Depois de mais um período de ausência (tenho-me andado a baldar um pouco), estou de volta ao blog!
Hoje apresento algumas fotos de uma pele de cobra descoberta no meu quintal há poucas semanas, em Maio de 2015. O quintal localiza-se na Tocha, na Freguesia da Tocha e Concelho de Cantanhede.
Uma cobra resolveu mudar de pele no quintal, deixando o curioso presente que as fotos documentam. Penso que se trate da pele de uma Cobra-rateira (Malpolon monspessulanus), a maior espécie de cobras de Portugal.
A fita métrica encontra-se aberta a 1,70 m (170 Cm). Uma vez que a pele se encontra encurvada, estimo que o comprimento real da sua antiga dona se situe algures entre o 1,75m e 1,90m. Uma senhora cobra, portanto, para os padrões portugueses!
Apesar do seu tamanho, esta espécie de cobras é praticamente inofensiva para o ser humano. Neste aspecto, Portugal é um país com sorte, pois não tem espécies de cobras tão grandes, venenosas e perigosas como as de outras áreas do globo, onde todo o cuidado é pouco ao lidar com elas.
Snake skin in my backyard:
Hello, i'm back to the blog!
Today, i present a few pictures of a snakeskin, found a few weeks ago in my backyard, in May of 2015. The backyard is located in the Town of Tocha, in the Civil Parish of Tocha and Municipality of Cantanhede.
A snake decided to change the skin in my backyard, leaving behind this curious gift. I think this is a skin from a "Cobra-rateira", portuguese name of the Montpellier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus), the largest species of snakes in Portugal.
The tape measure (shown on the pictures), is open to 1.70 m (around 5.58 feet). As the skin is not streched, but curved, i think that the actual length of this snake was somewhere between 1.75m and 1.90m ( 5.74 to 6.23 feet ). To the portuguese standards, this is a big snake, although considered small or average in other areas of the world.
Despite its size, this species of snakes is virtually harmless to humans. In terms of snakes, Portugal is a lucky country, because it has no species of snakes very large, very poisonous or very dangerous, as many species of snakes from other areas of the globe, where people have to be very carefull with them.
Hello, i'm back to the blog!
Today, i present a few pictures of a snakeskin, found a few weeks ago in my backyard, in May of 2015. The backyard is located in the Town of Tocha, in the Civil Parish of Tocha and Municipality of Cantanhede.
A snake decided to change the skin in my backyard, leaving behind this curious gift. I think this is a skin from a "Cobra-rateira", portuguese name of the Montpellier Snake (Malpolon monspessulanus), the largest species of snakes in Portugal.
The tape measure (shown on the pictures), is open to 1.70 m (around 5.58 feet). As the skin is not streched, but curved, i think that the actual length of this snake was somewhere between 1.75m and 1.90m ( 5.74 to 6.23 feet ). To the portuguese standards, this is a big snake, although considered small or average in other areas of the world.
Despite its size, this species of snakes is virtually harmless to humans. In terms of snakes, Portugal is a lucky country, because it has no species of snakes very large, very poisonous or very dangerous, as many species of snakes from other areas of the globe, where people have to be very carefull with them.
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