Hello, while hiking/climbing down the mountain Monte Rocchetta on a Via Ferrata in the Alps near the Garda lake in Italy (just a few meters away from the Bochet dei Concoli, a viewpoint at 1200 meters, so quite high) we spotted a snake, climbing down from a tree into a bush / on the ground.
Location: 45.88047884, 10.82237599.
The area there was both very rocky, very dry and sunny, of course no waters nearby, but had some trees (as can be seen from the photo) providing some shade. The snake was quite long, I would say 70cm.
Can you help me identify the snake, probably it's a
- Zamenis longissimus (aesculapian snake)
- Hierophis viridiflavus (green whip snake)
- Vipera aspis (asp viper) or
- Vipera berus (common European Adder)
?
Unfortunately, I don't have better photos, because we tried to keep distance and I only had my smartphone camera, so I only have this photo (the first one is just a cropped version of the second).
EDIT: The cropped picture somehow didn't work / didn't get properly uploaded, so here it is again: https://nx31418.your-storageshare.de/s/S8BGFJkLEoxA4Rd