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Zadar dice snake (Natrix tessellatus flavescens)
The Zadar dice snake (Natrix tessellatus flavescens) is endemic to the Zadar lake region in Croatia. Classified as non-venomous, they producesa potent antihemorrhagin and has been said to produce a neurotoxin through a gland in its mouth.As a defense it spreads a very bad smelling secretion from its cloaca. Another defence mechanism is thanatosis, meaning playing dead...
©Matthijs Kuijpers
Photo size: 26.9 Mpixels (76.9 MB uncompressed) - 6347x4236 pixels (21.2x14.1 in / 53.7x35.9 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: aquatic, croatia, dice snake, endemic, Europe, natrix, Natrix tessellatus flavescens, water snake, yellow, zadar, Zadar dice snake