Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Dione Rat Snake (Elaphe dione) beginning to shed its skin, native to Europe and Asia

Vladimir Medvedev / Shrenk's rat snake (Elaphe dione) Lazovskiy zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far Eastern Russia, May

Vladimir Medvedev / Steppes rat snake (Elaphe dione) Lazovskiy zapovednik Nature Reserve, Primorskiy krai, Far Eastern Russia, September

Konstantin Mikhailov / Steppes rat snake (Elaphe dione) amongst tree branches, The Bikin River, Northern Ussuriland, Far East Russia, spring

Heidi & Hans-Juergen Koch / Dione Rat Snake (Elaphe dione) shedding skin, native to Middle East