Morphological characteristics of the elusive blotched snake (Elaphe sauromates)at its northwestern range limit (Romania)

Tiberiu C. SAHLEAN, Alexandru STRUGARIU, Paul C. DINCĂ, Gabriel CHIȘAMERA, Cătălin R. STANCIU, Ștefan R. ZAMFIRESCU, Iulian GHERGHEL, Valentina E. MORARU Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania Department of Patrimony Research, “Grigore Antipa” National Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, Romania Moldavica Herpetological Group, Iasi, Romania Faculty of Biology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA