Vipera berus. a male common adder in typical colors. All black males (and females) also exist. This one is from our main study site at Smygehuk, the southernmost point of Sweden. The species is however found almost to the northernmost point as well!

This is a female in striking pose. She is characteristically much more brownish than are the males.


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