During the summer of 1976 I recorded an Adder Vipera berus at a site near Corfe Castle, in Dorset. It was an adult female and measured 48cm. That same day, on nearby heathland, I also recored a male Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca, with a length of 45cm.
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