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Vicar Senior Member Joined: 02 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 1181 View other posts by Vicar	Posted: 16 Nov 2004 Had a discussion yesterday, and we were pondering reasons as to why the adder has evolved with red eyes. Our Lacertids seem to have white(ish) eyes, albeit a little bloodshot at the edges, so we wondered if it had anything to do with mammalian prey....but the slow worm has redish eyes too, can't think of any evolutionary reason as yet. Any thoughts ? Vicar38307.3861921296 Steve Langham - Chairman Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG).

Jimpklop Senior Member Joined: 23 May 2006 No. of posts: 200 View other posts by Jimpklop	Posted: 19 Jun 2006 Hi Steve Its been a while since you posted this and no one replied so i gave it some thought, bearing in mind I'm not a scientist so I'm not very good at making connections like this and i have no idea how you would find out if the correlation is correct but here's my idea:I see Slow Worms out way past 20 degrees and you said Adders i quite tolerant to hot temperatures (or more so than other native reptilian species) Its not really the evolutionary reason you were looking for but it my spark of some more idea's Thanks James Jimpklop38887.6274074074 Im Craving Adder's(www.jimpklop.moonfruit.com)

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