Ladder Snake (Elaphe scalaris)
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN
RANGE: Iberia, Mediterranean littoral of France, Iles of d'Hyeres & Minorca.
Largely diurnal and often found in sunny, stony habitats with some bush vegetation. They feed on small mammals it rodents and rabbits but also on birds.
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009
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