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Mediterranean Giant Snake or Colovia is a large snake of Southern Europe.Length, 6–33 feet. Green. Reported from Southern Spain; southern France; northern and central Italy; Greece; Serbia.
Significant sightings[]
- On July 22, 1969, a 7- foot, green snake caused a traffic accident when it crossed a road near Chinchilla de Monte Aragón, Albicete Province, Spain.
- A 6-foot snake with a huge head was seen several times on a farm in Orihuela, Alicante Province, Spain, in June 1970.
- A monstrous serpent with a mane and a head like a baby’s was seen in July 1973 near Aceuche, Cáceres Province, Spain.
- Snakes up to 33 feet long have been seen on Ovcˇar Mountain near Cacˇak, Serbia. Near Ivanjica in the summer of 2000, a bus had to stop because a 33-foot snake was crossing the road.
Possible explanation[]
- Stray specimens of the poisonous Montpellier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus), a gray, brownish, or olive-colored colubrid snake that can attain a length of 9 feet. It lives along the coasts of Spain, southern France, and Liguria in Italy; in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia; and in Cyprus, Greece, and the Balkans. However, it may be expanding its range.