unavailable@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoI saw this little guy when I was walking home, I live in Sweden [SOLVED]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down14
arrow-up186arrow-down1imageI saw this little guy when I was walking home, I live in Sweden [SOLVED]lemmy.worldunavailable@lemmy.world to What is this thing?@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareKrik@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThe fellow is upside down. In Sweden there are only three snakes: The smooth snake/Hasselsnok, the grass snake/Snok and the adder/Hug(g)orm. The Snok is a bright one.
minus-squareGreyShack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoNot upside down - this is a juvenile, and they have these markings. Females may retain them, but adult males will lose the darker markings. Slow worms are legless lizards rather than snakes. They have eyelids, unlike snakes, for example.
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The fellow is upside down.
In Sweden there are only three snakes: The smooth snake/Hasselsnok, the grass snake/Snok and the adder/Hug(g)orm.
The Snok is a bright one.
Not upside down - this is a juvenile, and they have these markings. Females may retain them, but adult males will lose the darker markings.
Slow worms are legless lizards rather than snakes. They have eyelids, unlike snakes, for example.