Snake on My Roof - But Which??

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 12:27

3 people saw a snake on the tile roof of my single storey extension. The cleaner has lived in Cyprus for a long time and identified it as a viper and the description given by the other 2 witnesses seem to support this. However, I find it hard to believe that a viper is the type of snake (an ambush predator rather than a hunter) that would climb onto the roof - presumably up the drainpipe - or move away as quickly as described by all 3. I am also sceptical because it seems to me that every snake seen in Cyprus is identified as a viper - especially if it is really a coin snake.



Can anyone confirm the likelihood or otherwise of this?

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 12:32

Plenty of snakes in black suits situated by the Girne Law Courts! Easily identifiable!



Richard

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 14:18

Theres always one Dick!

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 14:22

http://www.cyprusive.com/?CID=93



snakes of cyprus ..

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 15:14

Is it playing a guitar,theres another dick,

Paul.

LordJim


Joined: 12/10/2010
Posts: 221

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 17:00

blunt nose viper after a bird me thinks.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 17:02

Gutter snake.....a relative of the garter snake.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 17:15

This is what a blunt nosed viper looks like....



http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=blunt+nosed+viper&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=qKe9TO7VFJHzsgbdn6jCDQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQsAQwAA&biw=1024&bih=540



(not the black ones)





DD

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
19/10/2010 22:05

message 5



bit below the belt isnt it paul?

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 01:33

No Zero,wrong end of the stick there mate,i was actually calling my self a dick for having a sense of humour.No offence meant against snakes the guitarist,which i assume is what you mean from your post,

Paul.

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 01:36

paul msg 3, was a tongue in cheek joke ,because msg 2 name is richard ,often nicknamed dick , think you missed the bus ...

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 01:46

Talking about mess 9 me old fruit,platform 9 apc,

Paul.

katyhomeopath


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 118

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 07:57

Some good identification pictures : http://essentialcyprus.com/snakes-north-cyprus/

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 09:27

Official advise from the TRNC Government is: 1 : catch the snake and 2 : show the snake to the doctor after the snake has bitten you. So 3 : the doctor will know which antidote he has to give you. Sorry, Jovial John, you acted wrongly in this case.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 11:49

DC

What are you blathering about???.

Please re-read my message (no. 1). Nobody was bitten, nobody took any action, I did not see the snake myself - I simply asked a question about the habits of the blunt-nosed viper.

How did I act wrongly ?????

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 11:52

Come on John,be jovial and put your fangs away,

Paul.

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 11:53

jj, you are british and you are alive......thats enough for dc.



people from little places are often like that

blade


Joined: 19/06/2010
Posts: 1286

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 12:17

I have seen a viper and a black snake both up a tree last year.

Usually they will be around water, thats what they need during the summer. So you should find them next to streams ect.

We saw one this year close to our wall, behind the wall is our neighbours water tank, which is leaking. Just let it go on its way. They can move very very fast so be carefull.

Jovial_John


Joined: 31/01/2009
Posts: 1024

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 12:36

Thank you Blade - useful information at last. They climb trees so obviously could be on my roof - and they move fast if necessary. Maybe it was a viper.

swyflot


Joined: 07/11/2008
Posts: 916

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 20:28

We were warned years ago never to sit under trees for shade or shelter as snakes often hide in the trees