THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES JUST AFTER THE SNAKE HAD STRUCK AND SANK ITS FANGS INTO MY THUMB,I WAS PHOTOGRAPHING A MIDDLE SPOTTED WOODPECKER AT THE TIME AND DIDN`T NOTICE THE SNAKE!!!.THE BITE RESULTED IN A COUPLE OF NIGHTS IN A MYTILINI HOSPITAL AND MUCH INVASIVE AND AT TIMES PAINFUL TREATMENT ,WHICH WAS CONTINUED ON MY RETURN TO THE U.K.