Well I managed to find out (via the very helpful European snake experts at euroherp.com) that the snakes I saw were both mostly harmless.... ie they might try to bite but any venom that they have is located at the back of their mouths so they would have to get a really good bite first and secondly it would feel a bit like a wasp sting.
This one is a Malpolon monspessulanus or Montpellier's snake
and this one is a Psammophis schokari or Schokari Sand Racer.
Apparently any dangerous snakes that you could find round here have either been killed or caught and sent to Marakesh. Now all I need to do is convince the rest of the family that any snake that they see is harmless.
I also have a photo of another visitor... cute eh?
My friend Kate is arriving this evening for her now annual holiday in Agadir. I am really looking forward to seeing her and her family.
