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It looks like a coin snake to me.

If you go on to Google and type Snakes in Cyprus There are fabulous pictures of snakes natural to the island. particularly of one type, one pointed nose and the other blunt nose. One is venomous, the other isn't. Suggest you contact the Tashkent Wild Life people and they will advise you correctly and will probably take it off your hands. (Virtually!!!) Some people will come on and say "kill it and ask questions after" but please don't, Ask Tashkent first.

Sorry but the cat got there first

That's a shame but you cant stop a cat sometimes! ... I agree with Sophie.

Tashkent were very supportive when we had baby blunt nose vipers in our garden and committed to pick up within 30 minutes if we had any more sightings and were grateful we didn't try to kill them

I Think its a Blunt Nosed Viper,

https://cyprusscene.com/2014/06/27/45124/

It’s a coin snake. If it were a blunt nose, the cat would be in a bad way or dead.

tutor4u wrote:I Think its a Blunt Nosed Viper,

https://cyprusscene.com/2014/06/27/45124/

The first one in the article is a coin snake Mike. The second is a Blunt-nosed viper.

Coin Snake (Coluber nummifer)
This species can grow to a meter and a half in length and is harmless to humans. Bright brown spots on its back are likened to the shape of coins (hence the name). It is sometimes mistaken for vipers, but lacks the squat body plan and connected spots found in regional venomous species. This snake is a diurnal, actively foraging predator with a diet consisting mainly of rodents, lizards, birds and other snakes.

Noted as another proof of domestic cat damaging native wildlife.

K.

kbasat wrote:Noted as another proof of domestic cat damaging native wildlife.

Humans noted as doing far more damage to native wildlife than domestic cats!

Solution? Only extermination....

deffo a non poisonous coin snake

it is a coin snake, my dogs recently discovered one in my house, its back in the garden and i hope it stays