Fig. 2
a Dorsal view of a neonate blunt-nosed viper (SVL: 20.5 cm, TaL: 3 cm, weight: 10 g) with a 5 cm scale (11 September 2015). The skin is partially shed. b Dorsal view of an adult male blunt-nosed viper (SVL: 116.5 cm, TaL: 14.5 cm, weight: 1441 g) with a 5 cm scale. c The individual from 2b in a periodically dry streambed where it was found in ambush position on 6 September 2015, 22:05 PM. d Young adult female blunt-nosed viper (SVL: 65.5 cm, TaL: 9 cm, weight: 279 g) basking well-camouflaged at the edge of cropland after rainfall (6 May 2014, 15:45 PM). e Adult male blunt-nosed viper from Akamas Peninsula (SVL: 92.5 cm, TaL: 12.5 cm, weight: 749 g), found in maquis and garrigue shrubland (28 September 2017, 20:45 PM). f Adult female blunt-nosed viper (SVL: 86.5 cm, TaL: 11.5 cm, weight: 835 g) with a regurgitated brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) of 270 g. Found moving along a stream bank (Fig. 3a). Photos: D. Jestrzemski