Portugal has the BEST herps

[Joe1507]

Basically ALL of my favorite herps can be found in portugal Herpetofauna of Europe : sistema central - spain & portugal (september 2005)

[akelly]

i lived there last year for about eight months.
i had to kill a very large snake with a big rock.
i dont know what species it was but was about 6ft ish and 3-4inch girth.
would of like to have known what it was???
it was in the mountainous area of the algarve!!!!

[blood and guts]

Why the hell did you have to kill it?

[akelly]

Originally Posted by blood and guts

Why the hell did you have to kill it?

i was driving with my family in the mountains on our way back from a fresh water river, it was a summers afternoon. as i was going along the road i noticed the snake as i was approaching it, i stopped and got out of the car to get a better look. thats when i noticed it had been run over by a car, its skin had been torn of in places, some of its organs were exposed and was bleeding. it was still alive and seemed to be in great distress. i couldnt leave it there to suffer so i found the biggest rock i could get and swiftly dropped it on its head. i thought it was the most humain thing to do as it was suffering and would of been eaten alive by birds or other mammals.
there was no way this animal would of survived.

didnt feel great for doing it but i believe it was the right thing to do.

[Joe1507]

well ifit was in a bad shape as it was suppose you did it a good job tbh.
probably a rat snake or something, any of these? Snakes in Portugal

[akelly]

Originally Posted by Joe1507

well ifit was in a bad shape as it was suppose you did it a good job tbh.
probably a rat snake or something, any of these? Snakes in Portugal

sounds like it was a montpelier from the discription.

[blood and guts]

In that case you probaly did the right thing, never a easy thing to do but lesser of two evils.

[Joe1507]

Probably, they get around 6 foot.

according to google they look like this.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ssulanus_1.jpg