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Old Jun 5th 2017, 7:12 pm
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Just found a baby ladder snake in my courtyard so it's time I (again) mentioned the snake issue......... Portugal has a fair number of snakes but only one that can cause you serious problems & that is the Lataste's Viper (pics online) and it can be easily identified by the fact it has a lump on the end of it's nose rather like a rhino.



So if you come across a snake & it doesn't have a rhino like horn, it can be moved elsewhere simply by an occasional gentle touch on the tail with a garden cane or broom etc & there's no need for anyone to get hysterical about it.



If it is a Lataste's viper it needs to be treated with more caution but there's no need to kill any snake........ just treat them with respect.



If anyone in the Figueiro Dos Vinhos area has a snake problem feel free to let me know & if I have time (and I usually do) I'll come over to catch & relocate the little chap for you.



Again, I stress, there's no need to kill any snake here.
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I had a snake problem and a Divorce soon sorted it out

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Originally Posted by mfesharne
Just found a baby ladder snake in my courtyard so it's time I (again) mentioned the snake issue......... Portugal has a fair number of snakes but only one that can cause you serious problems & that is the Lataste's Viper (pics online) and it can be easily identified by the fact it has a lump on the end of it's nose rather like a rhino.



So if you come across a snake & it doesn't have a rhino like horn, it can be moved elsewhere simply by an occasional gentle touch on the tail with a garden cane or broom etc & there's no need for anyone to get hysterical about it.



If it is a Lataste's viper it needs to be treated with more caution but there's no need to kill any snake........ just treat them with respect.



If anyone in the Figueiro Dos Vinhos area has a snake problem feel free to let me know & if I have time (and I usually do) I'll come over to catch & relocate the little chap for you.



Again, I stress, there's no need to kill any snake here.
I had one swimming in my pool last year. An adder .I just hooked him/her out with the pool net and relocated it to the neighbours garden They come once a year for two weeks so I didn't feel at all guilty. It could live there quite happily undisturbed.
I have seen the shed skins of the mountain snake here on the coast ,once or twice. A quite spectacular 3ft one wrapped around a disused electricity box.Snakes are usually very shy of humans.. Your quite right ,no killing please.
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This link may be of benefit ... Snakes at Vale Grifo, Western Algarve, Portugal
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Elections are coming up - so there will be plenty of snakes on view, even those who have remained out of sight for the last four years
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Elections are coming up - so there will be plenty of snakes on view, even those who have remained out of sight for the last four years
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When we first got here, we had a lot of old rubbish to clean up; there was about 50 meters of old 2" black irrigation tube. I was advised to cut it into short pieces for disposal.
So I fed it through my cutoff saw.
There was a HUGE snake hiding inside.
Poor guy.
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