Smooth Sake (Coronella austriaca)
total length: up to 70 cm (Germany)
5 - 15 young, oviparous
groundcolour grey or brown, round pupil
often an u-shaped marking opened to the body on back of the head and neck (see small
picture)
nonpoisonous, often confound with the common adder
spreading: great areas of Middle and southern Europe, also occurs in western Asia
Adder (Vipera berus)
Large photo: pregnant female
Small photo: male
total length: up to 75 cm
5 - 15 young, oviparous
variable colouration, brown, black, reddish
vertical pupil (if you are able to recognize this, you are much to close to the snake)
only bites if it is feels attacked or it is surprised
poisonous, when bitten visit a doctor
spreading: in huge areas of Europe, also in Great Britain, does not occur in Rhineland-Palatinate and the Saarland,
single areas in Northrhine-Westphalia