalin Island on the Pacific Coast, in the east and from northern Sweden to the Balkan Peninsula. [6, 8, 13]...
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