My daughter vacated our pool pretty quickly this afternoon after she saw a brown 'snake swimming towards her!
We caught it in a net and put it in the field only thinking later that we should have photographed it.
Probably a grass snake or slow worm in the Dordogne. Any thoughts please.
You can Google to your heartās contentā¦ loads of info and pictures
Here is a site in English
http://www.planetepassion.eu/SNAKES-IN-FRANCE/Snakes-of-France.html
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Better safe than sorry, we have vipers that like to swim across our pond. Did it have a very triangular head? And round eyes or like oblong vertical slits?
My husband thinks itās like the whip snake in your picture John Withall.
Donāt know if they are here in France, but in Portugal, there were ādodgeyā fresh water snakes 
Dodgey as in selling knock off goods 
Good to see youāre staying really āCHIPPERā John, no as in Toxic Dodgey
Snakes on a plane is worse, terrible film 
Iāll stay away from that then,
Thanks John 
I donāt think it was a viper. The only markings were on itās head. It swam very fast.
Hi,
You should find all you need to know about french snakes here;
http://www.planetepassion.eu/SNAKES-IN-FRANCE/Snakes-of-France.html
Note the similarity between the asp viper and the (harmless) viperine snake. In any case never be tempted to harm or kill any snake -they are all legally protected.
Hi Patrickā¦ isnāt this the same link I posted a few days agoā¦ 
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We put the snake in the farmerās field. I wouldnāt think of killing it.
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Hi,
Sorry to repeat your link -to a very good site. I try to limit my computer time , so only visit briefly and donāt always follow threads right through ( especially those which sometimes wander off the point). Keep up the good work!
No Problem Patrickā¦ I was wondering if you had meant to hit another link and got the one āwe both didā by mistakeā¦
