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3612/3 Photo taken by me during a school trip to Mana Pools. The buff charged us while we were taking a morning break - my bag can be seen on its left. It later moved off and the 3 boys came to safety. It had been wounded by a poacher and a few days later it was shot by a ranger.

Really old observation I've found in my phone. Those are juvenile M. monspessulanus individuals that I have found at my parents house. It is almost sure there was a nest hiding underground near olive trees.

Dead, floating in a shallow pool of water. Gravid, approx 36 inches long. Cover photo is after I flipped it over, you can see the damage to the last third of this snake, and babies fell out. The 2nd photo is how I first saw the snake. All babies were dead, some very close to being fully developed. Total number of babies TBD.

Specimen salvaged for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Section of Herpetology.