Elaphe quatuorlineata (Bonnaterre, 1790)

Sindaco, Roberto & Rossi, Roberta, 2020, Annotated checklist of the herpetofauna (Amphibia, Reptilia) of Lefkada Island (Ionian Islands, Greece), Natural History Sciences 7 (2), pp. 57-68 : 61

Elaphe quatuorlineata (Bonnaterre, 1790)

The Four-lined Snake was first reported from the island by Schulz (1996: 213), not providing details on this finding. Later the species was also reported by Thanou et al. (2019: 103 and Supplementary material) and Schmid (2019: 73).

We found several individuals between Agios Petros and Komilio (17/5/2019), south of Maranthochori lake (17/5/2019, Fig. 3E ), Agios Petros (17/5/2019), Sivros (19/5/2019), Steno (S of Nydri) (19/5/2019), Athani (23/5/2019). In addition, there are four citizen science records (April and May 2019), but their localities are not available since coordinates are obscured for threatened species.

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Fig. 3 − Herpetofauna observed by the authors on Lefkada. / Erpetofauna osservata dagli autori a Lefkada.A. Ablepharus kitaibelii. B. Malpolon insignitus. C. Natrix natrix. D. Vipera ammodytes. E. Elaphe quatuorlineata.