Colubridae Colubrinae Eirenis modestus Elaphe sauromates
Elaphe quatuorlineata (Lacépède, 1789)
Four-lined Snake
E. quatuorlineata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, May 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
E. quatuorlineata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Cocullo (L'Aquila), Italy, May 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
E. quatuorlineata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Cocullo (L'Aquila), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
E. quatuorlineata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Italy, May 1993
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
E. quatuorlineata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Subadult, Loutsa (Parga), Greece
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
E. quatuorlineata (© Paolo Mazzei)

Young, Cocullo (L'Aquila), Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
E. quatuorlineata (© Matthew Wilson)

Young, Kalamaki, Zakynthos, Greece, May 2005
(Photo by Matthew Wilson)
Distribution:
Italy (including Sicily), eastern Adriatic, Greece except Thrace
Similar species:
Elaphe sauromates (Colubridae)
Rhinechis scalaris (Colubridae)
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