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Ross
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Posted: 27 Dec 2004 at 1:38am |
Firstly, I was under the opinion that no snakes were indigenous to Lanzarote. So imagine my surprise when I came across gorgeous 1 metre speciman. To me it looked like a Horseshoe Whip Snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis) it had yellow and black colouration. It had circle-like markings along its back. Any ideas what else it could be? I know that the Horseshoe lives in Portugal, could it have swam or stowed away on a boat?
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Errr kept as a pet and then escaped?
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djp_phillips
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maybe corn snake, but I'll look into snakes on Lanzarotte,
otherwise check with the pet shops... see what they sell... |
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Dan Kane
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There are no Snakes indigenous to any of the Canary Islands. The snake you saw was most likely either someone's pet, which escaped, or it escaped from a pet shop. It may have stowed away on some floating junk, or maybe a boat, in which case it might have been some kind of N.W. African species, or it may have been someone's pet there. Do you remember what shape it was; shape of head, thickness of body... |
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djp_phillips
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so there are no snakes in the canaries... that's dissapointing as my family
wanted to visit there, but are you sure because until now I only knew of Ireland, greenland... and other cold places being the only snake free zones... |
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No, sorry, but i'm sure there aren't and naturally present snakes there The reptiles that I know of in the Canaries are: East Canary Gecko Gran Canaria Gecko Tenerife Gecko La Gomera Gecko The Gallotia Lizards Gran Canaria Skink Eastern Canary Skink West Canary Skink Which Island(s) were/are you planning to visit? Edited by Dan Kane |
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djp_phillips
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I think either Gran Caneria or Lanzerotte (sorry for the spelling on that)!
But I was searching for snakes from over there, I seemed to think there were sand vipers. |
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There are Puff Aders, Desert Horned Vipers and Horned Adders on the nearest part of Morocco to them... Also an isolated population of Egyptian Cobras... |
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yes but none on the caneries???
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Nope, it says in one of the herp books I have, on the Gallotia page "in the absence of snakes, these lizards have few natural enemies".
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